Senior Hardware Engineer

Akamai Technologies, Inc.
📍 Washington, DC, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 01, 2026

Job Description

**Are you excited to build the next generation of cloud server architecture?**
**Do you enjoy hands-on bring-up and deep dives into data plane behavior?**
**Join our Server Team!**
Our Hardware Engineering team designs, qualifies, and scales the server platforms that power Akamai Cloud. We partner closely with OEM/ODM manufacturers to deliver reliable, efficient, and secure platforms from concept through global deployment.
**Partner with the best**
You'll focus on the SmartNIC/DPU software and hardware that underpins our compute and GPU servers. These DPUs offload CPU resources, improve isolation, and accelerate services across Akamai Cloud. You'll help define and integrate host + DPU architectures, validate RoCE and virtualization capabilities, and drive platform offload and acceleration from early concepts through mass production and global deployment.
As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for:
+ Driving DPU hardware and software integration into...

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Job Details

  • Location Washington, DC
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date July 01, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 05, 2026