Akamai Technologies

Principal Technical Solutions Architect

Akamai Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: MassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $159,600 - $287,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Leading enterprise technical discovery to understand business requirements and guide solution design.
  • Architecting cloud, edge, observability, and media streaming solutions across Akamai Connected Cloud.
  • Designing and building proof-of-concept solutions using Akamai technologies like LKE, EdgeWorkers, EdgeKV, and mPulse.
  • Providing pre-sales engineering support and managing opportunities from discovery through validation and production deployment.
  • Partnering with Qualified Computing Partners to deliver integrated solutions and lead joint customer engagements.
  • Creating technical enablement content, blogs, and hands-on labs to help field teams position solutions.
  • Leading customer workshops, hackathons, and labs focused on EdgeWorkers, APIs, transcoding, and edge computing.
  • Influencing product roadmap through customer feedback, advocacy, and documenting engagements via reviews and deal support.

Requirements

  • 15yrs experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or related engineering roles
  • Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
  • Deep expertise in cloud platforms, distributed systems, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and Infrastructure as a Code
  • Hands-on experience with edge computing, CDN technologies, and web performance optimization including Core Web Vitals
  • Excellent understanding of media streaming technologies including live transcoding, VOD workflows, and video players
  • Proven ability to design and deliver proof-of-concept solutions aligned to customer business requirements
  • Effective in cross-functional collaboration with sales, product management, and engineering teams to support customer success
  • Excellent communication skills leading workshops, executive presentations, and creating impactful technical content
  • Proficient in modern development practices, APIs, databases, observability tools, automation, and mentoring junior engineers
Benefits
  • Healthcare
  • 401K savings plan
  • Company holidays
  • Vacation (in the form of PTO)
  • Sick time
  • Family friendly benefits including parental leave
  • Employee assistance program with focus on mental and financial wellness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud platformsdistributed systemsKubernetescontainer orchestrationInfrastructure as Codeedge computingCDN technologiesweb performance optimizationmedia streaming technologiesproof-of-concept solutions
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationcommunication skillsworkshop leadershipexecutive presentationstechnical content creationcustomer advocacyinfluencing product roadmapmentoring
Certifications
Bachelor's degree