Lead Physical Access Engineer — Mobile Key & IoT

Canary Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Canary Days

Self Improvement Club

Professional Development Chats

Travel Reimbursement

Personal Travel Reimbursement

Job summary

Canary Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer to own its Physical Access product, including Mobile Key and lock-vendor integrations. You will lead a pod of engineers, shape architecture, and ensure security, reliability and low latency at guest arrival.

Collaborate with Product to expand vendor coverage and with Arrivals/Kiosk teams to refine guest workflow. You will mentor engineers, drive roadmap decisions, and own execution plans while maintaining high-quality delivery and operational

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience building backend applications.
• Hands-on with hardware/vendor API integrations—IoT, access control, payments, telephony.
• Proven track record shipping reliable, scalable products.
• Strong communication across diverse teams.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and take ownership.
• Bonus: mobile (iOS/Android), BLE/NFC experience.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a pod of engineers responsible for Canary's Physical Access product, including Mobile Key and lock-vendor integrations.
• Set an example as an IC in terms of both the quality and velocity of code shipped.
• Own the architecture and its evolution across mobile-key issuance, lock-vendor integrations, and encoder/BLE paths.
• Drive improvements in unlock reliability, latency, and vendor coverage.
• Partner with Product Managers to inform roadmap and prioritization for Physical Access.
• Mentor engineers, build execution plans, and allocate work across the team.
• Conduct 1:1s and performance reviews to maintain pod health.
• Run pod processes autonomously and participate in hiring for the team.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Backend development

Team management

IoT integrations

Vendor API integration

Security & reliability

System architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Cloud platforms

APIs

CI/CD

Job description

Canary Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer to own its Physical Access product, including Mobile Key and lock-vendor integrations. You will lead a pod of engineers, shape architecture, and ensure security, reliability and low latency at guest arrival.

Collaborate with Product to expand vendor coverage and with Arrivals/Kiosk teams to refine guest workflow. You will mentor engineers, drive roadmap decisions, and own execution plans while maintaining high-quality delivery and operational