[Hiring] Chief Architect - IaaS Platform & Products @Akamai

Role Description

This role involves defining and leading the technical architecture for Akamai's cloud platform and services.

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

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, allows 95% of employees the choice to work from home, the office, or both.
• Opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things.
• Benefits designed to meet individual needs for health, finances, family, work-life balance, and personal pursuits.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $217,900 - $392,100/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).