Chief Engineer Principal – Software (Azure)

Location: Remote-US-Wisconsin; final-round interview held in person in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Salary: $118,600–$204,000 per year across U.S. locations.

Company

hirify.global, through Pierce Manufacturing, designs and builds customized fire and emergency response, refuse collection, and concrete mixer vehicles, including connected vehicle technology and telematics platforms.

What you will do

• Lead software architecture for the connected vehicle Azure cloud platform across cloud backend, data, APIs, web, and mobile integrations.
• Make pragmatic architecture decisions balancing scalability, reliability, security, performance, quality, and cost.
• Develop cloud-native services, APIs, event-driven processing, and data-intensive applications.
• Establish architectural and coding standards, mentor engineers, and improve engineering quality.
• Partner with embedded engineers, product owners, and engineering leads to translate product needs into technical solutions and support sprint delivery.
• Improve platform availability, latency, security, operational readiness, and Azure cloud cost efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience developing backend software and APIs for cloud-native applications.
• Strong programming skills in C#, .NET Core, or a similar programming language.
• Experience with Azure technologies, including Azure Functions, Event Grid, Event Hub, Azure Web PubSub, Azure Communication Service, and Azure Service Bus.
• Experience designing cloud data stores using ADX, SQL, and time-series data, plus related services such as Cosmos DB and Redis.
• Experience deploying containerized services with Docker and Azure Container Apps, using CI/CD and infrastructure as code such as GitHub Actions and Terraform Enterprise.
• Experience managing and optimizing Azure cloud cost.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging patterns, and real-time data processing.

Nice to have

• Experience building connected vehicle, automotive, industrial IoT, or telematics platforms.
• Experience designing secure and observable cloud services using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with Linux command-line environments, system administration, troubleshooting, and maintaining self-hosted GitHub Actions runners for CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to lead through ambiguity and balance architectural rigor with delivery speed.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work based in the United States, with routine shift hours.
• Infrequent overtime, weekend work, or shift rotation.
• People-first culture with opportunities to support team member growth and success.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring process

• The final-round interview is held in person in Appleton, Wisconsin.
• Applicants may need to qualify as U.S. Persons for positions involving controlled goods and technologies under applicable export regulations.