Senior Compute Platform Engineer – Cloud & AI

Akamai; United States; Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401K plan

PTO and leave benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to help design and implement the next generation of cloud computing on the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will work on core compute platform infrastructure and APIs powering instance orchestration across ACC, collaborating with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to scale ARM64 and x86 compute.

You will own low-level services, orchestration tooling, and compute APIs, with responsibilities spanning design reviews, testing, and mentoring.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Extensive experience with the full software development life cycle including code reviews, release management and support.
• Proficiency 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

ARM64

QEMU

KVM

RESTful APIs

Linux systems

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

QEMU

KVM

RESTful APIs

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to help design and implement the next generation of cloud computing on the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will work on core compute platform infrastructure and APIs powering instance orchestration across ACC, collaborating with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to scale ARM64 and x86 compute.

You will own low-level services, orchestration tooling, and compute APIs, with responsibilities spanning design reviews, testing, and mentoring.