Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Compute - Hybrid

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

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring a Principal Software Engineer Lead to architect and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across ACC. You will design, implement, review, and test high-quality code in close collaboration with your team.

Lead technical strategy for hardware enablement, cross-platform pipelines, and workload optimization, working with peers worldwide to deliver new features and mentor engineers.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant software engineering experience and a Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent.
• Deep familiarity with ARM64/AArch64 and x86_64 server platforms.
• Experience with cross-compilation toolchains, multi-arch deployment, and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of cloud compute virtualization technologies and hypervisor integration.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers.
• Design, implement, review, document, and test production-quality code with your team.
• Lead hardware enablement strategy, cross-platform build pipelines, and workload performance.
• Collaborate with global teams to build new compute features and fix bugs.
• Provide leadership to a team of engineers and guide delivery.

Skills

ARM64 / AArch64

x86_64 server platforms

Cross-compilation toolchains

System profiling

Multi-architecture deployment

Hypervisor integration

Cloud compute virtualization (KVM QEMU

Container runtimes

Linux system APIs

Technical design & backlog planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring a Principal Software Engineer Lead to architect and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across ACC. You will design, implement, review, and test high-quality code in close collaboration with your team.

Lead technical strategy for hardware enablement, cross-platform pipelines, and workload optimization, working with peers worldwide to deliver new features and mentor engineers.