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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Hivewatch, Inc. - **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000 - $245,000 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Linux on Embedded Systems, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Network Architecture, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Software Vulnerability Management, Rust (Programming Language), Data Logging, Computer Networking Systems, Grafana, Cloudformation, Kotlin, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Multiaccess Edge Computing, CIS Benchmarks, Cloudwatch, Software Coding, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** November 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_5d5cc893a8f2e50541f760ef1cd1c1a9 ## About the Role * 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong coding skills in production environments * 5+ years of experience in a senior platform engineering, infrastructure, or distributed systems role * Deep Linux systems engineering expertise including administration, troubleshooting, networking systems, and operating system internals in production environments. * Experience with RHEL, Rocky Linux, or similar enterprise Linux distributions * Hands-on experience securing and hardening Linux systems, along with vulnerability management, including attack surface reduction, access controls, least-privilege configuration, and applying security baselines such as CIS Benchmarks or DISA STIGs * Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes) * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) * Proficiency in at least one language in our tech stack (Kotlin, Rust, TypeScript, Python) * Experience building and operating edge or IoT systems in production environments * Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or equivalent) * Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and microservices architectures * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, * Expertise in AWS architecture and services, including Kinesis, Lambda, EKS, and RDS * Experience with Terraform and Terragrunt specifically * Background in high-availability, enterprise SaaS environments with distributed customer deployments * Experience in physical security, IoT, or edge computing environments * Familiarity with hardware-constrained environments (embedded Linux, ARM, or similar) * Track record of building internal developer platforms, SDKs, or deployment tooling * Experience establishing platform engineering practices and culture from the ground up * Experience mentoring and developing senior engineers * Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements * Previous experience in a startup or high-growth environment (50-200 employees) ## Description HiveWatch is seeking a Staff Engineer to join our team and become the technical center of gravity for our HiveWatch Gateway edge appliance - the compute environment that connects our SaaS platform to customer systems at the device level. You'll develop the deepest expertise on this appliance as a full vertical stack: from the operating system and its hardening, up through the container runtime and orchestration layer, and across the observability and testing that keep it reliable in the field. You'll become the team's go-to technical authority on edge systems, setting technical direction and providing leadership across our growing engineering team. This role reports directly to our VP of Engineering., * Become the go-to expert and technical lead for our edge appliance - the Linux operating system, OS hardening and patching, the container runtime, and the orchestration layer - as a single, coherent, production-grade stack deployed across customer environments * Be a technical leader of Platform/DevOps initiatives including systems architecture and design, technical scoping and implementation of Platform features * Own observability for the edge, including metrics, logging, and tracing that provide visibility into appliances operating in customer environments we don't physically control * Raise the testing bar for edge software - from test coverage through the fleet-level validation needed to ship changes to customer sites safely * Contribute to the remaining mission-critical Platform systems alongside the appliance: DevEx, CI/CD, network architecture, and database maintenance * Evolve our software development and delivery practices, adopting AI-native techniques that let us move with speed and integrity * Reliably deliver platform features to our customers on AWS using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern service delivery practices * Increase the resiliency, scalability, and maintainability of our production, test, and development environments * Assist with talent acquisition as we grow our high-performing engineering team * Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and own root cause analysis and process improvement for the systems you lead * Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, fostering our culture of communication, openness, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence OUR TECH STACK: * Languages: Kotlin, Rust, TypeScript, and Python * Deployments: GitHub Actions, Terraform, Terragrunt, and Helm * Infrastructure: AWS (Kinesis, Serverless, RDS, EKS), Kubernetes, Docker, Postgres, IoT Edge, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux