Principal Platform Engineer

Core responsibilities:

• Own and drive the technical vision, architecture, and standards for data enablement within the CVML and robotics platform
• 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, and define infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Terragrunt

This role creates intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for customers in agriculture, construction, and forestry, empowering them to implement safer and more sustainable solutions with increased profitability and less reliance on scarce labor.

Required qualifications:

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated impact at Staff or Principal Engineer level
• Proven experience serving as 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 with hands-on experience in Python, React, Databricks/Spark, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Airflow, Terraform/Terragrunt, Prometheus/Grafana

Compensation and benefits:

• US annual base salary range: $174,000 - $305,000
• Eligibility for Blue River's bonus and benefit programs
• Inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity with investments in DEI programs
• Support for employees to live full lives while accomplishing meaningful, challenging missions
• Reasonable accommodation provided for individuals with disabilities

Blue River Technologies is a team of innovators creating intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for farmers, construction crews, and foresters, focusing on AI, machine learning, computer vision, and robotics to drive safer, more sustainable solutions.