Hiring: Senior Edge Platform Engineer Company: Orange Barrel Media Location: Columbus, OH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:33:39 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Linux, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Python, Rails, Serverless, Ubuntu About the job Experience: •8+ years in backend or platform engineering, with meaningful edge or IoT exposure."] Required Skills: •This is a player-coach role. You'll spend most of your time writing and reviewing code, but you'll also directly manage one engineer, including 1:1s, goals, feedback, and career growth. If you want to be a pure IC or a pure manager, this isn't the right fit. If you've been doing both and want the title to match, keep reading. •The edge runtime: Python services on Ubuntu, packaged as snaps, talking to AWS IoT Core over MQTT, with async, systemd, and event-loop work •The display stack: Wayland-based kiosk sessions on real hardware in the wild •Fleet operations, including configuration management rollouts, OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and the observability work that lets us catch issues before sites do •AWS IoT integration in depth, including devices, shadows, jobs, message routing, auth, and serverless triggers •Multiple in-flight workstreams alongside steady reliability work, including packaging modernization and a fleet data-model refactor •One direct report, including their growth, feedback loop, and career development •Code review leadership, setting the bar for edge and IoT code from day one Qualifications: •Python at the systems level (async, systemd, MQTT, event loops) •Snap packaging and modern Ubuntu LTS •AWS IoT Core in production, not just familiarity with it •A modern configuration management tool for fleet rollouts •Linux edge and device fundamentals, with a real understanding of what is happening on the box •You should be senior enough to review a peer’s edge code in your first week without hesitation. This is a niche domain with a small reviewer pool inside the team, and we need you to help expand it. [Add specific years-of-experience expectation, e.g. "8+ years in backend or platform engineering, with meaningful edge or IoT exposure."] •Cellular edge routers and their SDKs •IP camera / NVR integration (RTSP, ONVIF) •Exposure to adjacent stack: Rails (light read-and-extend work on a couple of internal apps), Electron (adapter-level maintenance only), serverless functions, internal package distribution •What This Role Is Not Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!