Principal Architect

Akamai Technologies

Principal Architect driving the evolution of Akamai’s cloud platform architectures. Leading cross-engineering efforts and ensuring alignment with product goals.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $360,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDNSTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the evolution of Akamai's platform architectures
Lead cross-engineering efforts to identify, prioritize, and design solutions for critical platform system initiatives
Collaborate with architects across engineering to define solutions
Build consensus around technical strategy decisions
Engage with external partners and stakeholders to achieve platform evolution goals
Ensure platform architecture aligns with product goals

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
Demonstrate extensive experience developing and documenting architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
Able to clearly articulate design decisions to implementation teams.
Have solid experience with high availability software systems and methods for achieving service security, reliability and operability objectives.
Be self-motivated; have effective communication skills and be able to influence and motivate others.
Possess working knowledge of Internet protocols (routing, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.) and computer security (OS, containers, protocols).
Have a good understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with experience in one or more public cloud offerings.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare
401K savings plan
Company holidays
Vacation (in the form of PTO)
Sick time
Family friendly benefits including parental leave
Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness

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Hard Skills & Tools

architecture developmentlarge-scale distributed systemshigh availability software systemsservice securityreliability objectivesoperability objectivesInternet protocolsTCP/IPDNSHTTP

Soft Skills

effective communicationinfluence othersmotivate othersself-motivatedcollaborationconsensus buildingarticulate design decisions