Network Engineer II / Backbone
Akamai Technologies, Inc. • Costa Rica, Costa Rica • Posted June 21, 2026
About the Role
**Excited by managing a backbone infrastructure that carries 20% of the world's web traffic?**
**Want to apply your network expertise to an internet-scale platform impacting billions of people daily?**
**Join our Network Engineering team!**
The Akamai Network Engineering team designs, automates, and supports the global network powering Akamai's products and services. Using advanced technologies, this team ensures optimal connectivity and performance for customers and the compute platform.
Backbone Network Engineering focuses on backbone and edge connectivity. This skilled team builds, maintains, and configures infrastructure supporting Akamai's platform, which carries 20% of global web traffic.
**What you will do**
As a Network Engineer II, you will lead efforts in designing and implementing a global backbone network infrastructure. You'll play a key role in shaping the backbone while addressing complex issues in edge and MPLS routi...
**Want to apply your network expertise to an internet-scale platform impacting billions of people daily?**
**Join our Network Engineering team!**
The Akamai Network Engineering team designs, automates, and supports the global network powering Akamai's products and services. Using advanced technologies, this team ensures optimal connectivity and performance for customers and the compute platform.
Backbone Network Engineering focuses on backbone and edge connectivity. This skilled team builds, maintains, and configures infrastructure supporting Akamai's platform, which carries 20% of global web traffic.
**What you will do**
As a Network Engineer II, you will lead efforts in designing and implementing a global backbone network infrastructure. You'll play a key role in shaping the backbone while addressing complex issues in edge and MPLS routi...