Principal Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Pierre (SD); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead cloud-native and Kubernetes initiatives across our managed services. You will drive architecture, scalability, and security for our Kubernetes platform while mentoring teams and aligning across product groups.

Join a role that shapes the future of Akamai's cloud-native offerings, within a flexible hybrid work environment that supports work-from-home and in-office arrangements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience in cloud-native / Kubernetes environments.
• Experience building and scaling managed Kubernetes-based services.
• Strong knowledge of container runtimes and orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-team architectural oversight for cloud-native initiatives.
• Serve as a technical authority for cloud-native initiatives and ensure alignment.
• Partner with leadership to integrate cloud-native technologies across product teams.
• Mentor engineering teams and promote standardization.
• Support scale, performance, and security of managed Kubernetes product.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

Cloud-native architectures

Go

Python

Bash

Mentoring

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Containers

Orchestration

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead cloud-native and Kubernetes initiatives across our managed services. You will drive architecture, scalability, and security for our Kubernetes platform while mentoring teams and aligning across product groups.

Join a role that shapes the future of Akamai's cloud-native offerings, within a flexible hybrid work environment that supports work-from-home and in-office arrangements.