Chief Software Architect & Platform Lead (Remote)

Oshkosh Corporation, Inc.; Wisconsin; Remote; USD 119,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh company, is seeking a Chief Engineer Principal – Software to lead architectural direction for a cloud-native telematics platform. You will drive backend design, APIs, and data processing in Azure while mentoring engineers and shaping coding standards.

The role requires strong C#/.NET Core skills, Azure services expertise, and experience with containerized deployments and IaC.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing backend software and APIs for cloud native applications.
• Strong programming skills in C#, .NET Core or equivalent.
• Experience with Azure cloud technologies including Functions, Event Grid, Event Hub, Web PubSub and Service Bus.
• Experience designing cloud data stores such as ADX, SQL, time-series data; CosmosDB and Redis.
• Experience deploying containerized services (Docker, Azure Container Apps), CI/CD and IaC (GitHub Actions, Terraform).
• Experience with managing and optimizing Azure cloud cost.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Architect the software architecture for connected vehicle Azure cloud platform across backend, data, APIs, and web/mobile integrations.
• Develop cloud-native services, APIs, event-driven processing and data-intensive applications.
• Establish architectural and coding standards; mentor engineers and raise engineering quality.
• Partner with embedded engineers, product owners and leads to translate product needs into technical solutions and remove roadblocks.
• Improve availability, latency, security, and cost efficiency through continuous improvements.

Skills

C# / .NET Core

Azure cloud

Event-driven architecture

Data processing

Leadership

Code quality

Cloud cost optimization

System design

Mentoring

APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Azure Functions

Azure Container Apps

Azure Service Bus

CosmosDB

Redis

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Event Grid

Event Hub

Azure Web PubSub

Azure Monitor / App Insights

Job description

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh company, is seeking a Chief Engineer Principal – Software to lead architectural direction for a cloud-native telematics platform. You will drive backend design, APIs, and data processing in Azure while mentoring engineers and shaping coding standards.

The role requires strong C#/.NET Core skills, Azure services expertise, and experience with containerized deployments and IaC.