Senior Software Architect - Agentic AI

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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
8-8 Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Akamai powers and protects life online by solving the toughest challenges and turning the impossible into the possible.
The Role
The Senior Software Architect will lead the architecture and strategy for agentic AI systems, defining standards, frameworks, and ensuring scalable, secure implementations while mentoring others.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you excited about working with the latest cutting-edge technologies?

Would you enjoy contributing to the architecture of high-profile security products?

Join our CSI Group

Our team is a part of the Cloud Security Intelligence group. which owns one of the largest Big Data environments in Israel. The team provides cloud platforms for Akamai's Big Data Security products. The CSI group is responsible for innovating, developing, and maintaining the platform services across environments.

Develop innovative security solutions

We are seeking a Senior Software Architect - Agentic AI to lead the architecture and technical strategy for scalable, secure, and governed agentic AI systems, establishing the frameworks, standards, and reference architectures that enable AI agents to operate safely, reliably, and effectively within complex enterprise environments.

As a Senior Software Architect - Agentic AI, you will be responsible for:

  • Defining the architectural vision, principles, and long-term strategy for enterprise-scale agentic AI platforms and capabilities.
  • Designing scalable, secure, and governed architectures for AI agent orchestration, coordination, and execution across enterprise environments.
  • Establishing architectural standards, reusable patterns, and reference architectures for agent platforms, workflows, and governance.
  • Defining secure integration frameworks for AI agents interacting with enterprise systems, data, and applications.
  • Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to align agentic architecture with business goals and enterprise requirements.
  • Providing technical leadership and mentorship to ensure scalable and reusable agentic AI solutions.
  • Establishing frameworks to assess agent performance, reliability, risk, and production readiness.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field advanced degree.
  • Have 8+ years of experience in software engineering, systems architecture, platform engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Have proven experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems, enterprise software platforms, APIs, microservices, integration patterns, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Have hands-on experience with agentic AI architectures, orchestration frameworks, tool integration, retrieval systems, and model evaluation.
  • Have proven experience in enterprise Python development, including testing, observability, dependency management, and production-grade practices.
  • Demonstrate Understanding of integrating deterministic systems with AI components, including reliability, governance, evaluation, and operational risk.
  • Have basic familiarity with LLM/SLM concepts, including fine-tuning, inference, evaluation, and how models are integrated into agentic systems.
     

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.


Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering or systems architecture
  • Experience designing large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
  • Hands-on experience with agentic AI architectures
  • Proven experience in enterprise Python development

Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
  • Parental & Family Support Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.

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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
10,285 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!

Why Work With Us

Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.

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