Senior Principal Engineer: Cloud ARM64 & Hypervisor

Akamai Technologies

Cambridge (MA)

On-site

USD 260,000 - 360,000

Full time

13 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare
401k savings plan
Company holidays
Paid time off
Sick time
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Equity awards
Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a seasoned architect and technical leader to design and scale high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and associated hypervisor layers across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will drive hardware enablement strategy and mentor a team of engineers to deliver robust, scalable cloud infrastructure.

The role requires deep CPU architecture knowledge and hands-on experience with cloud compute virtualization, including KVM/QEMU, Linux APIs, and container runtimes,

Qualifications

  • Candidates must have 12 years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Deep familiarity with modern CPU architectures and cloud compute virtualization technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and scale high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and hypervisor layers across the Akamai Connected Cloud.
  • Lead technical strategy for hardware enablement.
  • Provide organizational leadership to a team of engineers.

Skills

Cloud computing
ARM64
x86_64
Hypervisor
KVM
QEMU
Linux system APIs
Container runtimes
Cross-compilation
System profiling
Software architecture
Technical leadership
Performance optimization
Hardware enablement
Product specification
Backlog planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking a seasoned architect and technical leader to design and scale high-density ARM64 compute platform functionality and associated hypervisor layers across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You will drive hardware enablement strategy and mentor a team of engineers to deliver robust, scalable cloud infrastructure.

The role requires deep CPU architecture knowledge and hands-on experience with cloud compute virtualization, including KVM/QEMU, Linux APIs, and container runtimes,

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