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Lead Engineer - Hardware Platform

132k – 220kUnited StatesRemote7+ YOE
Summary

Lead Engineer to autonomously own a core camera platform system covering automatic capture, device connectivity, video pipelines, and fleet management. Set technical direction, deliver on a 6-12 month roadmap, and serve as the key technical anchor for the squad.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own a system end-to-end: define and deliver the technical roadmap for a multi-phase area, refining as it evolves and resolving cross-group dependencies
  • Preemptively identify and resolve technical risks; drive urgency and own resolution during incidents within your domain
  • Build tooling, libraries, and runbooks to reduce operational pain and tech debt
  • Set quality standards through code reviews, design reviews, and mentorship
  • Roll out major features with monitoring, telemetry, and failure domains understood upfront
  • Iterate on team workflows and processes to drive better outcomes

Requirements

  • Autonomous systems ownership: owned a production technical system end-to-end, set its direction, delivered against a multi-month roadmap, and made independent calls under open-ended requirements
  • Distributed systems depth: understand why systems break at scale, state, consistency, failure modes, and unreliable networks
  • Hardware or IoT experience: built software that talks to physical devices (cameras, sensors, embedded systems)
  • Operational ownership: led production incident response; own reliability including monitoring, runbooks, and toil reduction
  • Set quality bar through reviews, mentor engineers, and drive cross-group initiatives
  • AI-augmented development experience with tools like Claude Code or GitHub Copilot, with judgment to evaluate output quality
  • Experience being a change agent: understand current state and continuously improve systems and processes

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience in AWS IoT Core, device communication, or fleet monitoring at scale
  • Experience with video pipeline tools (GStreamer, HLS, WebRTC, or similar)
  • Familiarity with .NET Core, Python, MongoDB/DocDB, Redis, and RabbitMQ
  • Field hardware support experience (firmware updates, remote diagnostics, connectivity triage)

Benefits

  • Flexible vacation time, company-wide holidays, timeout (meeting-free) days, remote work options
  • Open, honest culture with autonomy and agency to try new ideas
  • Professional development resources and opportunities
  • Tech stack and hardware provided
  • Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, fitness partner Peerfit
  • Multiple medical insurance plans including vision, dental, fertility healthcare, family forming benefits
  • 401(K) match up to 4%
Skills
Distributed SystemsIoTHardware IntegrationAWS IoT CoreGStreamerHLSWebRTC.NET CorePythonMongoDBRedisRabbitMQ
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