Manager Engineering

Are you a hands-on people-focused engineering leader who enjoys leading high-performing teams to solve complex problems?Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?The Akamai Platform IAM team is part of Akamai's Cloud Technology Group. We design and operate customer-facing platforms enabling customers to configure and control their cloud assets. This team owns the IAM tool sets for Akamai's customers using the Cloud Manager website. We ensure customers have what they need to configure users for quality, safety, and performance.Partner with the bestYou will join a global team and lead a team of engineers responsible for delivering high-quality IAM features and tools. You'll balance technical oversight with people management, coaching engineers, clarifying requirements, driving execution, and ensuring alignment with product and SRE partners. While you will bring engineering expertise, your role will focus on leadership, mentorship, and technical direction over hands-on development.As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:Managing, mentoring, and developing a team of engineers proficient in enterprise IAM conceptsProviding technical guidance and setting best practices for back-end architecture and developmentProviding technical guidance and setting best practices for back-end architecture and developmentPartnering with product management, QA, SRE, Senior Leadership, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive user experiencesHaving oversight of delivery across the full project lifecycle: organizing, planning, development, testing, and releaseDriving consistency through tooling and engineering standardsSupporting hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, and career growth for team membersDo what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related fieldDemonstrate solid knowledge of back-end technologies including PythonDemonstrate solid understanding and experience with large, low-latency, and highly-available distributed systemsHave experience with IAM concepts and platformsPossess a clear understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Agile planningHave prior leadership experience and excellent communication skills and a passion for building inclusive, high-performing engineering teamsAbout usAt 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 needsAkamai'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.Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!CompensationAkamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from 129,400 - 232,800 CAD/year;
a candidate’s salary isdetermined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness;
Eligibility requirements apply.Job Info
Job Identification 3997Posting Date 09/28/2026, 01:23 PMLocations 343 Preston Street, Suite 420, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 1N4, CA (Remote)
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