Principal Cloud Platform Architect - Remote/Hybrid

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of our cloud platform. You will drive foundational architectures across engineering teams and guide the long-term technical strategy to support Akamai's cloud products.

In this CTO-level role, you will mentor engineers, shape platform roadmaps, and partner with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure and services.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience designing and documenting architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
• Extensive experience with high availability software systems, security, reliability, and operability.
• Knowledge of Internet protocols (routing, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and security measures (TLS, PKI, VPN).
• Expertise in cloud workload management (containers, VMs) and control plane paradigms.
• Experience with SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and public cloud offerings.
• Ability to evaluate and justify technology choices and trade-offs.
• Experience modernizing/refactoring system designs for enterprise-grade scalability and observability.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical improvements for inclusion in the cloud platform roadmap.
• Collaborate with solution architects to define architectures toward a unified cloud platform vision.
• Socialize and 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 to execute the roadmap.

Skills

Cloud architectures

Distributed systems

High availability

Networking & security basics

Cloud workload management

SaaS/PaaS/IaaS experience

Architecture evaluation

System modernization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of our cloud platform. You will drive foundational architectures across engineering teams and guide the long-term technical strategy to support Akamai's cloud products.

In this CTO-level role, you will mentor engineers, shape platform roadmaps, and partner with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure and services.