Impinj is a leading RAIN RFID provider and Internet of Things pioneer. We’re inventing ways to connect every thing to the Internet — including retail apparel, retail general merchandise, healthcare items, automobile parts, airline baggage, food and much more. With more than 100 billion items connected to date, and multiple Fortune 500 enterprises around the world using our platform, we solve for a better understanding of our world. If it’s a thing, we’re working to connect it. Join Impinj and help us realize our vision of a boundless IoT— connecting trillions of everyday items to the Internet. 

 

 

Team Overview:

It’s an exciting time to be at Impinj!

Our goal is to provide Digital Life for Everyday Items with our market leading RAIN RFID platform. Our platform connects billions of items to enterprise applications providing the identity, location and authenticity of these items, which we call Item Intelligence. And this is only the start, as we are preparing for RAIN RFID to be a fundamental building block of the Internet of Things. Help us realize that vision by working on our RAIN RFID data integration stack for our reader products.

We're seeking a principal level software engineer to join our growing team, building the next generation RAIN RFID platform for a diverse set of applications, from healthcare to logistics to retail. We have fantastic challenges ahead of us: efficient stream processing of large volumes of data; complex algorithms to process and extract insight from raw RFID data; and building a software stack that scales from one reader to a global deployment of readers. And we do all this while collaborating with engineers across the stack, from tagged items to the cloud, to deliver phenomenal integrated solutions to our customers.

Principal engineers at Impinj are software authorities in a positive and exciting environment. They work as part of a team and take our hardest challenges and implement innovative, effective solutions.

What you will do:

  • Translate use cases to end-to-end IoT system design
  • Implement features in a cloud solution
  • Code microservices and own their deployment and maintenance
  • Define and implement APIs and messages
  • Build software solutions and collaborate on solutions across many teams
  • Perform peer code reviews and lead by example
  • Test and Deploy in a tight and fast pace
  • Optimize solutions for difference parameters, such as cost optimization, site reliability, and performance
  • Own design and implementation of infrastructure and databases
  • Collaborate closely with other development teams to understand customer requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
  • Interface with different teams, such as DevOps, InfoSec, IT, and product management
  • Advocate for best practices in software development across the company

What you will bring:

  • Bachelor of Science in ECE or CS or similar equivalent field
  • 15+ years of software development experience
  • 10+ in C#/.Net, java/C++ and object-oriented design and/or internet services
  • 5+ years of enterprise solution architecture and design
  • Experience implementing microservices in public clouds, such as AWS or Azure.
  • Defining APIs to meet business demands
  • Enterprise experience in defining the vision and driving implementation of sophisticated, scalable, and reliable platform solutions
  • Experience delivering high-quality, tested code across multiple release cycles
  • Experience with distributed deployments, such as Kubernetes.
  • Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and/or Timeseries Databases
  • Experience with big data systems, that feed into real-time or batch data analysis.
  • Deployment and support of business-critical systems with a rapid release cycle.
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Ideal but not necessary: 

  • Experience integrating RFID and/or wireless systems.
  • Experience with MQTT, Kafka, AMQP, ZeroMQ, HTTP, gRPC or other related network technologies
  • Experience with IoT solutions at enterprise scale, spanning provisioning, configuring, and data management
  • Real-time, event driven systems design and implementation
  • Experience with cryptographic cyphers and certificate-based signing best-practices
  • Experience integrating embedded devices into large systems
  • Enjoy building modular designs with good test coverage
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Compensation and Benefits:

The benefits listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Impinj.

The typical base pay range for this role is $168,000- $267,000. Individual base pay depends on various factors such as complexity and responsibility of the role, job duties, requirements and relevant experience and skills. Impinj reviews market wage data and uses the midpoint of the pay range as the starting point for offers. Impinj makes offers within the base pay range applicable at the time.

At Impinj certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonuses and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. US based employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match among others.

For a more comprehensive list of US employment benefits, click here.

 

Why work at Impinj:

Know you’re making a difference. Competitive benefits. Support for remote work or a desk with a view. Weekly Q&A sessions with our executive team. Impinj provides an environment that fosters openness and innovation and is developing technology that delivers a positive impact on the world. Collaboration and teamwork are highly valued, and accomplishments are duly celebrated. We have an open paid time-off policy paired with a respect for work/life balance. Our headquarters is located in Seattle with spectacular views of the Olympics, Lake Union, and Mt Baker, which can be enjoyed from our rooftop deck. Our Brazilian site is in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, at “Tecnopuc,” a technology park that offers a very nice workplace for the development of groundbreaking technologies. Impinj is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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