Senior Software Staff Engineer

Senior Software Staff Engineer (Tektronix)

As a Senior Software Staff Engineer at Tektronix, you will help define and implement next‑generation test automation and measurement platforms and applications. This highly collaborative role involves partnering with global engineering teams, product leadership, and field organizations to ensure architectural consistency, scalability, and enable platform adoption. You will work across a polyglot microservices architecture using multiple programming languages and technologies.

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices across multiple technology stacks.
• Define system architecture, design principles, and development standards for scalable software platforms, container orchestration, and observability solutions.
• Collaborate within a global organization to ensure alignment and shared ownership of architectural decisions.
• Lead technical evaluations for new technologies and product initiatives, providing guidance through reference implementations and proof‑of‑concepts.
• Act as a trusted advisor to product and engineering leadership on architecture trade‑offs and long‑term technical strategy.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical decision‑making; contribute to improving development processes and best practices.
• Debug and resolve complex technical issues across distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers globally, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and collaboration.
• Act as a technical liaison between executive leadership, engineering teams, and external partners or vendors.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software architecture and distributed systems design, including building and scaling modern software systems. Prior experience in product‑focused software organizations.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience. Strong proficiency in at least two of the following:
  Type Script/JavaScript (Angular 14+), Java (Spring Boot 3.x, Java 17+), Python (pandas, numpy), C# (.NET 6+, ASP.NET Core), Go.
• Deep experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker). Proven experience designing and maintaining microservices and REST APIs, with message‑driven architectures (Rabbit
  
  MQ, AMQP), No
  
  SQL databases (Mongo
  
  DB), and clean code practices.
• Experience deploying applications to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and optimizing performance.
• Solid understanding of security protocols (OAuth2, JWT, SSL/TLS) and secure coding practices.
• Good communication skills; able to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience mentoring global teams and influencing cross‑functional engineering groups.

• Exposure to AI/ML product development, familiarity with AI infrastructure, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), observability tooling.
• Experience designing scalable, high‑performance platforms for enterprise customers. Knowledge of distributed caching, service discovery, and load balancing.
• Test and Measurement domain expertise: instrument control protocols (VISA, SCPI), understanding of signal analysis, waveform processing, or measurement algorithms.
• Programming experience in Rust.

$ – $ (local currency)

Tektronix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ralliant Corporation, is a place where people are challenged to explore the boundaries of what’s possible, bringing the digital future one step closer every day. Through precision‑engineered measurement solutions, we work with our customers to eliminate the barriers between inspiration and realization of world‑changing technologies. We believe that cultivating a deeper sense of loyalty and belonging is key to how we attract and retain our best people.

This reality inspires our Inclusion & Diversity vision, “We Are More Together,” and guides our approach as we all work toward creating great places where our teams work and thrive. Realize your true potential at Tektronix – join us in revolutionizing a better tomorrow!

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ralliant Corporation and all Ralliant Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Ralliant and all Ralliant Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

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