Sr. Software Engineer

For over four decades PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our Better Together ethos we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions combining point-of-sale digital ordering loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. To learn more visit or connect with us on LinkedIn X (formerly Twitter) Facebook and Instagram.

Position Description:

Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer (III) with strong Python expertise and a track record building software that interacts with hardware Linux-based platforms and networked systems. This role will contribute across device-side applications services and supporting tools used to develop deploy and operate connected retail and restaurant technology products.

Youll work closely with cross-functional partners (firmware hardware cloud QA and product) to deliver robust diagnosable and maintainable systems. The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between system-level debugging (Linux networking logs) and product-facing experiences and has an interest in building intuitive front-end tools for configuration monitoring and diagnostics.

Position Location: New Hartford New York or Remote United States

Reports To: Sr. Director of Engineering

What Were Looking For:

6 years of professional software development experience including substantial Python development.

Strong experience developing on Linux (processes services/daemons systems logging packaging).

Experience building networked systems: TCP/IP fundamentals sockets HTTP/REST secure communications (TLS) and debugging network issues.

Experience designing and shipping software for hardware-adjacent or device-integrated environments (edge computing peripherals gateways appliances or similar).

Front-end UI development experience using modern frameworks such as React and Angular and/or meta-frameworks.

Solid software engineering fundamentals: API design test strategy code reviews CI/CD and maintainable architecture.

Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional environments.

Demonstrated experience in and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design implementation unit testing debug verification validation and transfer to manufacturing.

Additional skills:

IoT/edge experience: device onboarding/provisioning fleet management concepts secure update flows telemetry and observability.

Familiarity with common IoT protocols and patterns (e.g. MQTT WebSockets) and message-driven architectures.

Background in DSP and audio applications (audio pipelines latency/echo/noise considerations streaming/codec basics).

Experience with real-time or performance-sensitive systems and profiling on Linux.

Exposure to hardware communication interfaces (UART I2C SPI USB) and/or integration with embedded firmware teams.

Unleash your potential: What you will be doing and owning:

Design implement and maintain Python-based services and tooling that support connected retail/restaurant technology products.

Build and support software running on Linux-based hardware platforms (edge devices /appliances) including service lifecycle management logging and resilience.

Develop and integrate network communication layers (REST APIs eventing secure connectivity) for device-to-device and device-to-service interactions.

Create internal and/or customer-facing web UIs for configuration monitoring diagnostics and operational workflows using standard frameworks (e.g. React/ Vue Angular).

Partner with firmware and hardware teams to define interfaces test strategies and diagnostic hooks that enable rapid troubleshooting and stable releases.

Improve engineering velocity by enhancing developer tools test harnesses CI pipelines and automated verification where appropriate.

Establish strong observability patterns: logs metrics traces crash capture and actionable field diagnostics.

Participate in architectural reviews code reviews and technical mentorship of junior engineers.

Interview Process:

• Interview #1: Video Screen with Talent Acquisition Team

• Interview #2: Video interview with the Hiring Manager (via MS Teams)

• Interview #3: Technical interview with the Team (via MS Teams)

• Interview #4: Final Interview with stakeholders.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC