Principal Software Engineer (Fullstack)
Echodyne Corp2 months ago
Kirkland, WA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$165k - $247k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deliver asynchronous backend services, APIs, and real-time data and event models using Tokio/Rust or similar technologies.
- Partner with React and front-end teams on shared components, state management, and system health visualizations.
- Turn algorithms and domain logic into well-tested, high-performance, observable production endpoints.
- Architect resilient systems that support intermittent connectivity, graceful degradation, security hardening, and offline scenarios.
- Improve CI/CD, performance testing, contract and property testing, instrumentation, and SLO/error-budget practices.
- Mentor peers, lead design narratives and code reviews, and incorporate product and field feedback into development.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience building customer-facing, production-grade software systems.
- Modern full-stack experience with React or equivalent front-end technologies and asynchronous backend services such as Tokio/Rust.
- Strong experience with modular architectures, documented API contracts, and robust service lifecycles.
- Experience designing software for field, defense, automotive, or similarly high-stakes and performance-critical deployments.
- Hands-on experience with Python, Rust, and/or C/C++.
- Ability to collaborate with product, UX, and technical experts in cross-functional environments.
- Track record of mentoring peers and driving technical excellence without direct authority.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, observability, and resilient system patterns.
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
- Applicants must be eligible to handle export-controlled information or obtain required U.S. Government authorizations.
Benefits
- Expected annual base salary range is $164,594–$246,788 USD.
- RSUs and competitive benefits for full-time, U.S.-based employees.
- Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums, with PPO or HDHP/HSA options.
- Virtual care through 98Point6, an Employee Assistance Program, and mental health coverage through Springhealth and Talkspace via Premera.
- Travel assistance insurance, company-paid life insurance, and company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 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.
- This is an exempt role.
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.