Senior ARM Cloud Compute Engineer

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid vacation (PTO)

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design and implement the next generation of cloud compute within the Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will work on core compute platform infrastructure and APIs powering instance orchestration across ARM64 and x86_64, collaborating with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams. The role emphasizes fast development cycles, high-density compute systems, and scalable microservices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Full software development lifecycle experience including code reviews, release management and support.
• Experience with Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust.
• Experience with cloud compute virtualization tech (KVM, QEMU).
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices, and database design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages.
• Expanding underlying platform functionality, resource orchestration tools, and APIs for cloud compute provisioning.
• Contributing to enhanced production support and effective resolution of complex issues impacting low-level compute systems
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to integrate ARM server hardware and solve technical performance bottlenecks.
• Improving compute platform performance, feature sets, multi-core scalability, and service reliability.

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

Rust

ARM64

x86_64

RESTful APIs

Linux

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Linux APIs

Container runtimes

Hypervisor integration

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design and implement the next generation of cloud compute within the Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will work on core compute platform infrastructure and APIs powering instance orchestration across ARM64 and x86_64, collaborating with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams. The role emphasizes fast development cycles, high-density compute systems, and scalable microservices.