About this opportunity
Akamai Technologies GmbH lists this Senior Site Reliability Engineer Lead opportunity in cambridge, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies and tackling system problems?
Are you a self-starting professional who thrives in a dynamic environment?
Join our highly skilled Site Reliability team!
Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services and compute hardware. You will drive automation, operational excellence, and support our customer facing applications and infrastructure. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission at the forefront of what we do: make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.
Partner with the best
In this role, you'll focus on developing and implementing automation and efficiency of the Akamai compute infrastructure and services. This requires creative thinking combined with deep domain expertise on Linux, hardware, and performance tuning.
As a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:
Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence the new designs and standards
Providing support, leadership and motivation for project teams
Creating and maintaining SLOs and KPIs, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support teams
Engaging with our support, operations, hardware, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post-mortem reviews
Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
Have experience with architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale
Possess expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems
Have the ability to align with strategic business initiatives and coordinate the work of other engineers
Demonstrate excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills
Possess informed opinions on technology and software design to bring to the table
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.
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Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $121,400 - $218,600/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. 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, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.
Job Info
Job Identification 3882
Posting Date 09/23/2026, 12:43 AM
Locations 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02142, US (Remote)
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Worksite address
cambridge, MA, 02140, US
Who can apply
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