Senior II Software Engineer
Senior II Software Engineer on Akamai's Compute Lab Team, building and managing lab infrastructure services and deployment stacks for the Akamai Connected Cloud platform using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack), Python (Flask/Django), Kubernetes, and relational databases.
- Compensation
- CA$120.4K–CA$216.6K / yr
- Location
- Canada
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation and tooling (Terraform, SaltStack, Ansible)
- Demonstrated background using Python and RESTful API frameworks including Flask and Django
- Experience in container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Nomad and dev-environment tooling (Kind, Docker Compose, Tilt)
- Comfortable working with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres
Full description
Are you a Linux enthusiast seeking a new opportunity?Do you have a passion for improving cloud products?Join our Compute Lab Team!
The Compute Lab Team mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable for all. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable our developers to build the next generation of the Akamai Cloud.
Partner with the best
As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will collaborate with development and site reliability teams in building and managing mission-critical critical lab infrastructure services and environments for the Akamai Connected Cloud platform. You'll contribute directly to scaling our infrastructure and management tools driving development and testing improvements felt throughout our entire organization.
As a Software Engineer Senior II, you will be responsible for:
- Developing the deployment stack responsible for building new test datacenters on the Lab Platform.
- Designing monitoring solutions with new and existing observability tooling to ensure the health of our Lab Services.
- Identifying bottlenecks with deployment and configuration frameworks, proposing solutions that improve performance and reliability.
- Collaborating with senior engineers, architects and subject matter experts on solutions that increase the speed and confidence in which they ship products.
- Working on a highly collaborative global team that values feedback and open communication
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in work experience.
- Possess extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation and related tooling (e.g., Terraform, SaltStack, Ansible).
- Have demonstrated background using Python and RESTful API frameworks, including Flask and Django
- Possess experience in container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Nomad and dev-environment tooling (Kind, Docker Compose, Tilt).
- Be comfortable working with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres.
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.