Software Engineer II – Inference Cloud

🕒 April 13

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Akamai Technologies

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5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

📱 Media

Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Media

Akamai Technologies is a global edge platform and cloud services company that delivers content delivery, edge computing, and security solutions. The company operates one of the world’s largest distributed networks to accelerate and protect web, media, and application traffic, offering products for content delivery, DDoS protection, API and app security, bot management, edge compute (serverless/edge functions), and AI inference at the edge. Akamai also provides enterprise-focused security services (zero trust, identity and access management, secure internet access) and cloud/AI infrastructure tools, and has recently expanded capabilities through acquisitions (for example LayerX) to add browser-based AI usage control.

📋 Description

• Developing and maintaining data plane APIs that enable reliable and performant communication between platform components and inference services. • Implementing authentication, authorization, and multi-tenant security controls that ensure isolation and compliance across the platform. • Contributing to the design and development of platform services with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability • Writing well-tested, well-documented code and participating in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards. • Supporting operational readiness through monitoring, alerting, and incident response for platform services you help build.

🎯 Requirements

• Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent. • Demonstrate proficiency in at least one systems programming language such as Go, Python, or Java • Show experience building and consuming RESTful or gRPC APIs in a distributed systems environment. • Have familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, or Akamai Cloud), containerization, and basic Kubernetes concepts. • Demonstrate understanding of authentication and authorization patterns such as OAuth, RBAC, or multi-tenant isolation. • Show familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and modern software development practices. • Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving abilities and a willingness to learn and thrive in a dynamic engineering setting.

🏖️ Benefits

• Your health • Your finances • Your family • Your time at work • Your time pursuing other endeavors