IoT Platform Development Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated and experienced IoT Platform Development Engineer to design, develop, and operate scalable Internet of Things (IoT) platform services that support device connectivity, data ingestion, processing, storage, and analytics. The successful candidate will have hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, IoT protocols, device management, and software development practices. This role requires collaboration with hardware, firmware, operations and product teams to deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable platform capabilities that enable commercial IoT solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that enable device connectivity, telemetry ingestion, command-and-control, and data routing.
• Implement and operate device provisioning, authentication, lifecycle management, and over-the-air (OTA) update mechanisms.
• Integrate and support common IoT protocols and transports such as MQTT, CoAP, HTTP(S), LoRaWAN, and WebSockets.
• Develop data processing pipelines for real-time and batch analytics, including stream processing, queuing, and data transformation.
• Design for scalability, resiliency, observability, and cost-efficiency using cloud-native patterns (containers, serverless, microservices).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment workflows for platform services and infrastructure as code.
• Implement security controls across device-to-cloud and cloud-to-device communication, including encryption, key management, and secure credential storage.
• Monitor platform health and performance, investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, data science and product teams to define requirements, prototypes, and production-ready features.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, runbooks, interface specifications and contribute to platform roadmaps and design reviews.
• Stay current with emerging IoT technologies, standards, and best practices and propose improvements to platform design and operations.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking fundamentals, and cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficient in one or more programming languages commonly used for backend development (e.g. Python, Java, Go, Node.js).
• Hands-on experience with IoT protocols and platforms, device management, and telemetry ingestion.
• Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with data processing technologies such as message brokers (Kafka, MQTT brokers), stream processors, time-series databases, or data lakes.
• Good knowledge of secure software development practices, authentication/authorisation (OAuth, JWT), and IoT-specific security considerations.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Typically3–5 years’ relevant experience in software or platform engineering with demonstrable IoT project experience preferred.
  
  

• Experience with LoRaWAN network servers, NB-IoT, cellular IoT, or edge computing platforms.
• Familiarity with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and performance tuning for large-scale device fleets.
• Certifications or training in cloud platforms, IoT, or security (e.g. AWS Certified, Azure IoT, CISSP) are advantageous.
• Previous experience operating production IoT platforms or contributing to open-source IoT projects.