Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

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

Benefits offered by this job

RSU program

Full medical, dental & vision coverage

Commuter benefits

Company paid life insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Echodyne is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build our next-generation radar software platform. You will architect robust solutions, collaborating across engineering, product, and UX to ensure performance in real-world environments.

Lead core components, transform prototypes to production, and mentor teams while strengthening security and reliability for defense and automotive applications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building customer-facing, production-grade software systems.
• Strong experience with modern full-stack development including React front-ends and async back-end services (Tokio/Rust or similar).
• Experience with modular architectures, API contracts, and robust service lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core platform components: async backend services, APIs, and real-time data models.
• Collaborate with React/front-end teams to enable shared components and observability dashboards.
• Migrate prototypes to production with well-tested endpoints and good instrumentation.
• Design for resilience, security hardening, and offline scenarios.
• Improve CI/CD, testing, and reliability budgets; mentor peers and guide design decisions.

Skills

React front-end

Tokio/Rust back-end

Python

C/C++

System architecture

Mentoring peers

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Radar Reinvented.

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), and establish clear instrumentation and SLO/error budgets.
• Mentor and influence: facilitate clear 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 record mentoring 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)
• Generous Benefits:

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
• Pet Insurance
• Prepaid Legal Program
• Commuter Benefits
• 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.