About this role
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 100,000 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 partech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram.
Position Description:
We’re 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.
You’ll 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 We’re 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/Next.js, 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.
PAR is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We also provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, or for your role at PAR, please contact accommodations@partech.com. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the US Department of Labor's website.