Senior Cloud Platform Architect – Remote/Hybrid

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group (CTG) is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of our cloud infrastructure and platform services, partnering with multiple engineering teams to design foundational solutions powering Akamai's future cloud products.

You will identify improvements for the platform roadmap, socialize long-term strategy, and provide leadership with high-level guidance and hands-on design to deliver scalable, secure, and observable systems.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience designing large-scale distributed systems.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Identify improvements for the cloud platform roadmap.
• Collaborate with solution architects across engineering to define unified cloud platform architectures.
• Socialize and build consensus around long-term technical strategy decisions across product lines and teams.
• Engage with external partners and stakeholders to achieve platform evolution goals.
• Ensure cloud platform architecture aligns with other product goals.
• Provide leadership through high-level guidance and hands-on design as needed.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group (CTG) is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of our cloud infrastructure and platform services, partnering with multiple engineering teams to design foundational solutions powering Akamai's future cloud products.

You will identify improvements for the platform roadmap, socialize long-term strategy, and provide leadership with high-level guidance and hands-on design to deliver scalable, secure, and observable systems.