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Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation's top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and modernize a next-generation aviation data transfer solution. This role supports secure, reliable movement of aviation-related data across edge, platform, middleware, and enterprise environments using modern Microsoft-based technologies and resilient software architectures.
As a Full Stack Software Engineer your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:
Design, develop, test, and maintain full stack applications and services supporting aviation data transfer, synchronization, and data processing.
Build backend services, APIs, and integration layers using C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core / .NET, and related Microsoft technologies.
Develop modern web-based user interfaces for administrative, operational, monitoring, and troubleshooting functions.
Engineer and integrate middleware components that enable reliable communication between aircraft or edge systems, ground support systems, and enterprise environments.
Implement and support data transfer mechanisms and protocols, including secure file transfer, message-based exchange, service-based integration, and API-driven interoperability.
Design software to be modern, robust, scalable, fault-tolerant, secure, and maintainable, including retry logic, exception handling, logging, monitoring, and auditability.
Collaborate with aviation stakeholders, systems engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and product owners to define requirements and deliver technical solutions.
Support software architecture activities including modular design, microservices, container-ready deployment patterns, and cloud or hybrid hosting approaches when appropriate.
Contribute to software documentation such as interface control descriptions, design notes, user workflows, test procedures, and release documentation.
Evaluate and incorporate emerging capabilities and technologies that improve modernization, interoperability, resilience, and mission effectiveness.
Required Qualifications:
U.S. Citizenship
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
5+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
Active secret clearance and ability to maintain clearance is required to start.
Experience in full stack software development for mission, enterprise, or operational systems.
Strong proficiency with C# and .NET Core / .NET development.
Experience developing REST APIs, backend services, and service-oriented or event-driven integrations.
Experience with modern front-end web development and integration with backend services.
Experience with middleware, integration frameworks, or interface layers connecting disparate systems.
Working knowledge of transfer technologies and protocols such as HTTPS, SFTP, APIs, message queues, JSON, XML, and serialized data exchange.
Understanding of software architecture principles including modularity, scalability, performance optimization, and maintainability.
Experience with relational databases, source control, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile software development practices.
Ability to communicate effectively and work within multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
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