Principal Software Engineer

Akamai Technologies

Full-time Other-General
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Location
ahuntsic north, qc, Canada
Posted
June 27, 2026

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer – Cloud Compute As part of Akamai's Cloud Compute team, you will focus on building highly reliable, scalable, and cost‑effective storage solutions, empowering enterprises to create modern solutions to a broad range of problems.

Responsibilities

Get in early on an exceptionally rare and impactful project.

Own the architecture and technical direction of a platform built to scale.

Work day‑to‑day in a close‑knit team while collaborating with a wider group to solve complex distributed systems challenges.

Weigh the longer‑term implications of design decisions, not just the problem in front of you.

Help the team grow through mentoring, code review, and raising engineering standards; define the next generation of cloud tooling.

Work to define the next generation of cloud tooling.

Qualifications

At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience; relevant education in Com...