Lead Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Compute & ARM64

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

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to design and scale ARM64 compute platforms and hypervisor layers across Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will drive hardware enablement, cross‑platform build pipelines, and performance optimization, collaborating with global teams to ship new compute features and fix low‑level software bugs. You will lead a team of engineers, shape technical strategy, ensure production‑quality code, and contribute to multi-architecture

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across ACC.

Skills

ARM64 / AArch64

x86_64

Cross-compilation

System profiling

Multi-architecture

KVM

QEMU

Container runtimes

Linux APIs

Hypervisor integration

Technical design

Backlog planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

No specific tools listed

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to design and scale ARM64 compute platforms and hypervisor layers across Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will drive hardware enablement, cross‑platform build pipelines, and performance optimization, collaborating with global teams to ship new compute features and fix low‑level software bugs. You will lead a team of engineers, shape technical strategy, ensure production‑quality code, and contribute to multi-architecture