IoT Platform Architect & Tech Lead

Pivotal Solutions; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Pivotal Solutions in McLean, VA, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture for IoT, smart home, energy management, HVAC, water, and device-control software. This IC role sits at the intersection of cloud services, devices, and mobile/web apps.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership, own major architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, reliable systems across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience designing, building, and delivering complex systems.
• Strong OO programming skills; C#/.NET experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership for IoT/device control, automation, energy, HVAC, water, and connected-device experiences.
• Lead architecture and design for major software components, services, APIs, data flows, and integration patterns.
• Evolve monolithic systems into modular, scalable, reliable architectures.
• Partner with product, firmware, platform, operations, and application teams to define clear technical direction.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through reviews and guidance.
• Drive cross-team collaboration across multiple technical domains.
• Evaluate new technologies and methodologies to improve capabilities.
• Reason across the full stack including backend services, data stores, APIs, and device integrations.

Skills

C#/.NET

OOP design

Architecture leadership

Mentor engineers

Cross-team collaboration

Cloud services

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Pivotal Solutions in McLean, VA, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture for IoT, smart home, energy management, HVAC, water, and device-control software. This IC role sits at the intersection of cloud services, devices, and mobile/web apps.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership, own major architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, reliable systems across teams.