Chief Architect - IaaS Platform & Products

Would designing and building public cloud services excite you?

Are you passionate about the design of cloud products and services at scale?

Join our Cloud Technology Engineering team!

Akamai's Cloud Technology Engineering Group designs and builds the core platform for compute, storage, networking, and developer-focused services. We collaborate closely, value pragmatic engineering, and take pride in delivering highly reliable distributed systems.

Shape the future of Akamai's Connected Cloud

As a Chief Architect, you will define and lead the technical architecture for Akamai's cloud platform and services. This role will partner across engineering, product, and leadership to shape the technical direction of our IaaS products spanning virtualization, Kubernetes, cloud storage, networking, and large-scale distributed systems.

As a Chief Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Defining the platform-level architecture standards, patterns, and principles for Akamai Cloud services.
• Evaluating and guiding decisions across virtualization, containers, storage, networking, and orchestration. Build alignment and consensus across engineering organizations.
• Helping engineering teams adopt pragmatic, high-impact solutions and unblock complex technical challenges.
• Contributing to build / partner / buy decisions with product and corporate development stakeholders.
• Representing Akamai Cloud in the broader engineering community through speaking, writing, standards participation, or open-source engagement.
• Mentoring senior engineers and architects, helping develop the next generation of technical leaders.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or it's equivalent.
• Have technical understanding across several of the following: Linux, Virtualization, Kubernetes, Cloud networking and service connectivity and Cloud storage systems
• Possess experience architecting and operating highly available, fault-tolerant, globally distributed systems.
• Be able to think holistically about systems performance, reliability, security, operability, and cost.
• Possess good communication skills from writing clear design proposals to engaging executive leadership.
• Demonstrate industry impact through open-source contributions, technical publications, standards work, or conference speaking at communities such as CNCF.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply. 

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At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

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