Edge Platform Engineer - Akamai - Team Lead

The Role:

We’re looking for an Edge Platform Engineer – Akamai – Team Lead to support the growth and technical excellence of our infrastructure delivery team. In this role, you’ll combine hands-on platform engineering with leadership responsibilities, ensuring the design, optimization, and absolute reliability of our end-to-end application delivery ecosystem.

You’ll actively drive technical mentorship, champion advanced automation and testing practices, and integrate AI-assisted tools to push the boundaries of platform performance. This is an exciting opportunity to lead technically complex edge projects, foster a culture of engineering reliability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a seamless, high-performance digital experience.

The main responsibilities of the position include:

Define department KPIs and personal targets in alignment with corporate goals, providing coaching, feedback, and mentorship to drive team performance and motivation.

Design and optimize Akamai Ion properties, GTM, and Edge DNS strategies to ensure high availability, intelligent load distribution, and efficient traffic flow.

Lead delivery optimizations by analyzing Cache Hit Ratios, latency, and offload metrics to maximize efficiency and minimize origin egress costs.

Architect multi-origin failover patterns, origin shielding, and complex request flow customizations to ensure platform stability and deep-level troubleshooting.

Manage the full certificate lifecycle and TLS protocols, ensuring edge configurations meet industry standards and support InfoSec policies (WAF/Bot Manager) without performance degradation.

Drive the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), define engineering best practices, and implement standardized testing and validation for all edge configurations.

Implement monitoring tools (mPulse, DataStream 2) to track SLIs/SLOs and provide senior management with visibility into CDN health and real-user experience.

Partner with developers to onboard new services and serve as the lead technical contact for Akamai vendor escalations and feature reviews.

Participate in 24/7 on-call support and lead incident response and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement and intelligent self-service models.

Identify and implement AI-assisted tools for configuration analysis and operational insights to enhance team capabilities.

Offer technical expertise and project support to all Group companies as directed by leadership.

Main requirements:

BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

7 + years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, with at least 3-5 years of experience managing and architecting solutions on the Akamai platform, with a deep focus on Akamai Ion property configuration and advanced rule management

Deep understanding of DNS and TLS / certificate lifecycle management for public-facing applications

Experience with content delivery networks, such as Akamai and/or CDN

Solid experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)

DevOps mindset with experience in automation, CI/CD, and operational ownership

Strong understanding of HTTP/S, caching, headers, redirects, compression, and origin behaviour

Ability to design, and troubleshoot full request flows from the client through Akamai Edge to cloud or on-premises origins

Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation for both engineering teams and senior leadership

A proactive commitment to continuous learning and upskilling

Strong management and leadership skills

Benefit from:

Attractive remuneration package

Private health insurance

Corporate pension fund

Intellectually stimulating work environment

Continuous personal development and international training opportunities

The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You

Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition

Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team

Bring It to Life – Role-Specific Take-Home Task

Get Closer – Second Interview with the Future Team

Final Connection – Final Interview

All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!

Edge Platform Engineer - Akamai - Team Lead