Senior Software Engineer - Remote Aviation Tech

Thisiscny; City of Syracuse (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Thisiscny in Syracuse, NY or Remote within the United States is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its aviation technology team. You will work across the platform spanning embedded firmware, cloud services, APIs, and web applications to support unmanned aircraft and drone operations.

The role emphasizes C and C++ development, system-level programming, and collaboration with our Europe-based CTO. You will own features end-to-end, from requirements through production, with opportunities

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional software-engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in C and/or C++.
• Experience with web applications, backend services, frontend interfaces, or full-stack solutions.
• Experience with embedded systems, firmware, sensors, receivers, or hardware interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, memory management, and concurrency.
• Ability to debug complex problems across multiple technical layers.
• Experience with version control, testing, and code reviews.
• Excellent communication and independent project ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software across the 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.

Skills

C/C++

Web applications

Backend services

Embedded systems

Data structures

Memory management

Concurrency

Version control

Testing

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

REST APIs

RTOS

Telemetry

Job description

Thisiscny in Syracuse, NY or Remote within the United States is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its aviation technology team. You will work across the platform spanning embedded firmware, cloud services, APIs, and web applications to support unmanned aircraft and drone operations.

The role emphasizes C and C++ development, system-level programming, and collaboration with our Europe-based CTO. You will own features end-to-end, from requirements through production, with opportunities