Location
ottawa, on, Canada
Posted
June 27, 2026
Job Description
Drive innovation in cloud solutions as a Principal Software Engineer with Akamai. Focus on scalable, reliable designs while collaborating in a supportive team environment.
Join Akamai's Cloud Compute team and impact the architecture of the next generation of storage solutions. Your role will involve mentoring, defining cloud tooling, and collaborating on complex distributed systems. You will lead design decisions with long-term implications and elevate engineering standards in an agile environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Own architecture and technical direction of scalable platforms
• Collaborate within a close-knit team to tackle distributed systems
• Mentor teammates through code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Define the next generation of tools for cloud computing
• Design improvements for high-performance systems running on Kubernetes
Requirements:
• Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go with C++ as a bonus
• Expe...
Join Akamai's Cloud Compute team and impact the architecture of the next generation of storage solutions. Your role will involve mentoring, defining cloud tooling, and collaborating on complex distributed systems. You will lead design decisions with long-term implications and elevate engineering standards in an agile environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Own architecture and technical direction of scalable platforms
• Collaborate within a close-knit team to tackle distributed systems
• Mentor teammates through code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Define the next generation of tools for cloud computing
• Design improvements for high-performance systems running on Kubernetes
Requirements:
• Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go with C++ as a bonus
• Expe...