Cloud Compute Lead - ARM64 & AI Platforms

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead for the Cloud Compute team in Austin, TX. You will architect and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across Akamai Connected Cloud, delivering high-quality code across architectures.

Responsibilities include leading hardware enablement strategy, building cross-platform pipelines, optimizing workloads, and guiding a team of engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Experience mentoring your reports to excel and grow into greater responsibility.
• Deep familiarity with ARM64 / AArch64 and x86_64 server platforms.
• Experience with cross-compilation toolchains, system profiling, and multi-architecture software deployment.
• Have experience with cloud compute virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU), container runtimes, Linux system APIs, or hypervisor integration.
• Experience in technical design, product specification reviews, projects and backlog planning.
• Able to work productively to identify and resolve issues in a collaborative, transparent manner.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and scaling high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across ACC.
• Designing, implementing, reviewing, documenting, and testing high-quality code in close collaboration with your team.
• Leading technical strategy for hardware enablement, cross-platform build pipelines, and workload performance optimization.
• Working closely with peers and coordinating with global teams to build new compute features or resolve low-level software bugs.
• Providing organizational and functional leadership to a team of engineers.

Skills

ARM64 / AArch64

x86_64 server platforms

cross-compilation toolchains

system profiling

multi-architecture deployment

team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

KVM

QEMU

container runtimes

Linux system APIs

hypervisor integration

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead for the Cloud Compute team in Austin, TX. You will architect and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across Akamai Connected Cloud, delivering high-quality code across architectures.

Responsibilities include leading hardware enablement strategy, building cross-platform pipelines, optimizing workloads, and guiding a team of engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.