Principal Cloud Platform Architect - Hybrid/Remote

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

PTO

Equity awards

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of our cloud infrastructure and platform services.

You will drive initiatives across engineering teams, designing foundational solutions that power Akamai's future cloud products and ensuring security, reliability, and scalability across our global platforms. In this role, you will socialize long-term technical strategy, engage with stakeholders, and provide high-level guidance plus hands-on design to advance our

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in designing architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
• Extensive experience with high availability software systems and security/operability objectives.
• Knowledge of Internet protocols and cloud workload management.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical improvements for the cloud platform roadmap.
• Collaborate with architects across engineering to define unified platform architectures.
• Build consensus on long-term technical strategy across product lines and teams.
• Engage with external partners and stakeholders to achieve platform evolution goals.
• Ensure cloud platform architecture aligns with other product goals.
• Provide leadership through guidance and hands-on design as needed.

Skills

Distributed systems architecture

Cloud platforms

High availability

Security & observability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of our cloud infrastructure and platform services.

You will drive initiatives across engineering teams, designing foundational solutions that power Akamai's future cloud products and ensuring security, reliability, and scalability across our global platforms. In this role, you will socialize long-term technical strategy, engage with stakeholders, and provide high-level guidance plus hands-on design to advance our