# Senior II Software Engineer

Do you want to help design and implement the next generation of cloud computing? Do you want to help build the future of AI accelerating compute architectures across the Akamai Connected Cloud? Join our Compute team! The team focuses on driving innovation by simplifying, scaling, and making computing accessible and affordable globally. Infrastructure and services support developers in creating next-generation applications. Responsibilities include designing and developing core compute interfaces, virtualization management, APIs, and platform services. The goal is to enable seamless workload deployment and scaling across diverse architecture environments worldwide. Partner with the best In this role, you'll work on core compute platform infrastructure and APIs powering instance orchestration across the Akamai Connected Cloud. You'll work closely with QEMU, Linux systems, and hardware teams to drive our native ARM and x86 compute. Our work environment nurtures rapid development cycles, open communication, and innovative engineering solutions to build high-density compute systems. As a Senior II Software Engineer, you will be responsible for: Designing and scaling ARM64 compute platfo

- **Id**: 1102940
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/akamai-senior-ii-software-engineer-4>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cambridge, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-22T01:13:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-22
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T14:05:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 52
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4971
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), CDN & Edge Delivery, Web Security & DDoS Protection

## Company

- **Id**: 15228
- **Name**: Akamai
- **Domain**: akamai.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/akamai>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.538
- **Repost share**: 0.026
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 5
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 146400
- **Max**: 263600
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 263600

## Technologies

- **Akamai** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **KVM** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **QEMU** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 52

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-22T01:53:44Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker); Route: Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.177
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 5
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 263600
- **Is top pay**: yes

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