Chief Engineer Principal – Software
Oshkosh Corporation19 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$119k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead software architecture for the connected-vehicle Azure cloud platform across cloud backend, data, APIs, and web and mobile integrations.
- Develop cloud-native services, APIs, event-driven processing, and data-intensive applications.
- Balance scalability, reliability, security, performance, quality, and cost in architectural decisions.
- Establish architectural and coding standards, mentor engineers, and raise engineering quality.
- Partner with embedded engineers, product owners, and engineering leads to translate product needs into technical solutions and support delivery.
- Improve platform availability, latency, security, operational readiness, and cost efficiency.
- Manage and optimize Azure cloud costs and support secure, observable cloud services.
- Provide technical leadership, decision-making, work planning, and review of related work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent education or experience.
- At least 8 years of experience developing backend software and APIs for cloud-native applications.
- Strong programming skills in C#, .NET Core, or a similar programming language.
- Experience with Azure cloud technologies, including Azure Functions, Event Grid, Event Hubs, Azure Web PubSub, Azure Communication Services, and Azure Service Bus.
- Experience designing cloud data stores using ADX, SQL, time-series data, Cosmos DB, and Redis.
- Experience deploying containerized services with Docker and Azure Container Apps.
- Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure as code, such as GitHub Actions and Terraform Enterprise.
- Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging patterns, and real-time data processing.
- Preferred experience building connected-vehicle, automotive, industrial IoT, or telematics platforms.
- Preferred experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, cloud security practices, Linux command-line environments, system administration, troubleshooting, and self-hosted GitHub Actions runners.
- Ability to lead through ambiguity, balance architectural rigor with delivery speed, collaborate effectively, solve problems, and communicate clearly.
Benefits
- Pay range is $118,600.00–$204,000.00 across U.S. locations, with individual pay based on role scope, experience, education, skills, and internal equity.
- The company offers a competitive total rewards package, a people-first culture, and opportunities supporting team member growth and success.
- Final-round interviews are held in person in Appleton, Wisconsin.
- Routine shift hours are expected, with infrequent overtime, weekend work, or shift rotation.
- Reasonable accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities.
About Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation designs and manufactures specialty vehicles and access equipment for defense, fire and emergency, construction, and airport ground support markets. Its brands include JLG aerial work platforms, Pierce fire apparatus, McNeilus refuse and concrete mixers, and Oshkosh Defense tactical vehicles such as the JLTV. Founded in 1917 and headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (OSK) and sells equipment, parts and services to governments and industrial customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense.