Chief Principal Software Engineer - Cloud (IoT)

Location: Greenville, Wisconsin, United States

Pay range: $118,600.00–$204,000.00 per year across U.S. locations.

Company

Pierce Manufacturing, an hirify.global company, builds customized fire and emergency vehicles, refuse collection trucks, and concrete mixers for mission-critical applications.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture and technical evolution of an Azure-based connected-vehicle IoT cloud platform.
• Develop cloud-native services, APIs, event-driven systems, and data platforms hands-on.
• Establish architecture standards, coding practices, and design patterns for scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-efficient solutions.
• Collaborate with embedded engineers and product owners to remove technical roadblocks and deliver sprint commitments.
• Optimize cloud performance, security, observability, and operating costs.
• Mentor engineers and promote continuous learning and engineering excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or an equivalent field.
• 8+ years of experience developing backend software and APIs for cloud-native applications.
• Strong programming skills in C#, .NET Core, or a similar language.
• Experience with Azure Functions, Event Grid Namespace, Event Hub Namespace, Azure Web PubSub, Azure Communication Services, and Azure Service Bus.
• Experience designing cloud data stores and related services, including ADX, SQL, time-series data, Cosmos DB, and Redis.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging patterns, and real-time data processing.

Nice to have

• Experience with connected-vehicle, automotive, industrial IoT, or telematics platforms.
• Experience optimizing Azure cloud costs.
• Experience with Docker, Azure Container Apps, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Terraform Enterprise.
• Experience building secure and observable services with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.
• Startup-like experience, leadership through ambiguity, strong communication, and mentoring skills.

Culture & Benefits

• People-first culture focused on team member growth and success.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities.
• Some positions may require U.S. Person status for access to controlled goods and technologies under ITAR or EAR regulations.