Staff Software Engineer: Cloud Architecture (Remote)

Fortive; United States; Remote; USD 137,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortive, in collaboration with Intelex Technologies, seeks a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across product areas. You will shape architecture, guide large engineering initiatives, and help teams deliver scalable, secure, and reliable software.

This remote role is based in USA/Canada and requires close collaboration with distributed engineering, product, and business teams. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural standards, and partner with product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership of technical initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and C# in enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience designing distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
• Strong AWS and/or Azure experience, including security, observability, automation, and production operations.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, DevOps practices, and Terraform.
• Deep understanding of scalability, performance, resilience, and reliability engineering.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, highly available systems and platforms.
• Define architectural direction, engineering standards, and technical best practices across teams.
• Drive large technical initiatives such as modernization, cloud transformation, platform scalability, and developer productivity improvements.
• Lead technical planning, design reviews, and risk mitigation for cross-team initiatives.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering Managers, Architects, and stakeholders to turn business goals into sustainable technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen technical leadership, design practices, and knowledge sharing across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

TypeScript

Node.js

C#

Distributed systems

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Observability

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Job description

Fortive, in collaboration with Intelex Technologies, seeks a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across product areas. You will shape architecture, guide large engineering initiatives, and help teams deliver scalable, secure, and reliable software.

This remote role is based in USA/Canada and requires close collaboration with distributed engineering, product, and business teams. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural standards, and partner with product