Chief Software Architect - Cloud Connected Vehicles

Oshkosh Corporation; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 119,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Oshkosh Corporation seeks a Chief Engineer Principal – Software to lead the architecture of our cloud-native connected vehicle telemetry platform for fire and emergency response fleets. You will blend architectural leadership with hands-on software engineering to build scalable, reliable solutions that turn vehicle data into actionable intelligence.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with embedded teams to deliver sprint commitments while optimizing availability, latency,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer engineering, CS, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of backend software and API development for cloud-native apps.
• Strong programming in C# / .NET Core or equivalent.
• Experience with Azure cloud technologies and services.
• Experience with containerization, CI/CD and IaC (GitHub Actions, Terraform).
• Experience cost optimization for Azure cloud and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect the software for connected vehicle Azure cloud platform across backend, data, APIs and integrations.
• Hands-on development of cloud-native services, APIs, and data-driven apps.
• Set architectural standards and mentor engineers to raise quality.
• Collaborate with embedded teams to translate product needs into technical solutions.
• Improve availability, latency, security and cost efficiency through continuous improvement.

Skills

Backend development

Cloud experience

C#/.NET

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer engineering or CS

Tools

Azure

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Actions

CosmosDB

Redis

Job description

Oshkosh Corporation seeks a Chief Engineer Principal – Software to lead the architecture of our cloud-native connected vehicle telemetry platform for fire and emergency response fleets. You will blend architectural leadership with hands-on software engineering to build scalable, reliable solutions that turn vehicle data into actionable intelligence.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with embedded teams to deliver sprint commitments while optimizing availability, latency,