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Principal Software Engineer

Akamai Technologies

ottawa, on, Canada Full-time July 04, 2026

Opportunity 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