Chief Software Architect – Connected Vehicle Cloud (Azure)

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

Job summary

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh company, is seeking a Chief Engineer Principal – Software to lead the software architecture for the connected vehicle cloud platform and to hands-on develop cloud-native services. You will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with embedded teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions for fire and emergency response vehicles.

The role demands experience building backend APIs, strong C#/.NET, and Azure know-how, with a focus on performance

Qualifications

• 8+ years building backend software and APIs for cloud-native apps.
• Strong programming in C#, .NET Core or equivalent.
• Experience with Azure cloud services (Functions, Event Grid, Event Hub, Web PubSub, Communication Service, Service Bus).
• Design of cloud data stores (ADX, SQL, time-series) and CosmosDB/Redis.
• Containerized services (Docker, Azure Container Apps); CI/CD and IaC (GitHub Actions, Terraform).
• Experience optimizing Azure cloud costs.
• Event-driven architectures and real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Architecture leadership – Lead software architecture for the connected vehicle Azure cloud platform.
• Hands-on engineering – Develop cloud-native services, APIs, event-driven processing.
• Engineering excellence – Establish standards; mentor engineers and improve quality.
• Cross-functional delivery – Collaborate with embedded teams to translate needs into solutions.
• Platform optimization – Improve availability, latency, security, and cost efficiency.

Skills

C# / .NET

Azure

Backend development

Architectural leadership

Event-driven

API design

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/CE

Tools

Docker

Azure Container Apps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh company, is seeking a Chief Engineer Principal – Software to lead the software architecture for the connected vehicle cloud platform and to hands-on develop cloud-native services. You will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with embedded teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions for fire and emergency response vehicles.

The role demands experience building backend APIs, strong C#/.NET, and Azure know-how, with a focus on performance