Akamai Technologies · 3 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - Akamai Inference Cloud (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $308K/yr
12+ years expAkamai Technologies is a leader in powering and protecting online experiences. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as a technical leader for their AI inference platform, driving architectural decisions and optimizing AI workloads.
Cyber SecurityDigital MediaSaaSSoftwareVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Providing thought leadership, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while delivering hands-on technical contributions
Architecting and designing the core infrastructure of Akamai Inference Cloud, ensuring it is performant, compliant, economical, and explainable
Providing thought leadership on AI inference optimization, model serving architectures, and establishing technical standards for the platform
Making critical technical decisions on frameworks, tools, and approaches for AI workload deployment and global traffic orchestration
Contributing hands-on to critical path development, code reviews, and architectural implementations
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and elevate team capabilities
Qualification
Required
12+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
Deep expertise in AI inference optimization, model serving, and LLM deployment at scale
Thought leadership on AI inference optimization, model serving architectures, and establishing technical standards for the platform
Expert-level proficiency with cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and architecting services at global scale with strict SLOs
Solid opinions and proven experience building AI platforms developers love, including API design and cost optimization for compute-intensive workloads
Excellent technical leadership with ability to mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and communicate effectively across teams
Experience with building platforms for AI application developers (RAG, agents, fine-tuning workflow)
Working knowledge of AI safety and practices, MLOps practices and AI model lifecycle management
Benefits
Healthcare
401K savings plan
Company holidays
Vacation (in the form of PTO)
Sick time
Family friendly benefits including parental leave
Employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
Company
Akamai Technologies
Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.63BKey Investors
IVP
2025-05-14Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2023-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
2001-08-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Tom Leighton
Chief Executive Officer
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