Job Description
Senior Software Engineer
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Location: Syracuse, NY or Remote within the United States
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Salary: $150,000–$200,000+, depending on experience
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Employment Type: Direct Hire; Contract-to-Hire may be considered
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A growing aviation technology company is seeking a versatile Senior Software Engineer to join its expanding US operation. The company develops air-traffic awareness technology supporting unmanned aircraft and advanced drone operations.
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Its platform spans ground-based receiver hardware, embedded firmware, real-time data processing, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and customer-facing web applications. The engineer will work across multiple areas of the platform while collaborating closely with the company’s Europe-based Chief Technology Officer.
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Responsibilities
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- Design, develop, test, and maintain software across the company’s aviation technology platform.
- Develop performance-critical and system-level components using C and/or C++.
- Work with embedded firmware, receivers, sensors, and hardware interfaces.
- Support data flow from physical receivers through processing systems, cloud services, APIs, and web applications.
- Develop backend services and customer-facing applications.
- Troubleshoot issues involving hardware integration, memory, concurrency, data processing, cloud services, and application performance.
- Collaborate on technical requirements, system architecture, and design decisions.
- Take ownership of projects from initial requirements through implementation and production support.
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Qualifications
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- Five or more years of professional software-engineering experience.
- Strong professional proficiency in C and/or C++.
- Experience developing web applications, backend services, frontend interfaces, or full-stack solutions.
- Experience with embedded systems, firmware, sensors, receivers, device interfaces, or hardware-software integration.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, software design, memory management, and concurrency.
- Ability to debug complex problems across multiple technical layers.
- Experience with version control, testing, and code reviews.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and independent project-ownership skills.
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Preferred experience includes Google Cloud Platform, REST APIs, real-time operating systems, telemetry, networking, aviation, drones, aerospace, defense, IoT, robotics, or autonomous systems.
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The company prefers a Syracuse-area candidate but will consider remote candidates anywhere in the United States. This person will become a foundational member of the US technical team and may grow into a broader technical leadership role.
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For immediate and confidential consideration, please submit a resume to cnyjobs@hiresapphire.com.
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Sapphire Recruitment is an EOE