Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Compute (ARM) — Hybrid Role

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management.

You will work with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to optimize multi-architecture compute across the Akamai Connected Cloud. The role requires 5+ years of experience, proficiency in Python/Go/C/C++, and knowledge of cloud compute virtualization (KVM/QEMU) and RESTful APIs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

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 effective resolution of complex issues impacting low-level compute systems
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to integrate ARM server hardware and solve technical performance bottlenecks.
• Improving compute platform performance, feature sets, multi-core scalability, and service reliability.

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

Rust

RESTful APIs

Linux systems

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

QEMU

KVM

Linux

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement backend compute services and APIs for ARM64 and x86_64 instance management.

You will work with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to optimize multi-architecture compute across the Akamai Connected Cloud. The role requires 5+ years of experience, proficiency in Python/Go/C/C++, and knowledge of cloud compute virtualization (KVM/QEMU) and RESTful APIs.