Lead Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Compute & ARM64

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Salt Lake City (UT)

On-site

USD 169,000 - 305,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to design and scale high-density ARM64 compute platforms and hypervisor layers across ACC. You will drive hardware enablement and cross-platform build pipelines while collaborating with global teams to deliver new compute features.

You will also lead a team of engineers, review code, and ensure production-quality software across multiple architectures. This is a role that blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership.

Qualifications

12 years of relevant experience in software engineering.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Architect high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across ACC.
Design, implement, review, document, and test high-quality code with your team.
Lead technical strategy for hardware enablement and workload performance optimization.
Coordinate with global teams to build new compute features and resolve low-level bugs.
Provide organizational and functional leadership to a team of engineers.

Skills

Arm64 compute

x86 server platforms

KVM/QEMU

Hypervisor integration

Cross-compilation toolchains

Linux system APIs

Multi-architecture deployment

Technical design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Cross-platform build pipelines

Code review

Job description

You will also lead a team of engineers, review code, and ensure production-quality software across multiple architectures. This is a role that blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership.

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