Senior Cloud Compute Engineer – ARM/ARM64

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cheyenne (WY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instances.

You will work on platform functionality, virtualization, and orchestration to support cloud compute provisioning across multi-architecture environments. The role requires hands-on development in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust, plus experience with KVM/QEMU, RESTful APIs, and distributed Linux systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Extensive experience with the full software development life cycle including code reviews, release management and support.
• Proficiency developing software in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust.
• Experience with cloud compute virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU), container runtimes, Linux system APIs, or hypervisor integration.
• Experience with web application development, microservices, micro-orchestration, RESTful APIs, and database design patterns.
• 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

KVM

QEMU

REST APIs

Linux APIs

Distributed systems

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instances.

You will work on platform functionality, virtualization, and orchestration to support cloud compute provisioning across multi-architecture environments. The role requires hands-on development in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust, plus experience with KVM/QEMU, RESTful APIs, and distributed Linux systems.