Senior 2 Software Engineer Lead

Do you want to help design and implement the next generation of cloud computing?

Do you want to create new networking products that enable customers to better use the Akamai Connected Cloud?

Join our Cloud Networking Products team!

As part of Akamai's Cloud Compute team, we enable customers to connect their on-premise or cloud infrastructure to the Akamai Connected Cloud, by improving the platform's IP addressing and building products to integrate better into data centers and other public clouds. This role offers a unique opportunity to write production-quality software in the networking domain.

Shape the future of the Akamai Connected Cloud

This role provides an opportunity to make a significant impact on Akamai's growing cloud offerings. You must have a passion to get things done quickly and get them done right.

As a Senior II Software Engineer Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Helping build out cloud platform functionality that sets up, manages, and protects networking in the Akamai Connected Cloud.
• Designing, implementing, reviewing, documenting, and testing high quality code in close collaboration with your team.
• Leading a team of developers while onboarding, mentoring, and coaching new team members
• Coordinating with global peers and cross-functional teams to deliver new platform features and resolve technical issues
• Directing technical design reviews, product specification evaluations, and project backlog planning

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Possess solid skills in writing, testing, and debugging complex computer software using Python, Flask, MySQL, Redis, or Celery
• Have understanding of cloud services including Identity and Access Management, Observability, Virtual Private Cloud, IPAM, and billing
• Be knowledgeable about internet protocols and technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, HTTP, BGP, containers, and Kubernetes
• Demonstrate experience or aptitude in technical leadership, and managing a small group of developers
• Be familiar with monitoring tools like Grafana, Loki, or VictoriaMetrics, and leveraging AI tools to enhance software development
• Have a positive view using AI as a means to help supplement SDLC to ensure higher quality software shipped on schedule.
• Be able to work productively with team members to identify and resolve issues in a collaborative, transparent manner

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from 120,400 - 216,600 CAD/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.