Senior Embedded Interface & API Software Engineer

Microchip Technology Inc.; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Auckland is seeking a Senior Application / Interface Layer Software Engineer to design and maintain software interfaces for embedded systems.

You will work with firmware, platform, networking, and product engineering teams to deliver reliable and secure interface-layer functionality for a focused product portfolio. The role emphasizes application-layer software and management-plane interfaces using gNMI, REST, gRPC, and related APIs to support configuration,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with embedded or systems-level products.
• Strong programming skills in C++, C, PHP, or Python.
• Experience developing and integrating APIs such as gNMI and REST.
• Understanding of embedded Linux environments and systems programming concepts.
• Experience with IPC mechanisms, networking protocols, and device management interfaces.
• Strong understanding of secure software design principles and secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with authentication, encryption, access control, and secure communication methods.
• Experience debugging software on embedded hardware platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain application-layer and interface-layer software for embedded systems.
• Implement and support management and control interfaces using technologies such as gNMI, REST, gRPC, and related APIs.
• Develop software components that enable configuration, telemetry, monitoring, and device management capabilities.
• Collaborate with firmware and systems engineers to integrate software across hardware and platform layers.
• Design software with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, maintainability, and secure operation.
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to secure design decisions throughout the product lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system integration and interface issues.
• Develop unit tests, integration tests, and automation tools to validate software behavior.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, API definitions, and design specifications.
• Support software bring-up, debugging, and product validation activities.

Skills

C++

C

Python

PHP

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

gNMI

REST

gRPC

NETCONF

YANG models

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. in Auckland is seeking a Senior Application / Interface Layer Software Engineer to design and maintain software interfaces for embedded systems.

You will work with firmware, platform, networking, and product engineering teams to deliver reliable and secure interface-layer functionality for a focused product portfolio. The role emphasizes application-layer software and management-plane interfaces using gNMI, REST, gRPC, and related APIs to support configuration,