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# Firmware Engineer -KitCheck

- **Company:** BLUESIGHT, INC.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Apple Mac Systems, JIRA, Linux, Firmware, Github, Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, Radio-Frequency Identification, Ruby, TCP/IP, TypeScript, Web Applications, Linux Development, Slack, Restful APIs, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a7aa883d82e8d27f

## About the Role

* Comfortable working in unfamiliar programming languages and ramping into new stacks quickly - you'll be supporting firmware across several from day one.
 * Able to make progress toward a goal even when the path forward is abstract or not fully defined.
 * Genuinely interested in close, ongoing collaboration with product and domain experts - this is a highly collaborative role, not a solo one.
 * Strong communication habits: proactive updates, regular check-ins, and comfortable flagging blockers early rather than going quiet.
 * Early-career engineers with strong fundamentals who are excited by broad language and hardware exposure will thrive here.

Nice to have

 * Experience building or supporting on-premise / on-device software.
 * Exposure to IoT device build/dev as a hobbyist or tinkerer.
 * Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, common protocols).
 * General Linux systems knowledge.
 * Familiarity with how web applications communicate (REST APIs, client-server request/response patterns).
 * Familiarity with our day-to-day toolset: macOS working environment, Linux development, Git/GitHub, Jira, Slack, and Docker containers

Our environment

Our codebase spans several languages depending on the device line, including Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, TypeScript, and Ruby.

## Description

* You'll spend the most hands-on time in Python and Go - the two languages our stack leans on most heavily - though prior experience in either isn't required.
 * Own firmware across our full fleet of RFID reader models - maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting - with each device line running its own language and framework.
 * Produce and maintain the support documentation and materials our Support team needs to handle day-to-day, live-device support in the field.
 * Take ownership of the codebase: create, review, and contribute to pull requests across a wide variety of languages and frameworks.
 * Contribute to and grow expertise in our RFID device-control platform, including performance-sensitive scanning code.


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