Senior Platform & Cloud-Native Engineer (MTS IV)

Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 123,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health Insurance

Educational assistance

401K match

Job summary

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is seeking an experienced MTS IV – Software Engineer to design, develop, and architect cloud-native software powering next-generation inflight entertainment and distributed edge platforms.

In this senior individual contributor role, you will own software architecture, drive production-ready designs, and lead cross-team technical direction with hands-on development in Go and/or Python, Kubernetes-based tooling, and GitOps workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
• Extensive hands-on experience building production-grade software systems.
• Strong programming expertise (Go and/or Python strongly preferred).
• Deep understanding of software design principles, distributed systems, and scalable architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and GitOps-based workflows.
• Proven ability to lead complex software initiatives and mentor engineers.
• Experience building Kubernetes operators/controllers.
• Background in edge computing or air-gapped environments.
• Familiarity with CNI technologies and network policy enforcement.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry-based observability stacks.
• Experience in avionics, embedded, or mission-critical software environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design scalable, modular software systems with modern design principles.
• Write high-quality production code (Go and/or Python).
• Develop microservices, controllers, automation agents, and platform tooling.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
• Refactor and optimize systems for performance and maintainability.
• Design telemetry pipelines and observability into components.
• Own complex subsystems end-to-end from design to production.
• Mentor engineers and establish engineering standards for quality and sustainability.

Skills

Go

Python

Kubernetes

GitOps

OpenTelemetry

Distributed systems

Edge computing

CNI

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/Software Engineering

Tools

ArgoCD

Helm

OCI registry

Kubernetes operators

Job description

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is seeking an experienced MTS IV – Software Engineer to design, develop, and architect cloud-native software powering next-generation inflight entertainment and distributed edge platforms.

In this senior individual contributor role, you will own software architecture, drive production-ready designs, and lead cross-team technical direction with hands-on development in Go and/or Python, Kubernetes-based tooling, and GitOps workflows.