KitCheck's hardware fleet spans multiple RFID reader models, each with device-specific firmware written in different languages and frameworks. We're looking for an engineer to take ownership of maintaining, upgrading, troubleshooting, and supporting that firmware in the field.
You'll be a full member of our ~10-person KitCheck engineering team, working especially closely with our three-person hardware and RFID software team — a tight-knit group where firmware sits at the center.
This role is roughly 75% software, 25% hardware. This is a hybrid role based in Austin, TX.
You can expect to
- 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.
What We Are Looking For
- 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.
- 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
Nice to have
Our environment
Our codebase spans several languages depending on the device line, including Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, TypeScript, and Ruby.
What you'll get from us
- Opportunities to solve problems of scale, debt and security to redefine what’s possible in medication intelligence
- Room to be creative and choose your own path
- Trust in your sense of ownership
- Dedicated budget for training and career development
- Coworkers who you'll learn from, who will push you and who are looking to learn from you
Skills Required
- Comfortable ramping into unfamiliar programming languages and frameworks
- Ability to maintain, upgrade, troubleshoot, and support firmware across multiple device models
- Strong communication and collaboration habits; proactive updates and flagging blockers
- Early-career engineers with strong fundamentals (ability to learn quickly and work broadly across stack)
- Experience or familiarity with Python and Go
- Experience building or supporting on-device / on-premise software or hobbyist IoT/device experience
- Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, common protocols) and general Linux systems knowledge
- Familiarity with Git/GitHub, Jira, Slack, macOS, and Docker containers
What We Do
Bluesight solves supply chain inefficiencies and reduces risk by using AI and machine learning to surface actionable analytics for every step of the medication lifecycle. Through our suite of Medication Intelligence™ solutions, Bluesight brings simplicity, visibility, and predictability to the complex world of medication management. More than 1,600 U.S. and Canadian hospitals utilize Bluesight solutions to optimize their hospital’s pharmacy practices by improving efficiency, reducing medication costs, and increasing compliance and safety.
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