Senior ARM Cloud Compute Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement backend compute services for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management. You will work with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to advance multi-architecture compute platforms.

You will contribute to platform performance, scalability, and reliability while collaborating across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes full SDLC, debugging, and cloud compute tooling.

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

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

QEMU

KVM

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement backend compute services for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management. You will work with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to advance multi-architecture compute platforms.

You will contribute to platform performance, scalability, and reliability while collaborating across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes full SDLC, debugging, and cloud compute tooling.