Platform Engineer II - Akamai Inference Cloud - Remote/Poland

As a Platform 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 Platform 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.

• 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.

Work in a way that works for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

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

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

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. #AIC, FlexBase, Akamai’s Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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