Principal Cloud-Native Kubernetes Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 183,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Holidays

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

ESPP

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead cloud-native and Kubernetes initiatives on our Compute/Kubernetes platform.

You will guide architectural decisions and help scale managed services across product teams, fostering technical excellence and collaboration. The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, sustaining an inclusive work environment, and driving standardization across cloud-native efforts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Providing cross-team architectural oversight and strategic guidance to ensure cloud-native efforts are cohesively implemented across all product development teams.
• Acting as a unifying technical authority for cloud-native initiatives, ensuring architectural alignment, standardization, and technical excellence organization-wide.
• Partnering with cross-functional leadership to integrate diverse cloud-native technologies, bridging gaps between individual product teams and core platform infrastructure.
• Facilitating a unified technical strategy that empowers teams to deploy and operate cloud-native services efficiently, rather than focusing on a single product silo.
• Mentoring engineering teams across the organization, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and shared technical standards.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-native architectures

Go

Python

Bash

Docker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead cloud-native and Kubernetes initiatives on our Compute/Kubernetes platform.

You will guide architectural decisions and help scale managed services across product teams, fostering technical excellence and collaboration. The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, sustaining an inclusive work environment, and driving standardization across cloud-native efforts.