Staff CDN Engineer
Core
Define and evolve enterprise CDN and edge-delivery architectures, engineering standards, and reusable design patterns while providing operational ownership for platform reliability and performance.
Role type
Staff IC CDN Engineer (Infrastructure & Platform)
Builds
Enterprise CDN, edge-delivery, DNS, traffic management, and application security solutions
Domain
Internet Infrastructure / Cloud Networking
Required skills
Enterprise CDN architecture (Akamai), Edge computing, DNS, TLS, HTTP/HTTPS, Caching, Traffic steering, Python, Go, Node.js, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, Root-cause analysis, On-call incident response
Preferred skills
Akamai Property Manager, EdgeWorkers, Global Traffic Management, Terraform, GitOps, Real-user monitoring, Synthetic testing, Multi-cloud integration, Zero-trust access patterns
Technologies
Akamai, Python, Go, Node.js, Terraform, Git, CI/CD tools
Responsibilities
Define and evolve enterprise CDN and edge-delivery architectures; Lead advanced analysis and troubleshooting across CDN, DNS, and traffic management; Provide hands-on operational support through on-call rotation and incident response; Mentor engineers through architecture reviews and design discussions; Set the long-term technical direction and modernization roadmap for edge-security platforms
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
