Staff Software Engineer

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

About The Role We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with a strong foundation in distributed systems, clean architecture, and performance-oriented design. You’ll focus primarily on building reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend services that power end-to-end features across multiple platforms. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving system-level challenges, understands database and API design fundamentals, and values code quality and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly available, performant, and fault-tolerant backend systems and APIs.
• Apply SOLID principles and clean architecture to ensure modular and maintainable services.
• Own components end-to-end — from design, implementation, testing, deployment, to monitoring.
• Optimize database design and queries; ensure efficient indexing, replication, and scaling.
• Implement proper error handling, logging, and observability mechanisms (metrics, tracing).
• Collaborate closely with frontend and DevOps teams to define clear API contracts and deployment workflows.
• Ensure secure handling of data and credentials using industry-standard practices.
• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests, and participate in code and design reviews.
• Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and developer experience.

Required Skills

• 4–8 years of hands-on experience in frontend development.

Hands-on experience in front end technologies like JavaScript (ES6+) React.js, React Native and expo (Mobile App development). Proven experience in building and deploying mobile applications.

Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Content API, etc)

Programming skills in one or more backend languages (Python, Go, Java, C#, or Node.js).

• Deep understanding of database fundamentals — schema design, indexing, transactions, and connection pooling.
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs or GraphQL services.
• Solid grasp of scaling principles — caching, load balancing, asynchronous processing, and message queues.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.
• Working knowledge of version control, CI/CD, and deployment best practices.

Good to Have

• Experience with distributed system design — queues, event-driven architecture, or microservices.
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
• Familiarity with security and compliance concepts (OAuth, JWT, secrets management).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of caching and queuing tools (Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS).

Who You Are

• You believe in building clean, reliable, and maintainable systems that scale with business growth.
• You think in systems and trade-offs, not just code.
• You’re curious about the full stack and understand how backend decisions impact product experience.
• You’re proactive, analytical, and comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.
• You value collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don’t perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidate’s starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email [email protected].

Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join u…