Are you interested in building a scalable platform? Do you like collaborating across teams to solve complex problems? Join our Compute division's Platform Engineering Team! Akamai is working to simplify the way people work in the cloud. Our work environment nurtures innovative solutions, rapid development cycles, and open communication. This is a collaborative team building and scaling platform services for our compute platform. We encourage and reward curiosity, ingenuity, and technical excellence. Partner with the best As a Platform Software Engineer II, you will develop platform services on top of our compute infrastructure. This includes building and deploying systems and software which will allow Linode operations to scale. As a Platform Software Engineer II, you will be responsible for: Building and deploying secure, scalable, elastic, manageable and reliable solutions using open source components and Golang Implementing internal cloud infrastructure components like Service Mesh, Service Proxy, Messaging, Distributed database and API gateways Building and deploying highly available APIs using Golang Partnering closely with SRE and SQA teams to ensure systems are manageable and reliable Participating in the SDLC from requirements through deployment Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent Have hands-on experience with a systems programming language such as C++, Go and/or Python Possess familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and other CNCF projects Have solid Linux, Bash, and network fundamentals (HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP, DNS, etc.) Demonstrate familiarity with telemetry, observability in Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali, Jaeger Work in a way that works for you 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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