Software Engineer II - Akamai Inference Cloud - Remote/Poland
Are you eager to build cloud platform services that operate at massive global scale?
Do you want to grow your career by working on infrastructure that powers AI applications worldwide?
Join the Akamai Inference Cloud Team!
The Akamai Inference Cloud team is part of Akamai's Cloud Technology Group. We design and operate AI platforms enabling customers to run inference models with unmatched performance, compliance, and economics. We build the foundational infrastructure powering our globally distributed platform AI, Kubernetes orchestration, GPU resource management, networking, and multi-region deployment.
Partner with the best
As a Software Engineer II, you will build and maintain platform services supporting our globally distributed AI inference infrastructure. Your work will span data plane APIs, authentication, and multi-tenant security. You'll gain exposure to AI infrastructure patterns while working with senior engineers building systems powering inference workloads.
As a Software Engineer II, you will be responsible for:
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.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have relevant experience.
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.
#AIC
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.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!
Do you want to grow your career by working on infrastructure that powers AI applications worldwide?
Join the Akamai Inference Cloud Team!
The Akamai Inference Cloud team is part of Akamai's Cloud Technology Group. We design and operate AI platforms enabling customers to run inference models with unmatched performance, compliance, and economics. We build the foundational infrastructure powering our globally distributed platform AI, Kubernetes orchestration, GPU resource management, networking, and multi-region deployment.
Partner with the best
As a Software Engineer II, you will build and maintain platform services supporting our globally distributed AI inference infrastructure. Your work will span data plane APIs, authentication, and multi-tenant security. You'll gain exposure to AI infrastructure patterns while working with senior engineers building systems powering inference workloads.
As a Software Engineer II, you will be responsible for:
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.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have relevant experience.
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.
#AIC
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.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!