Lead Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Compute
Listed on 2026-10-17
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, DevOps, Software Architect
Akamai is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own the design of the control plane that places, reconciles, and operates VMs across the Compute fleet. As a Principal Software Engineer Lead you will define partitioning strategies, own the placement reconciliation loop, and generalize bulk operations with robust idempotency and failure thresholds.
You will bring 12+ years building distributed systems, deep SQL experience, and hands-on Kubernetes and containerized app experience to help Akamai
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- Cloud Compute at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
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This posting is for the Lead Principal Software Engineer
- Cloud Compute role at Akamai Technologies, Inc., based in Frankfort, KY, United States.
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