Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Platform
Echodyne Corp3 months ago
Kirkland, WA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$165k - $247k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead cloud integration for ingesting, processing, and visualizing data from edge radar units.
- Design resilient distributed systems for bursty, high-frequency telemetry and low-latency command-and-control loops.
- Research and prototype backend technologies for radar management, data updates, and real-time telemetry at scale.
- Define and lead authentication protocols for secure device-to-cloud communication and support data privacy requirements.
- Partner with the Principal Engineer for Edge IoT to define contracts and protocols between on-radar logic and cloud resources.
- Mentor engineers and elevate design clarity and pragmatic engineering practices across the radar-cloud stack.
Requirements
- Expert proficiency with AWS cloud-native services for high-throughput device data, including IoT Core, Kinesis, Timestream, and Lambda.
- Deep experience leading resilient distributed systems handling high-frequency telemetry and low-latency operations.
- Deep understanding of software security, authentication, authorization, and data privacy frameworks.
- Proven experience as a Tech Lead guiding architecture and implementing complex backend services for physical assets at the edge.
- Understanding of edge constraints, radar-data serialization, cloud schemas, intermittent connectivity, and bandwidth limitations.
- History of driving technical teams to meet commitments and delivering customer-facing products in rapid R&D or aerospace and defense-adjacent environments.
- Ability to provide technical leadership for scalable, secure, edge-aware cloud platforms.
Benefits
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
- Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for employees.
- Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA plans.
- Virtual Care through 98Point6 and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Mental health coverage through Spring Health and Talkspace via Premera.
- Travel assistance insurance, company-paid life insurance, and company-paid short- and long-term disability.
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees and 15 days per year for non-exempt employees.
- 401(k) match, pet insurance, prepaid legal program, commuter benefits, and paid company holidays.
- Exempt, full-time role for US-based employees with an annual salary range of $164,594–$246,788.
- Applicants may need to establish eligibility to handle U.S. Government export-controlled information.
About Echodyne Corp
Echodyne builds compact, solid-state beam‑steering radar sensors and software for integrators and end users in government/defense, critical infrastructure protection, uncrewed aircraft systems, and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, the privately held company commercializes its patented MESA metamaterials electronically scanned array technology to deliver all‑weather 3D surveillance and counter‑UAS capabilities, selling radars and related software modules for security, airspace management, and autonomous navigation applications.