Principal Software Engineer Lead (Kubernetes Product Platform)

Akamai Technologies
Cambridge
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 169,300 - 304,700 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 12+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Knowledge sharing","Collaboration","Open communication"]

Lead development of a Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform that meets security, compliance, and change-safety expectations while improving developer experience. Help shape the engineering roadmap with management and business stakeholders, contribute to enterprise platform capabilities, and establish best practices through mentoring and knowledge sharing. Work with engineering teams in an Agile environment to build and operate highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable production services.

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Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies
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Principal Software Engineer Lead (Kubernetes Product Platform)

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Job Summary

Lead development of a Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform that meets security, compliance, and change-safety expectations while improving developer experience. Help shape the engineering roadmap with management and business stakeholders, contribute to enterprise platform capabilities, and establish best practices through mentoring and knowledge sharing. Work with engineering teams in an Agile environment to build and operate highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable production services.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the development of a cloud-native platform built on Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies.
  • •Contribute to and help shape the engineering roadmap with management and business stakeholders.
  • •Contribute to enterprise features expected from a cloud-native platform.
  • •Develop best practices, share knowledge, and mentor others.
  • •Lead and collaborate with engineering teams in an Agile environment.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 169,300 - 304,700 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kPaid LeaveSick TimeParental LeaveEspp

Key Requirements

  • •12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • •Leadership experience in Cloud Native Platform Engineering, driving an enabled ecosystem of capabilities.
  • •Experience building and operating highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable production services using Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.
  • •Expert knowledge of Go; comfortable using Python or Bash for scripting.
  • •Expertise in networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP) and CI/CD tools; working knowledge of Linux-based operating systems.
Experience:12+ yearsCloud-nativeKubernetesIaaS
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:LeadershipMentoringKnowledge sharingCollaborationOpen communication
Tech Stack:KubernetesCloud-native technologiesIaaSGoPythonBashLinuxCI/CDTCP/IPDNSTLSHTTPAgile

Company Brief

Akamai Technologies
Provides a global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud services to improve web and application performance, security, and delivery for enterprises, media companies, and cloud providers.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Cambridge, United States
Founded: 1998
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