Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

Echodyne Corp; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU

Medical, dental & vision insurance

Flexible PTO

401(k) match

Pet Insurance

Paid company holidays

Job summary

Echodyne is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to advance our next-generation radar software platform, enabling robust, real-time awareness for defense and automotive applications. You will architect solutions, collaborate across engineering, product, and UX, and drive production-ready systems from prototype to deployment.

You’ll mentor teams, shape API contracts, and ensure resilience and observability in demanding environments, with a focus on performance, security, and scalable software

Qualifications

• 7+ years building customer-facing, production-grade software systems.
• Experience with React front-ends and async back-end services (Tokio/Rust).
• Familiar with field/defense/automotive deployments or high-stakes systems.
• Proficient in Python and/or Rust and/or C/C++.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core platform components: async backend services, APIs, real-time data models.
• Work with React/front-end teams to enable shared components and UI visualizations.
• Advance prototypes to production with well-tested endpoints and observability.
• Architect for resilience: handle connectivity, degradation, security, and offline scenarios.
• Improve CI/CD, testing (performance, contract/property), and instrumentation.

Skills

React front-end

Tokio/Rust back-end

Python/Rust/C/C++

APIs & contracts

CI/CD & observability

Mentoring

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

Job description

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).

Echodyne is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our fast-growing team.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Echodyne is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help build our next-generation radar software platform advancing mission-critical security for defense and automotive applications. You’ll play a key role in architecting robust solutions, collaborating across engineering, product, and UX, and ensuring our technology thrives in real-world, dynamic environments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver core platform components: async (Tokio/Rust) backend services, well-defined APIs, and real-time data/event models.
• Partner closely with React/front-end teams to enable shared components, efficient state management, and system health visualizations.
• Advance prototypes to production: transform algorithms or domain logic into well-tested, high-performance endpoints with solid observability.
• Architect for resilience: address intermittent connectivity, graceful degradation, security hardening, and offline scenarios.
• Drive quality and velocity: refine CI/CD, improve testing (performance, contract/property), andestablishclear instrumentation and SLO/error budgets.
• Mentor and influence:facilitateclear design narratives, code reviews, and integrate product and field feedback into the development lifecycle.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years building customer-facing, production-grade software systems.
• Modern full-stack expertise: React (or equivalent) front-ends and async backend services (Tokio/Rust or similar).
• Strong experience with modular architectures, documented API contracts, and robust service lifecycles.
• Designed for real-world constraints: field/defense/automotive deployments or similar high-stakes, performance-critical systems.
• Hands-on with Python and/or Rust and/or C/C++ for practical, scalable solutions.
• Skilled collaborator with product, UX, and technical experts; strong communication in cross-functional contexts.
• Track recordmentoring peers and driving technical excellence without direct authority.
• Familiar with CI/CD practices, observability, and resilient system patterns.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.

WHAT WE OFFER

This is an exempt role.

The expected annual salary range for this role is

$137,196 - $205,382 USD

We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:

• RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
• Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
• Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
• Virtual Care - 98Point6
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
• Travel Assistance Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
• Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
• 401(k) match
• Pet Insurance
• Prepaid Legal Program
• Paid Company Holidays

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.