Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Distributed Networking, Content Delivery

Akamai Technologies

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer implementing Akamai delivery and performance products while collaborating with engineering and marketing. Responsible for technical differentiations and producing content that builds trust.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $119,600 - $215,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DNS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implementing Akamai delivery and performance products hands-on, building and maintaining live configurations and demo environments that show real capabilities on real traffic, not slideware
Designing and running reproducible benchmarking with documented, defensible methodology, validated against independent third-party measurement, to substantiate Akamai's performance advantages with evidence
Authoring reference architectures and demos that make Akamai's technical differentiation concrete for customers, field teams, and events
Owning the technical answer to what makes Akamai's distributed network and content delivery platform genuinely differentiated, and keeping that answer current as the platform evolves
Working directly with engineering to build working knowledge of network optimization, carrier and telco peering, route optimization, post quantum cryptography, developer experience, and performance
Producing a consistent cadence of technical thought leadership- deep-dive blogs, benchmark reports, conference talks, and demos- timed to global and industry events so Akamai shows up with proof when the market is paying attention
Partnering with product marketing to ground positioning, messaging, and competitive content in technical reality

Requirements

What you’ll need

6 years of relevant experience in technical marketing, solutions or sales engineering, or network engineering in CDN, content delivery, networking, edge or adjacent infrastructure, and a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or its equivalent.
Genuinely hands-on with the delivery stack: HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, QUIC, TLS, DNS, caching, routing and peering fundamentals, and the tooling to measure them, with working scripting or automation skills
Designed and run performance benchmarks with a methodology you can defend publicly
Built demos and reference architectures that technical audiences used and trusted
Comfortable engaging network engineers or peering, route optimization, and post-quantum cryptography, and equally comfortable presenting the implications to a non-technical audience
Excellent technical writing and public speaking skills, with published work or talks you are proud to share.

Benefits

Comp & perks

healthcare
401K savings plan
company holidays
vacation (in the form of PTO)
sick time
family friendly benefits including parental leave
employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness

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Hard Skills & Tools

HTTP/2HTTP/3QUICTLSDNSCachingRouting FundamentalsPeering FundamentalsScripting SkillsAutomation Skills

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationPublic SpeakingEngagement with Technical Audiences