Principal Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Principal Software Engineer on the Compute team to lead cloud-native and Kubernetes services for our managed Kubernetes platform. You will guide architectural evolution, align technical standards, and scale capabilities across product teams.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and platform leadership, and help deliver secure, scalable cloud-native solutions using Go, Python, Bash, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in software engineering.
• Experience building and scaling managed services and Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Expert knowledge of container runtimes and orchestration.
• Strong communication and mentoring capabilities.

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

Mentoring

Architectural oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Containers

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Principal Software Engineer on the Compute team to lead cloud-native and Kubernetes services for our managed Kubernetes platform. You will guide architectural evolution, align technical standards, and scale capabilities across product teams.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and platform leadership, and help deliver secure, scalable cloud-native solutions using Go, Python, Bash, Docker, and Kubernetes.