Senior Cloud Compute Engineer - ARM64 & Hypervisor, Remote

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to design and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality, handle hypervisor integration, and manage instances across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will collaborate with Linux and hardware teams to push native ARM and x86 compute capabilities.

Responsibilities include building low-level services and APIs, working with distributed systems, and mentoring peers while participating in design reviews to deliver high-quality software.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.

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.

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

Rust

ARM64

QEMU

KVM

Linux APIs

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Database design

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Linux system APIs

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to design and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality, handle hypervisor integration, and manage instances across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will collaborate with Linux and hardware teams to push native ARM and x86 compute capabilities.

Responsibilities include building low-level services and APIs, working with distributed systems, and mentoring peers while participating in design reviews to deliver high-quality software.