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Principal Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time💰 $142,800–$142,800🗓 2026-08-13 → 2026-09-25

Core

Define multi-year technical vision and architecture for lab automation, productized test collateral, and OEM self-assessment platforms, leading adoption across diverse hardware and Windows configurations.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Platform Architecture & Engineering Leadership)

Builds

Distributed orchestration systems, station control, telemetry, result services, and AI-assisted test authoring workflows for OEM partners.

Domain

Hardware validation, lab automation, Windows ecosystem, and distributed systems engineering.

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Windows kernel debugging, distributed system architecture, AI/LLM integration, technical strategy, cross-team alignment, mentorship.

Preferred skills

Generative AI model usage for engineering, anomaly detection, failure classification, log analysis.

Technologies

Windows, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, generative AI models, agents.

Responsibilities

Define and communicate multi-year technical vision and architecture; Lead adoption of platform patterns across diverse OEM hardware and configurations; Drive architecture reviews for security, telemetry, and partner integration; Resolve high-severity technical problems via deep Windows debugging and kernel analysis; Establish engineering standards for reliability and operational excellence; Mentor senior and early-in-career engineers; Guide quarterly planning and investment tradeoffs.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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