Overview

Location: Irvine, CA - (Hybrid)

Our new global headquarters is conveniently located in Irvine, CA near John Wayne Airport in the Park Place development. For our onsite and hybrid employees you will be able to enjoy amenities such as access to many restaurants and shops, running trails, a fitness deck, outdoor seating, dry cleaning, car wash, free garage parking, car charging stations, shuttle service for train commuters, outdoor games like bocce, horseshoes, gaming tables, pickle ball, and basketball. For more information on Park Place visit www.parkplaceirvine.com

Responsibilities

As an MTS III, Software (Senior Software Engineer), to contribute to the modernization of a critical legacy system and evolve it into a scalable cloud-based platform.

In this role, you will contribute to the migration of an existing on-premises application to AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, data integrity, and minimal operational disruption during the transition. As the system is modernized, you will help evolve the architecture toward a modern, service-oriented platform that supports large-scale operational workflows and distributed systems.

This role requires strong hands-on engineering skills and experience working with both legacy systems and modern cloud-native technologies.

What you will be doing:

Platform Modernization & Cloud Migration

• Contribute to the design and execution of the migration of an on-premises system to AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Modernize and refactor a legacy PHP-based application to support scalable and reliable cloud deployment.
• Improve system architecture, modularity, and maintainability while preserving compatibility with existing integrations.
• Optimize database design and data access patterns for performance and scalability.
• Modernize background processing, scheduled jobs, and batch workloads using cloud-native services.
• Ensure system reliability, service continuity, and data integrity throughout the migration process.
• Develop comprehensive testing, validation, and rollback strategies for production deployments.
• Create operational documentation, migration procedures, and system runbooks

Platform Development & Evolution

• Design and build scalable services and APIs that extend the platform's capabilities.
• Develop systems that ingest and process operational data and system telemetry.
• Implement event-driven workflows and automation that improve operational efficiency.
• Improve system observability, monitoring, and operational reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver platform capabilities aligned with long-term architecture goals.

The salary range of $93,000 - $157,000 is just one component of Panasonic's total package. The final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to individual's knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives.

Base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location.

Qualifications

What we are looking for:

Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience working with PHP-based applications, including maintaining and modernizing legacy codebases.
• Strong proficiency in AWS cloud services and cloud-based system architecture.
• At least 5+ years proficiency in at least one modern programming language (such as Go, Java, or Python).
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems with high reliability requirements.
• Experience designing and optimizing relational databases and data models.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and system integrations.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, data pipelines, or streaming systems.
• Experience with containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues.
• Ability to balance short-term migration goals with long-term platform architecture.

Preferred:

• Experience contributing to large-scale cloud migration initiatives.
• Experience modernizing legacy monolithic systems.
• Experience designing highly available and scalable services.
• Familiarity with event-driven or microservices architectures.
• Experience building operational platforms or infrastructure systems.

What we offer:

At Panasonic Avionics Corporation we realize the most important aspects in leading our industry are the bright minds behind everything we do. We are proud to offer our employees a highly competitive, comprehensive and flexible benefits program.

• Paid time off: Exempt Salaried employees receive unlimited PTO. This means that there is no fixed number, range, or limit to the amount of Personal and Vacation Days that may be taken for exempt employees. Non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days. Accrual rate increases with tenure. All employees receive 11 company paid holidays per year plus a paid company-wide shut down in the U.S. between Christmas and New Year.
• Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI). Options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family. Dental PPO and DMO options & Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
• 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, full vested from day 1.
• Other offerings include: Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.

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Salary Range

$97,000 - $157,000 Annual REQ-154342