Senior Architect - Remote

Akamai Technologies GmbH; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Senior Architect to lead the design and architecture of innovative cloud services. This role involves working with cutting-edge technologies, including Kubernetes and Cloud-Native solutions, to create scalable and fault-tolerant systems. Collaborate with talented teams to shape product direction and mentor others in best practices. Enjoy the flexibility of a modern workplace that values work-life balance while making a significant impact in the cloud computing space. If you are passionate about technology and innovation, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Health benefits

Financial benefits

Family support

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building highly available production services.
• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes concepts and patterns.
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and containers.

Responsibilities

• Own system design and implementation, guiding engineering solutions.
• Build proof of concepts and recommend technologies.
• Shape engineering roadmap with stakeholders.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native Technologies

Linux

Networking

Containers

Go

C++

Python

CI/CD Tooling

Load Balancing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

CSI

CNI

Service Mesh Frameworks

Job description

Would designing and building public cloud services excite you?

Are you passionate about the design of cloud products and services at scale with cloud native?

Join our Cloud Engineering and Architecture team!

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group's Compute division, formerly Linode and now Akamai's Cloud, consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative engineering teams. We develop applications and services to empower our customers. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by making cloud computing simple, scalable, affordable, and accessible to all. We design, develop, test, and maintain products that run on our IaaS platform.

Shape the future of Akamai's Connected Cloud using Kubernetes

We are looking for a Senior Architect with expertise in Kubernetes and Cloud Native technologies to lead the architecture and design our Cloud Services, new Managed Services product offerings, and the platform these products run on. In this role, you will be working with other architects and engineering development teams.

As an Architect Senior, you will be responsible for:

• Owning the system design and implementation, guiding engineering with pragmatic solutions, and unblocking technical barriers to projects
• Building proof of concepts to help make design choices and recommend technologies
• Working with product managers and product architects to help inform the product direction
• Helping shape the engineering roadmap with stakeholders from product and engineering management and business stakeholders
• Developing best practices, sharing knowledge, and mentoring

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate experience designing and building highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable production services using Kubernetes and Cloud-Native technologies
• Have advanced knowledge of Kubernetes concepts such as Operator/Controller patterns, Cluster API, and multi-cluster
• Have experience and solid foundational understanding of linux, networking, containers and the technologies that revolve around them
• Demonstrate significant experience with implementing code with Go, C++ or Python
• Develop projects with technologies such as opentelemetry, CSI, CNI, CI/CD tooling, Load Balancing, Service Mesh frameworks

Work 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 what makes Akamai a great place to work

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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 health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your 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 away.

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Job Info

• Job Identification 036615
• Posting Date 04/15/2025, 10:55 AM
• Locations 7 Air St, London, England, W1B 5AD, GB (Remote)
• Taleo Requisition Creation Date 02/27/2025, 09:20 AM