Principal Software Engineer Lead — Cloud & SRE Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) savings plan

Generous PTO and parental leave

FlexBase / work location flexibility

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to architect and drive scalable, secure distributed systems for our global cloud platform. You will own blueprints, establish coding and operational standards, and lead delivery across teams.

The role emphasizes SRE practices, CI/CD, containerization, and high-availability deployments. You will mentor engineers and contribute to a collaborative, diverse technical culture while advancing public sector cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Twelve years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience developing full-stack web applications, APIs, and microservices in Linux/Unix environments.
• Expertise in Python, JavaScript, SQL, Ruby or PHP and modern software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect complex distributed software systems and write technical blueprints to reduce toil.
• Set development standards, PR review frameworks, and SLIs/SLOs for reliability.
• Design deployment safety pipelines, CI workflows, and automated testing for secure releases.
• Serve as Tier-3 escalation authority for complex failures and lead postmortems.
• Mentor engineers on system design and foster an inclusive technical culture.

Skills

Full-stack development

APIs/microservices

Linux/Unix

Python

JavaScript

SQL

Ruby

PHP

CI/CD

Containerization

Testing automation

SRE concepts

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Linux tooling

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to architect and drive scalable, secure distributed systems for our global cloud platform. You will own blueprints, establish coding and operational standards, and lead delivery across teams.

The role emphasizes SRE practices, CI/CD, containerization, and high-availability deployments. You will mentor engineers and contribute to a collaborative, diverse technical culture while advancing public sector cloud solutions.