Blue River Technology · 2 days ago
Principal Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$174K/yr - $305K/yr
12+ years expBlue River Technology is a team of innovators creating intelligent machinery for various industries. They are seeking a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership for their CVML and Robotics Data Platform, focusing on data enablement across the robotics development lifecycle.
AgricultureHardwareIndustrial AutomationMachinery ManufacturingRobotics
Responsibilities
Own and drive the technical vision, architecture, and standards for data enablement within the CVML and robotics platform
Serve as technical lead for major initiatives, guiding design, implementation, and delivery
Mentor and coach Senior and Staff Engineers from a technical standpoint through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural guidance
Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and backend services exposing robotics, sensor, simulation, and ML lifecycle data
Lead development of developer-facing applications and visualizations supporting model training, evaluation, debugging, and deployment workflows
Architect, build, and operate data pipelines and workflows
Define and implement infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Terragrunt
Establish and evolve observability standards using Prometheus and Grafana
Partner closely with MLEs, Data Scientists, Robotics Engineers, and Product to translate workflows into robust platform capabilities
Get hands-on to unblock teams, resolve complex technical challenges, and lead response to high-priority incidents
Clearly communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and architectural rationale to engineering and leadership stakeholders
Applies a customer-first approach to platform design, ensuring solutions solve meaningful customer problems at scale
Qualification
Required
12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated impact at the Staff or Principal Engineer level
Proven experience serving as a technical lead for senior engineers on complex, distributed systems
Strong background in building data platforms, internal tooling, or developer platforms
Expertise in designing and operating APIs and distributed systems at scale
Hands-on experience with: Python, React, Databricks / Spark, Databases: Postgres, MongoDB, Cloud: AWS, Orchestration: Airflow or similar, Infrastructure as Code: Terraform / Terragrunt, Observability: Prometheus / Grafana
Strong system design skills and architectural judgment
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience supporting machine learning, computer vision, or robotics workflows
Familiarity with ML lifecycle tooling
Experience working with robotics or autonomous systems data
Experience with C++, particularly in performance-critical systems or robotics-adjacent components
Strong instincts for developer experience (DX)
Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams
Prior people management experience (optional)
Benefits
Eligibility for Blue River’s bonus and benefit programs
Company
Blue River Technology
Blue River Technology is an agriculture equipment company.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$31.1MKey Investors
Aliment CapitalDCVCNational Science Foundation
2017-01-01Acquired
2015-12-16Series B· $17M
2014-03-19Series A· $10M
Leadership Team
Willy Pell
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Ostrowski
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-09-12
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