Director Engineering - Function-as-a-Service

Company: Akamai Technologies
Location: San Diego
Posted on: February 17, 2026

Job Description:

This Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) team builds on the cutting-edge WebAssembly (Wasm) ecosystem. Our platform is highly distributed, positioned to redefine edge compute by offering a high-performance, secure, and language-agnostic alternative to AWS Lambda @ Edge and Cloudflare Workers. As a Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, from the architectural design of our global runtime to the operational implementation of our SRE practices. As a Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for: • Supporting the technical strategy for our next-generation product infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security for millions of concurrent executions. • Owning the platforms end-to-end SLOs, upholding high standards for system availability, latency, and performance through a robust SRE practice. • Developing and executing observability strategy and roadmap that aligns with SLO targets. • Overseeing contributions to/investments in the open-source Wasm-based runtime and tooling, as well as our proprietary control and data-planes. • Driving the implementation of secure, automated CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates to ensure consistent global delivery. To be successful in this role you will: • Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or its equivalent. • Have a proven track record of delivering high-quality, resilient, supportable software, ideally having reached a Staff or Principal level. • Demonstrate experience building and scaling high-throughput distributed systems that directly serve live production traffic. • Possess familiarity with serverless computing paradigms and modern cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP). • Have an understanding of SRE principles, including error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, and automated incident management. • Have proficiency in IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) and modern CI/CD frameworks (GitHub Actions, CloudBees, Jenkins). FlexBase, Akamais 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. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together. At Akamai, were curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, youll thrive here. Working for you At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life: • Your health • Your finances • Your family • Your time at work • Your time pursuing other endeavors

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