Do you enjoy building cutting-edge AI platforms in the cloud?
Do you want to shape how digital native companies adopt AI inference at scale?
Join the Technical Solutions Architect team
Akamai is working to simplify the way people build and scale in the cloud. As AI adoption accelerates, our mission is to make AI infrastructure especially GPU-powered workloads simple, scalable, accessible, and cost-efficient.
The team provides the infrastructure that enable customers to build next-generation AI applications, from LLM/GenAI inference platforms to autonomous agents.
Shape the future of AI in the cloud
You'll play an integral part of sales lifecycle & support Pre-Sales defining Cloud solutions as technology specialist. You will guide customers through strategic & technical aspects of Cloud transformation to drive services consumption. You'll also be the thought-leader in cloud computing both outside and within Akamai.
As a Technical Solutions Architect AI/GPU, you will be responsible for:
- Contributing a critical role in the sales lifecycle as a deep technical expert and strategic partner
- Assisting AI/GPU-focused solutions across Asia, working closely with Cloud Sales leadership and account sales teams to drive high-impact opportunities
- Designing for customers and build AI inference platforms from the ground up
- Facilitating them through architectural decisions, prototyping/PoCs, and position Akamai/Linode as a key enabler of their AI journey
- Acting as a thought leader in AI infrastructure both internally and externally influencing customers, partners, and product direction
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 6+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, or distributed systems, with good customer-facing experience in presales or consulting role
- Possess deep hands-on experience in AI/ML systems, designing and deploying AI inference systems (LLMs, CV, or recommendation models)
- Demonstrate good expertise in GPU-based infrastructure including GPU workload optimization, distributed inference and scaling strategies and familiarity with modern GPU stacks
- Have solid experience with cloud-native architectures in Kubernetes and container orchestration for AI workloads and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- Demonstrate working knowledge in Networking, storage, and high-performance computing concepts, data pipelines and streaming architectures
- Be an excellent communicator to translate complex AI/ML concepts into business value and present to both technical and executive audiences
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work
We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.
Working for you
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
About us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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Skills Required
- 7 years of professional experience
- 5 years in customer-facing technical role with cloud/hosting firm
- Professional level certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle and/or CNCF
- Hands-on skills in three or more domains: Kubernetes, cloud networking, database, storage, AI & GPU, IaC/CI/CD tooling, gaming, or media streaming
- Knowledge and hands-on skills in open source software including Apache, MySQL, Redis, Nginx, Terraform
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Cloud professional service delivery experience
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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