Bridging Talent and Technology: itMatch’s Role in Akamai’s AI Expansion

Recruitment

Akamai Technologies is the world’s most distributed compute platform, extending from cloud to edge to power and protect life online. As a global leader in cybersecurity and content delivery, the company safeguards billions of users by keeping digital experiences closer to people and threats farther away.

The Krakow office serves as a vital cornerstone of this global operation, having established its presence in the city over 13 years ago. Today, it has grown into a major technical powerhouse with approximately 880 employees. While it began as a support-centric hub, the Krakow site has recently undergone a strategic transformation into a global AI and IoT engineering center.

itMatch has served as a strategic talent partner for Akamai’s Krakow operations, facilitating the growth of diverse engineering teams. The partnership covers the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle. itMatch has successfully sourced and present over 70 highly qualified candidates across multiple disciplines, including Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), and Cloud Platform Engineering etc.

The Challenge

Akamai initiated a global expansion of its Cloud Technology Group to build the Inference Cloud – a platform designed for high-performance, compliant AI application hosting. The goal is to establish a “core team” of 50 specialists, split between the USA and Poland, to architect a system capable of running OpenAI-compatible endpoints at the edge.

The Strategy

itMatch was tasked with finding specialized talent capable of bridging the gap between traditional cloud infrastructure and advanced AI/ML operations.

The focus was on building three teams:

Foundry (non-AI) – Platform Software Engineers
Ignition (AI) – AI Engineers (ML Ops), Performance Engineers
Site Reliability Engineering

The teams are being built from scratch, covering the full spectrum of positions from mid-level technical roles to managerial ones.

The Outcome

By leveraging itMatch’s deep screening processes, Akamai is successfully transforming its Krakow site into a powerhouse for AI innovation, moving beyond content delivery into the future of edge-based AI inference.