Senior Engineering Manager - Akamai Inference Cloud

Do you thrive on building the future of AI model quality, safety, and optimization?Are you ready to lead a world-class ML engineering team defining how models are validated, secured, and deployed at global scale?Join the Akamai Inference Cloud Team! The Akamai Inference Cloud (AIC) team is part of Akamai's Cloud Technology Group. We design, implement, and operate AI platforms enabling customers to run inference models with unmatched performance, compliance, and economics. The Model Intelligence & Lifecycle team owns the end-to-end model lifecycle--from validation andsecurity scanning through quantization, safety enforcement, fine-tuning, and production monitoring.Partner with the best As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will build and lead a high-performing ML engineering team responsible for model validation, quantization, safety, and lifecycle management across the AIC. You'll drive technical strategy for guardrails, model optimization, and responsible AI practices while recruiting top talent and growing engineers in a rapidly evolving domain. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:Building and scaling a team of ML engineers focused on model validation, quantization, safety systems, and lifecycle automationLeading technical strategy for model quality and safety including guardrails, content filtering, red-teaming, and compliance enforcementDriving model optimization initiatives spanning quantization, distillation, and inference performance tuningOwning the model onboarding pipeline from security scanning and validation through optimization and production deploymentBuilding and managing the bring-your-own-model pipeline that enables customers to onboard, validate, optimize, and serve custom models with consistent quality and safety standardsEstablishing engineering standards and best practices for responsible AI, model evaluation frameworks, and fine-tuning infrastructureCollaborating with platform, runtime, and developer experience teams to deliver seamless model lifecycle capabilitiesDo what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent experience building and scaling high-performing ML engineering teamsDemonstrate experience leading teams that shipped model lifecycle, model safety, or ML optimization products in productionPossess hands-on understanding of model quantization, inference optimization, and serving frameworks such as vLLM, TensorRT, or TritonShow expertise in responsible AI practices including content safety, adversarial robustness, guardrail systems, and compliance frameworksHave experience with LLM architectures, fine-tuning workflows, and model evaluation methodologiesShow proficiency with cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes and distributed systems at global scaleWork 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. Learn (https://www.akamai.com/careers) what makes Akamai a great place to work#AICConnect 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, we're 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, you'll 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 healthYour financesYour familyYour time at workYour time pursuing other endeavors Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.About us Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther a