Senior ARM Cloud Compute Engineer

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies in the United States is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will work with Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust, collaborate with QEMU and Linux teams, and help optimize multi-core performance and reliability in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role emphasizes scalable compute platforms, virtualization tooling, and close partnership with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Demonstrate extensive experience with the full software development life cycle including code reviews, release management and support.
• Show proficiency developing software in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust.
• Have experience with cloud compute virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU), container runtimes, Linux system APIs, or hypervisor integration.
• Possess experience with web application development, microservices, micro-orchestration, RESTful APIs, and database design patterns.
• Have excellent debugging, profiling, and troubleshooting skills across distributed Linux systems and database layers.

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

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Linux

RESTful APIs

Job description

Akamai Technologies in the United States is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will work with Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust, collaborate with QEMU and Linux teams, and help optimize multi-core performance and reliability in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role emphasizes scalable compute platforms, virtualization tooling, and close partnership with