Senior Release Engineer

Would you like to impact the digital experiences of millions of users?

Do you enjoy solving large scale distributed systems problems?

Join the Network Operations Systems Group

The team creates innovative solutions essential for deploying and supporting Akamai's global network, handling 20% of global web traffic. Efforts focus on enabling Network Infrastructure, Operations, and Engineering teams to perform efficiently and reliably. Collaboration and ongoing improvement are valued to ensure the development of optimal solutions.

Partner with the best

Join a diverse team focused on designing, developing, and maintaining reliable systems. Collaborate internationally with cross-functional teams to deliver timely, high-quality software solutions. Develop tools, enhance automation, and establish procedures supporting efficient and adaptable release cycles.

As a Senior Release Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and implementing tools and pipelines that add efficiency and safety to builds and releases.
• Executing the release processes using available tools, ensuring successful outputs and smooth collaboration with all parties.
• Facilitating the development, testing and deployment process
• Communicating with stakeholders about progress, roadblocks, and timelines.
• Collaborating with other teams to influence and shape an ever-improving, agile culture across the org

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 Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Coordinate and plan activities across teams effectively, demonstrating exceptional facilitation abilities and outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Gain practical experience operating within Linux/Unix ecosystems effectively to enhance technical proficiency and problem-solving capabilities in diverse scenarios.
• Demonstrate experience using version control systems such as Git, Stash, and Perforce for effective software management and collaboration.
• Sound knowledge of project and release management tracking tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Demonstrate familiarity with scripting languages, including Python and Shell, to effectively handle relevant programming tasks and automation processes.
• Collaborate effectively with others to solve problems while fostering teamwork and mutual support.

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.