Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Akkodis is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for a full-time role in Chicago, IL. The position involves leading technical discussions with customers, designing and implementing custom features, and providing senior-level technical support for embedded systems and cloud integrations.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers, partners, and indirect channel teams
• Host technical discussions, requirement gathering sessions, and architecture reviews directly with customers
• Provide developer support, guidance, and best practices for integration and implementation
• Represent the embedded team in developer-facing demos, product enablement, and partner technical workshops
• Translate customer needs into actionable engineering tasks, ensuring platform capabilities align with business goals
• Lead the design and implementation of custom features, enhancements, and integrations across our platform
• Develop application layer components and service extensions using Python, Django, and REST Based APIs
• Build and integrate customer-facing portal/UI components in React
• Leverage AWS services to build scalable, cloud-backed integrations
• Own the documentation and development of APIs, SDKs, and interface design documents (IDDs)
• Ensure seamless integration between on-device components, microservices, and customer systems
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues
• Provide senior-level technical escalation support for customers and internal teams
• Lead root-cause analysis and drive long-term corrective improvements across the platform
• Lead customer-specific development initiatives from ideation through deployment
• Own timelines, deliverables, and technical direction for customization projects
• Mentor junior engineers and influence cross-team engineering best practices

Requirements:

• Expertise in Python, with experience building backend services or integration layers (Django strongly preferred)
• Proficiency in React for developing customer-facing interfaces or partner tools
• Experience with AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, or related services)
• Strong experience with embedded systems development
• Experience with API design, interface documentation, and integration workflows
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including customers and indirect channel partners
• Proven success in customer-facing engineering, developer support, or solutions engineering roles
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Experience in Developer Relations, technical evangelism, or technical account management
• Experience supporting indirect channel partners, VARs, ISVs, or system integrators
• Background in pre-sales engineering, partner enablement, or customer-led solution design