About the job
About the Company
Armada is an innovative edge computing startup dedicated to providing advanced computing infrastructure to remote locations where connectivity and cloud services are scarce. Our mission is to eliminate the digital divide by deploying cutting-edge technology infrastructure that can be rapidly established in any environment, enabling real-time data processing and AI at the edge.
We are looking for a dynamic Lead/Staff Software Engineer to join our Edge organization, where you will be instrumental in shaping the technical vision across our Platform, Security, and Networking domains. This leadership role is perfect for a forward-thinking engineer at the intersection of software, networking, and platform infrastructure.
You will define the architectural strategy for the core services that power the Armada Edge Platform, creating the integration framework that connects a hybrid fleet of Azure Local, OpenShift, and Kubernetes clusters globally. In addition, you will oversee the automation software strategy to provision and manage our physical network fabric, ensuring seamless architecture for bootstrapping firewalls and switches alongside our compute nodes.
Location: This role is office-based at our Bellevue, Washington office.
What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)
- Technical Strategy & Leadership: Define and drive long-term technical roadmaps for the Edge organization, ensuring architectural alignment across platform engineering, observability, networking, and security capabilities. Mentor a team of highly skilled engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous engineering excellence.
- Advanced Edge Orchestration: Architect the next-generation control plane and robust infrastructure services that abstract platform complexity, creating a unified API for deploying to Azure Local, OpenShift, and standard Kubernetes clusters. Direct the engineering of complex, highly scalable Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) workflows for bare-metal compute nodes.
- Network Systems Architecture: Lead the design of software services in Golang and Python to automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of Juniper SRX firewalls and switches. Champion intent-based networking paradigms, building automated workflows for ZTP of network gear programmatically via Netconf/YANG or XML APIs.
- Zero-Trust Security Vision: Pioneer the organization's approach to implementing zero-trust security frameworks.

