Senior II Platform Engineer Lead - Akamai Inference Cloud - Remote/Poland
Core
Design and develop foundational features for a global AI inference platform, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability for distributed systems.
Role type
Senior II Platform Engineer Lead (IC with leadership)
Builds
Global AI inference platform services, API gateways, and containerized workloads
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, AI inference platforms
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems, Kubernetes orchestration, API infrastructure, Cloud-native architectures, Observability, Capacity planning, DevOps/CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-code
Preferred skills
API platform design, Authentication/Authorization patterns, Reliability engineering, Technical mentoring
Technologies
Kubernetes, Kubernetes-based orchestration, API gateways, Ingress layers, Reverse proxies, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-code
Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of critical platform components; Drive technical decisions for domain tools and architecture; Lead evolution of platform capabilities (auth, load balancing, rate limiting); Design and improve data plane APIs; Define and advance platform observability; Drive capacity planning and scalability strategies; Lead Kubernetes-based orchestration patterns; Mentor and guide engineers.
Seniority
Senior II, hands-on IC with team leadership
