Senior Cloud Compute Engineer – ARM & Hypervisor

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Lincoln (NE); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Equity awards

ESPP

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to help design and scale the Akamai Connected Cloud compute platform. You will work on ARM64 compute, hypervisor integration, and instance management across ACC, collaborating with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams.

You will develop low-level platform services in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior engineers as you ship robust, scalable software across distributed Linux systems.

Qualifications

• 8 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 scaling ARM64 compute platform functionality, hypervisor integration, and instance management across ACC.
• Developing low-level platform services, resource orchestration tools, and compute APIs using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages.
• Designing, implementing, reviewing, documenting, and testing high quality code in close collaboration with your team.
• Working closely with peers, and coordinating with global teams to build new features or resolve software Bugs.
• Participating in technical design reviews and mentoring junior team members on infrastructure initiatives.

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

Rust

KVM/QEMU

RESTful APIs

Linux systems

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

QEMU

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to help design and scale the Akamai Connected Cloud compute platform. You will work on ARM64 compute, hypervisor integration, and instance management across ACC, collaborating with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams.

You will develop low-level platform services in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior engineers as you ship robust, scalable software across distributed Linux systems.