
Principal Technical Solutions Architect
Akamai Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $159,600 - $287,400 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
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