Senior Cloud Compute Engineer (ARM64 & X86)

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

Job summary

A senior software engineer at Akamai Technologies, Inc. will design and develop backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management, using Python, Go, or compiled languages.

You will expand platform functionality, orchestration tools, and provisioning APIs to support scalable cloud compute across multi-architecture environments. You will collaborate with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to optimize performance, reliability, and low‑level compute systems, while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with full software development life cycle
• Proficiency in Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust
• Experience with cloud compute virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU) and container runtimes
• Web app development, microservices, RESTful APIs, and database design patterns
• Strong debugging, profiling, and troubleshooting skills across distributed Linux systems and databases

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 resolution of complex issues
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to integrate ARM server hardware and resolve performance bottlenecks
• Improving compute platform performance, feature sets, and multi-core scalability

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

Rust

Linux

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Linux

Job description

A senior software engineer at Akamai Technologies, Inc. will design and develop backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management, using Python, Go, or compiled languages.

You will expand platform functionality, orchestration tools, and provisioning APIs to support scalable cloud compute across multi-architecture environments. You will collaborate with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to optimize performance, reliability, and low‑level compute systems, while