Principal Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Lead the advancement of Akamai's cloud infrastructure and platform services.

• Propel key initiatives across various engineering teams.

• Design core solutions to support Akamai's upcoming cloud products.

• Identify essential enhancements for the cloud platform roadmap.

• Collaborate with architects focused on specific solutions to outline architectures that uphold a cohesive cloud platform vision.

• Build consensus around long-term technical strategy decisions spanning product lines and teams.

• Engage both external partners and internal stakeholders to realize platform evolution objectives.

• Align cloud platform architecture with broader product goals.

• Provide strategic guidance and hands-on design to implement the cloud platform roadmap.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12 years of relevant experience.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.

• Extensive experience in developing and documenting architectures for large-scale distributed systems.

• Familiarity with high availability software systems and methods for achieving service security, reliability, and operability goals.

• Proficient understanding of Internet protocols such as routing, TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP.

• Working knowledge of computer security concepts including TLS, PKI, and VPN.

• Expertise in managing cloud workloads for containers and virtual machines.

• Proficient in control plane paradigms such as push, pull, segmentation, and reconciliation.

• In-depth understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models.

• Experience with one or more public cloud services.

• Proven ability to evaluate and justify technology decisions.

• Experience in modernizing and refactoring system designs for enterprise-grade scalability, reliability, and observability.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus or incentives.

• Equity awards.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.

• 401K savings plan.

• Company holidays.

• Paid Time Off (PTO) for vacation.

• Sick leave.

• Parental leave.

• Employee assistance program.

• Support for mental and financial wellness.

• Flexible work arrangements through FlexBase: options to work from home, in an office, or a blend of both.