About the Company
Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada’s solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense.
With nearly half a billion dollars in funding, Armada is backed by top investors such as Microsoft (M12), Founders Fund, and BlackRock, and has collaborations and partnerships including NVIDIA, Palantir and Dell Technologies. We are looking for the most brilliant minds in the world to join us.
Working at Armada means taking ownership, driving autonomy, and delivering impact. You’ll tackle challenges that haven’t been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up. What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada’s mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Edge organization. This is a role for an engineer who lives at the intersection of software, networking, and platform infrastructure. You will architect and develop the core services that power the Armada Edge Platform, designing the integration fabric that unifies a hybrid fleet of Azure Local, OpenShift, and Kubernetes clusters. You will also build the automation software that provisions and manages our physical network fabric—writing the code that bootstraps firewalls and switches alongside our compute nodes.
Location. This role is office-based at our Bellevue, Washington office.
What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)
Unified Edge Orchestration
- Core API & Control Plane: Architect and develop robust infrastructure services that abstract platform complexity, creating a unified API for deploying to Azure Local, OpenShift, and standard Kubernetes clusters.
- Custom Logic: Build custom Controllers, Operators, and orchestration logic that enable the Armada Edge Platform to interact seamlessly with Azure Arc and OpenShift APIs.
- Provisioning Workflows: Engineer Zero‑Touch Provisioning (ZTP) workflows for bare‑metal compute nodes, automating the path from bootstrap to production-ready status.
- Hardware Integration: Integrate hardware telemetry into the platform control plane to support health monitoring, including power and thermal metrics.
Network Software Engineering
- Lifecycle Automation: Design and implement software services in Golang and Python to automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of Juniper SRX firewalls and switches.
- Intent-Based Networking: Build automated workflows for Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) of network gear, programmatically pushing configurations via Netconf/YANG or XML APIs.
- State Auditing: Develop tooling to audit network device state against intent-based configurations, ensuring the edge network remains secure and compliant.
Zero-Trust Security & Identity
- Identity Bootstrapping: Design and implement security software components, including automated certificate management (PKI) and secure identity bootstrapping (SPIFFE/SPIRE).
- Secure Attestation: Build software to enforce Zero Trust principles, ensuring compute nodes and network devices are securely attested before joining the cluster.
- Real-time Remediation: Build automated compliance agents that run across Linux and Azure Local nodes to detect and remediate security drift in real-time.
Required Qualifications:
- Software Engineering: 8+ years of professional development experience, with a focus on backend systems, distributed architecture, platform engineering, or network automation.
- Golang Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in Golang (5+ years preferred), with experience building system-level daemons, control planes, or high-performance API services.
- Network Software Engineering: Proven experience writing software to provision and manage network devices (e.g., Juniper SRX) using programmatic interfaces like Netconf, RESTconf, or gRPC.
- Hybrid & Distributed Infrastructure: Technical familiarity with Kubernetes, Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI), or OpenShift architectures.
- Linux Internals: Deep experience with Linux systems programming, the networking stack, and troubleshooting within bare-metal environments.
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of Docker, OCI runtimes, and L2/L3 networking protocols including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, and IPSec.
- Security-as-Code: Experience implementing PKI, mTLS, and Zero-Trust principles (e.g., SPIFFE/SPIRE) to enforce network and node security policies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience writing Custom Kubernetes Operators or Controllers to manage external infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with Azure SDKs or interacting with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) APIs programmatically.
- Familiarity with Ansible for declarative network configuration management.
- Experience with gRPC and Protobuf for high-performance internal service communication.
Compensation
For U.S. Based candidates: To ensure fairness and transparency, the starting base salary range for this role for candidates in the U.S. are listed below, varying based on location experience, skills, and qualifications.
In addition to base salary, this role will also be offered equity and subsidized benefits (details available upon request).
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and equity
- Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
- Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
- Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- 14 paid company holidays per year
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You're a Great Fit if You're
- A go-getter with a growth mindset. You're intellectually curious, have strong business acumen, and actively seek opportunities to build relevant skills and knowledge
- A detail-oriented problem-solver. You can independently gather information, solve problems efficiently, and deliver results with a "get-it-done" attitude
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment. You're energized by an entrepreneurial spirit, capable of working quickly, and excited to contribute to a growing company
- A collaborative team player. You focus on business success and are motivated by team accomplishment vs personal agenda
- Highly organized and results-driven. Strong prioritization skills and a dedicated work ethic are essential for you
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Armada, we are committed to fostering a work environment where everyone is given equal opportunities to thrive. As an equal opportunity employer, we strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment based on race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment decisions, including hiring, promotions, and compensation. Our hiring is guided by qualifications, merit, and the business needs at the time.
Unsolicited Resumes and Candidates
Armada does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from external agencies or recruiters. All candidates must apply directly through our careers page. Any resumes submitted by agencies without a prior signed agreement will be considered unsolicited and Armada will not be obligated to pay any fees.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional development experience in software engineering
- Expert-level proficiency in Golang with 5+ years of experience
- Proven experience managing network devices like Juniper SRX
- Technical familiarity with Kubernetes architectures
- Deep experience with Linux systems programming and networking
- Strong understanding of Docker and networking protocols
- Experience implementing PKI and Zero-Trust principles
Armada Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Armada and has not been reviewed or approved by Armada.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive for employees and families, with additional 24/7 mental-health support. Some postings also describe medical/dental/vision as subsidized, which can strengthen the overall healthcare value proposition.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policy is described as flexible/unlimited PTO, and some postings cite roughly 14–15 paid company holidays. This combination signals above-minimum time-away coverage for many startup roles, if usage is supported in practice.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Compensation is repeatedly framed as a mix of competitive salary plus equity participation, and multiple role descriptions explicitly include equity alongside cash. That structure can increase perceived total rewards for candidates who value ownership upside.
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What We Do
Welcome to the new edge. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions where they’re needed most - anywhere on Earth.
