Software Engineer III

Panasonic • Irvine, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is seeking a Software Engineer who combines software development skills with operational excellence to support mission-critical applications and services. The role designs, develops, automates, monitors, and supports production systems, with a focus on high availability, reliability, performance, and customer satisfaction. The engineer owns services end to end, from development through production operations, and works across engineering, product, and support teams.

The position includes developing scalable software and backend services, improving performance and reliability, building operational automation, and contributing to architecture decisions. It also involves monitoring production environments, participating in on-call rotations, resolving incidents, performing root cause analysis, managing configurations and deployments, and maintaining runbooks and support documentation.

The engineer will improve observability and operational efficiency, analyze performance and capacity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on troubleshooting, releases, production readiness, and operational risk. The role is based in Irvine, California, with a hybrid work arrangement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in software development, production support, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevOps.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Node.js, or Python.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Valid authorization to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized deployments.
• Knowledge of observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, or New Relic.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software solutions and backend services.
• Implement enhancements, bug fixes, and operational tooling to improve system performance and reliability.
• Develop automation for monitoring, deployment, incident response, and operational workflows.
• Participate in architecture discussions and recommend scalable, supportable solutions.
• Follow coding standards, security requirements, and engineering best practices.
• Monitor production environments and proactively address reliability, performance, and availability issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations and resolve production incidents in a timely manner.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring incidents.
• Manage application configurations, deployments, and operational readiness activities.
• Support releases and validate production health after deployments.
• Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and other observability solutions.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks and reduce manual effort.
• Analyze system performance and capacity trends and recommend improvements.
• Drive operational excellence through preventative maintenance, resilience testing, and process optimization.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve application supportability and reliability.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Customer Support.
• Troubleshoot customer-reported issues and drive them through resolution.
• Provide technical guidance during incident management and recovery.
• Contribute to release planning, production readiness reviews, and operational risk assessments.

Benefits

• Exempt salaried employees receive unlimited PTO; non-exempt hourly employees accrue vacation, sick, and personal days, with accrual increasing with tenure.
• 11 company-paid holidays per year and a paid company-wide U.S. shutdown between Christmas and New Year.
• Medical insurance options through Aetna and Kaiser in California and Hawaii.
• Dental PPO and DMO options.
• Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
• 401(k) with a 50% match on up to 8% contribution, fully vested from day one.
• Wellness program and counseling services.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance for employees and eligible family members, AD&D insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Critical illness and accident insurance.
• Legal assistance, pet insurance, and identity theft protection.
• Dependent care benefits, education assistance, and commuter program.
• Employee purchase program and service award program.
• The role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level