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Senior / Staff / Principal Platform Engineer
AppGate Cybersecurity, Inc.
Remote, United States
- $180,000 to $270,000 USD / year
We’re looking for a Senior, Staff or Principal Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Python, Linux systems and production platform engineering.
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Principal Engineer, Model Performance
Runware
Remote, United States
As Principal Engineer, Model Performance, you will own how fast and how cheaply every model on Runware runs: diffusion and video generation, speech, 3D and LLMs, across 400,000+ models and…
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Principal Consultant - Databricks
OZ Digital LLC
Remote, United States
We're seeking a highly experienced Principal Consultant - Databricks to serve as the senior technical authority for complex enterprise data-platform engagements. The ideal candidate…
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Principal Engineer, Populus.ai and Elevate Platform
IPS Group Inc.
Remote, United States
- $125,000 to $160,000 USD / year
The Principal Engineer is the technical owner of the platform behind Populus.ai and Elevate, combining two roles in one: the platform's architect and its lead hands-on developer. You will…
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Accountant / Financial Analyst
ACS Auto Club Services, Inc.
Remote, United States
Google Cloud Platform Data Studio, SQL, R, Python, DataRobot, Tableau
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Consulting/Principal DBA
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. Company
Remote, United States
We are seeking a Principal / Consulting DBA to provide strategic and hands-on technical leadership for mission-critical database platforms across cloud-first and hybrid environments. In…
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Principal Product Security Engineer
Cribl
Remote, United States
Cribl is looking for a Principal Product Security Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical authority at the intersection of application, cloud, and FedRAMP environment security. You will…
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Lead Software Engineer
ZBETA Consulting
Remote, United States
Serve as the principal technical architect, establishing scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions across internal platforms and applications.
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Principal Architect
Bounteous
Remote, United States
The Principal Architect is the senior-most technical authority and executive-facing owner of the overall solution architecture for the account. This is a client-facing, decision-making role…
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Global Principal Senior Specialist Solution Architect - Lightwell
Red Hat, LLC
Remote, United States
We are seeking an Solution Architect with deep Java/Python engineering roots and specialized expertise in Red Hat Lightwell to lead technical sales, client architecture, and partner…
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Principal Solutions Experience Engineer - Platform Delivery
Rapid7
Remote, United States
- $164,600 to $222,600 USD / year
Demonstrated experience with systems scripting and software development (Python, Bash, PowerShell, or modern web frameworks) to design internal tooling and service interfaces.
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Staff Engineer
MOXFIVE
Remote, United States
- $200,000 to $250,000 USD / year
…what you'd change. Typically this comes from time in a Staff, Principal, or Lead…
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Senior Principal Embedded Engineer, AI Solutions
Autodesk
Remote, United States
Autodesk Technical Advisory is seeking a highly technical and customer-focused Senior Principal Embedded Engineer, AI Solutions to join our new Embedded Engineering (forward-deployed…
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Principal Embedded Engineer, AI Solutions
Autodesk
Remote, United States
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Principal Data Platform Developer
CLEAResult Consulting Inc.
Remote, United States
Strong Python, SQL and PySpark; experience with Delta Lake and Delta Live Tables/Lakeflow.
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Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)
STR
Remote, United States
Principal Mission Engineer (Full Stack) (Secret Clearance Required)
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Software Engineer Principal
The Home Depot
Remote, United States
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Principal Application Engineer (Salesforce)
PointClickCare
Remote, United States
- $179,300 to $224,100 USD / year
PointClickCare is searching for a Principal Application Engineer who will lead application development by writing and rigorously defending production-grade application code and…
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Manager, Software Engineering
NIKE USA
Remote, United States
Hands-on technical grounding in modern backend stacks (Go, Kotlin/Java, or Python; ConnectRPC/gRPC/REST; event-driven pipelines on Kafka/Kinesis/SNS/SQS; cloud-native deployment on AWS or…
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Senior Software Engineer - AI Engineering (Remote)
The Home Depot
Remote, United States
…proficient engineers and partner closely with product, UX and principal engineers. Together you build, deploy and support production applications and share ownership of security,…
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Senior Software Engineer - AI Engineering (Remote)
HOME DEPOT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Remote, United States
…proficient engineers and partner closely with product, UX and principal engineers. Together you build, deploy and support production applications and share ownership of security,…
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Engineering Manager, Internal Attack
Horizon3
Remote, United States
- $238,000 to $280,000 USD / year
The team spans career-level engineers through Staff and Principal, and its work is to research modern internal tradecraft and turn it into production-safe attacks that run autonomously…
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Principal AI & ML Architect
National Debt Relief, LLC.
Remote, United States
- $180,000 to $207,000 USD / year
National Debt Relief (NDR) is seeking a Principal AI & ML Architect to design and build the AI and machine learning systems that power our Data Science and Applied AI teams. Reporting…
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GTM Data Operations Engineer
MPLC
Remote, United States
- $85,000 to $100,000 USD / year
Python: you can read, write and debug pipeline and web scraping scripts without a developer.
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Principal Data Scientist
ZINC Zillow, Inc.
Remote, United States
- $173,000 to $290,900 USD / year
…this mission by building the foundational platforms, data, and developer capabilities that power every consumer, partner, and employee experience at…

Akamai

Principal Software Engineer - (Reston or Cambridge)

Remote, United States

$169,300 to $304,700 USD / year

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Pay: $169,300 to $304,700 USD / year
Experience: Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 30, 2026

Original job description

Are you passionate about architecting scalable systems and leading technical innovation? Do you want to build mission-critical solutions for public sector cloud platforms? Join our team! Our team's mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable for all. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable developers to build next-generation applications. We take ownership of the design and development of core compute interfaces, virtualization management, APIs, and low-level platform services. Partner with the best As a technical authority, you will drive engineering excellence through robust solution design. You will integrate Site Reliability Engineering principles to ensure web applications, APIs, and automation platforms excel in reliability. Additionally, you will build specialty tooling to maintain our globally distributed infrastructure.

As a Principal Software Engineer Lead, you will be responsible for:

Architecting complex distributed software systems and authoring technical blueprints to eliminate operational toil
Establishing development standards, pull request review frameworks, and Service Level Objectives to maintain system resilience
Designing deployment safety pipelines, continuous integration workflows, and automated testing frameworks for secure production releases
Serving as the Tier-3 escalation authority for complex application failures and leading postmortem reviews
Mentoring engineering teams on system design while cultivating an inclusive and collaborative technical culture

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
Have experience developing full-stack web applications, APIs, and microservices in Linux or Unix environments
Possess expertise in languages such as Python, JavaScript, SQL, Ruby, or PHP
Be knowledgeable about CI/CD pipelines, containerization, automated testing, and revision control workflows
Demonstrate solid grounding in SRE principles, including SLI/SLO tracking, toil reduction, and root-cause analysis
Demonstrate success creating architectural blueprints, evaluating emerging technologies, and mentoring engineering peers
Possess US Citizenship, and be eligible to undergo the required security clearance process; an active clearance is not required.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works. Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. FlexBase adapts to your job's needs Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $169,300 - $304,700/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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Skills

Engineering principles
Blueprints
CI/CD
Test automation
Microservices
Linux
UNIX
Python
JavaScript
SQL
Ruby
PHP
Root cause analysis
Coaching

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