Advanced Software Engineer

Job Description

As an Advanced Software Engineer here at Honeywell, you will advance the technical direction for edge computing solutions and will also support architecture reviews across other applications in the portfolio. This is a hands-on development role - deep technical ownership combined with cross-team influence..

You will report directly to our Sr Director Software Engineering and you'll work out of our Atlanta, GA location on a Hybrid work schedule.

In this role, you will impact critical software initiatives and contribute to the technical excellence and success of projects that support Honeywell's strategic goals. At Honeywell, our people leaders play a critical role in developing and supporting our employees to help them perform at their best and drive change across the company. Help to build a strong, diverse team by recruiting talent, identifying, and developing successors, driving retention and engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture

• Serve as a senior developer driving the design and delivery of the Forge Cognition edge computing initiative.
• Define and own edge architecture patterns for distributed, resource-constrained, and disconnected/intermittently-connected environments.
• Architect and operationalize workloads on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) (edge and/or hosted, depending on program needs)
• Design, build, and scale Kubernetes-based deployments for edge and cloud (Azure, GCP, Alibaba) .
• Lead cloud & hybrid architecture for scalability & resilience.
• Build and maintain Ansible-based automation for provisioning, configuration management, and fleet operations across distributed edge nodes.
• Develop core services, tooling, and integrations in Python.
• Architect solutions for IoT device connectivity, telemetry ingestion, data pipelines, and device lifecycle management.
• Enhance the Platform Engineering and developer enablement platform by creating reusable templates, self-service workflows, deployment guardrails, documentation, and automation that improve engineering velocity and consistency.
• Participate in and lead architecture review boards for other applications across the org, providing technical guidance and best-practice recommendations.
• Partner with product, platform, and infra teams to ensure edge solutions are secure, observable, and production-ready.
  Mentor engineers and help raise the technical bar across teams.

• Proven experience as an Edge/Cloud Architect/Developer - designing systems for distributed/edge computing environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Ansible (playbooks, roles, automation at scale).
• Expert-level Python development skills.
  Deep, production-grade experience with Kubernetes (cluster design, operators, networking, security, troubleshooting).
• Hands-on experience with Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) or comparable distributed cloud/edge platforms.
• Practical IoT experience (device management, connectivity protocols, telemetry/data pipelines).
• Experience acting as a lead/principal architect, including running or contributing to architecture review processes.
• Experience with observability/monitoring tooling for distributed systems (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Strong communication skills - able to work with distributed teams and represent architecture decisions to stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex business, product, and infrastructure requirements into pragmatic technical designs, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Experience establishing engineering best practices for CI/CD, secure software delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Experience with edge security and zero-trust patterns.
• Background in a regulated or industrial IoT domain (manufacturing, telecom, energy, etc.).
• Prior experience standing up a new architecture practice or Center of Excellence (COE).
• Experience with developer portals, golden paths, service catalogs, internal platforms, or Backstage-style enablement experiences.
• Cloud certifications or architecture credentials across Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, or related platform technologies.

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package.

• employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance
• Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Posting Date:
August 31, 2026.

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