Principal Software Engineer, DevOps

About this role

ABOUT SLATE

At Slate, we’re building safe, reliable vehicles that people can afford, personalize and love—and doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate, because people should have control over how their trucks look, feel, and represent them.

About Slate Auto

Slate Auto is a new American electric vehicle company building something the industry hasn’t seen: a purpose-built, affordable EV truck designed for real people. We’re in pre-production and moving fast — which means every hire shapes the culture and product we’re building.

Our digital experiences — from the moment someone discovers a Slate truck online to the day they configure, purchase, and drive one — are as important to us as the vehicle itself. We’re building our consumer website, ecommerce platform, ownership app, B2B partner integrations, and supporting APIs from the ground up, running on modern AWS infrastructure. We need a principal-level engineer who can lead the charge on making all of it reliable, observable, secure, and ready to scale.

Who We’re Looking For

Slate is looking for a Principal Software Engineer, DevOps to own the infrastructure strategy, developer platform, and operational excellence that power our consumer, internal, and B2B digital products. This is a hands-on technical leadership role — not a manager track. You’ll set direction, make architectural decisions, write and review code, and raise the bar for how we build and ship software across the organization.

The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, developer experience, and security — and is equally comfortable in an architecture review and a terminal window.

What You’ll Do

## AWS Infrastructure & Strategy

• Own the architecture, design, and long-term strategy for Slate’s AWS environments, spanning consumer-facing applications, internal tools, and B2B partner integr...