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Principal Software Engineer

Akamai — Content delivery and security

United States Remote Senior+ Posted Sep 8, 2026
Cloud
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About the role

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures to lead the evolution of our managed services. You will be responsible for helping to support the scale, performance,…

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Sep 9, 2026, 38 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 1,749 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $185k and $288k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Akamai.
  • What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,383 indexed openings: REST/APIs (41%), Python (38%), Backend (38%), Cloud (33%), Go (28%). This posting names Cloud.
  • Akamai is hiring actively — 199 open roles indexed, 108 first appeared in the last 30 days.

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