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Senior R&D Software Developer Jobs in Syracuse, NY

The Aspen Group

Senior Platform Engineer

East Syracuse, NY

$98K - $135K/yr

We're hiring a Sr. Platform Engineer to help lead the design, build, and operation of the cloud ... Partner with our AI / Software Engineers to operationalize agents and models: Vertex AI Agent ...

Lockheed Martin

Sr RF Engineer

Liverpool, NY · On-site

As the premier developer of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars and integrated air ... Join a global team of 35 000 engineers, software developers, and cyber experts who turn complex ...

The Aspen Group

Senior Endpoint Engineer

East Syracuse, NY · Hybrid

$100K - $130K/yr

Overview The Senior Endpoint Engineer serves as a technical expert and process leader, designing ... Support large scale hardware and software rollout projects * Own maintenance of optimized operating ...

trane technologies

LCU/R Specialist

East Syracuse, NY · On-site

The LCU/R Quoting Specialist supports Trane Supply's sales and customer service operations by ... High school diploma required, associate or bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related ...

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As of Jun 14, 2026, the average hourly pay for senior r&d software developer in Syracuse, NY is $60.99, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $51.78 and $68.41 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Senior R&D Software Developer vs Software Engineer?

AspectSenior R&D Software DeveloperSoftware Engineer
CredentialsBachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field; experience in R&DBachelor's or higher in Computer Science or related field
Work EnvironmentResearch and development labs, innovation teamsDevelopment teams, product-focused environments
Industry UsageTech, manufacturing, research institutionsTech companies, startups, software firms
Common Search/ComparisonOften compared for R&D roles and advanced developmentMore general software development roles

The main difference is that a Senior R&D Software Developer focuses on innovative research, prototyping, and developing new technologies within R&D environments, often requiring specialized knowledge and experience. In contrast, a Software Engineer typically works on building, testing, and maintaining software products in production environments. Both roles require strong programming skills, but the Senior R&D role emphasizes research and experimentation.

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Scientific Implementation Manager

Scientific Implementation Manager

Uncountable

Cleveland, NY • On-site

$80K - $120K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Retirement

Posted 12 days ago

Job description

Thank you for your interest in Uncountable Implementations!
About Uncountable
Science moves slowly - not because researchers aren't brilliant, but because their tools haven't kept up. Uncountable is changing that. We build a unified R&D platform used by the world's leading chemists, material scientists, and biologists to dramatically accelerate how new products are discovered, developed, and brought to market.
Founded by engineers from MIT and Stanford, and trusted by enterprise R&D organizations across chemicals, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, and food & beverage, Uncountable is on a mission to accelerate industrial R&D by an order of magnitude. We're a high-impact team that moves fast and gives people real ownership from day one.
The Role
This is not a typical customer success role. As a Scientific Implementation Manager, you are the person who bridges the gap between a scientist's world and Uncountable's platform - and that requires something most software companies can't offer: someone who genuinely understands both.
You'll work directly with R&D leaders, bench scientists, and technical teams at some of the world's most innovative industrial companies, helping them translate years of experimental knowledge into a structured, powerful data environment. You'll configure the platform to reflect how their science actually works, identify where their data lives and how to bring it together, and guide them through a transformation in how they manage and leverage their R&D.
At the same time, you'll be a critical voice internally - your customer-facing experience will directly shape product development, ensuring we keep building the most useful R&D platform in the industry.
This is a fast-paced, project-driven role that sits at the intersection of science, business, and software. If you want to use your scientific background to do something genuinely impactful beyond the bench, this is it.
What You'll Do
Lead Scientific Implementations
  • Serve as the primary scientific point of contact for new customers through the full onboarding journey
  • Translate a customer's experimental workflows, data structures, and scientific domain into a tailored Uncountable configuration
  • Restructure and contextualize customer data so it becomes immediately useful, searchable, and actionable in the platform

Drive Customer Engagement
  • Lead discovery calls, demos, and working sessions with R&D managers, scientists, and technical stakeholders
  • Build trusted relationships by demonstrating genuine scientific fluency - you'll earn credibility because you understand their work, not just their software
  • Set project timelines, manage implementation milestones, and ensure customers hit their go-live goals

Design and Configure Complex Scientific Workflows
  • Architect end-to-end platform configurations that faithfully capture a customer's experimental paradigm - from how they define formulations and design experiments, to how they record measurements and track results
  • Map intricate scientific data structures (multi-variable formulations, hierarchical sample relationships, linked test methods) onto Uncountable's data model, making principled decisions about how best to represent each customer's science
  • Work through ambiguous, edge-case data environments - customers with years of legacy spreadsheets, idiosyncratic naming conventions, and non-standard workflows - and design configurations that are both scientifically accurate and practically usable
  • Iterate on platform configurations in close collaboration with customers, running working sessions where you test, refine, and validate that the system reflects how their team actually thinks about their research
  • Develop and document reusable configuration patterns across domains (coatings, polymers, pharmaceuticals, food science, etc.) that can accelerate future implementations and inform product development

Shape the Product
  • Act as the voice of the customer internally, surfacing patterns and gaps you see across implementations
  • Collaborate directly with engineering and product to advocate for features that meet the real needs of R&D teams - your field experience will influence what we build next

Your First 90 Days
Month 1: Develop deep fluency in Uncountable's platform and learn how we implement it. Take ownership of configuring experimental data for onboarded customers, working alongside the customer success and sales teams to faithfully capture end-user workflows.
Month 2: Begin leading your own customer meetings and demos. Run scientific due diligence sessions with new accounts, gather data requirements, and iterate on platform configurations with live customers.
Month 3: Own the end-to-end implementation process for a new customer. Lead demos, set timelines, run alignment meetings, and advocate internally for any product development needed to deliver an exceptional outcome.
Requirements
  • Scientific depth: A meaningful background in chemistry, materials science, biology, chemical engineering, or a closely related field - you should be comfortable discussing experimental design, data types, and R&D workflows with PhD-level researchers
  • Communication: Exceptional ability to explain complex ideas clearly to a wide range of audiences - from bench scientists to R&D directors to business leaders
  • Empathy and adaptability: The ability to understand not just what a scientist is saying, but what they actually need - and to navigate different organizational cultures and working styles
  • Software fluency: Hands-on comfort working with scientific or technical software - whether that's an ELN, LIMS, instrument control software, data analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB, JMP, or similar), or scripting for data processing. You don't need to be a software engineer, but you should be someone who figures out new tools quickly and isn't intimidated by data-heavy environments
  • Project orientation: Comfort managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and driving projects to completion in a fast-paced environment
  • Genuine curiosity about software, data, and how technology can transform R&D

Preferred Qualifications
  • M.S. or higher in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, biology, or a closely related field, plus 2-3 years of post-degree work experience in research, industry, or a technical customer-facing role
  • Hands-on lab experience - time spent running experiments gives you instant credibility with our customers
  • Experience in a customer-facing, consulting, or technical role where you had to explain complex scientific concepts to varied audiences
  • Familiarity with data management concepts: spreadsheets, databases, ELNs, or LIMS
  • Exposure to multiple scientific domains (e.g., organic chemistry and polymer science, or biotech and formulation)

Why This Role
  • Rare career path: This role is designed for scientists who want to apply their expertise in a high-growth technology environment - without leaving science behind. The breadth of domains you'll encounter (coatings, pharma, food science, advanced materials, and more) is unlike anything you'd get in a lab
  • Direct impact: Your work directly accelerates R&D at organizations developing next-generation products - from sustainable materials to pediatric cancer treatments
  • Customer relationships that matter: You'll build real partnerships with brilliant scientists and R&D leaders, not just manage tickets
  • Internal influence: At our scale, your field experience carries weight in product decisions. You'll see your feedback become features
  • Fast-paced growth: You'll gain fluency across scientific domains, enterprise software, business development, and project management faster than almost any other role

Benefits
  • Competitive base salary with performance bonus and meaningful equity
  • Health and dental insurance
  • 401(k) with employer contribution (US locations)
  • Direct mentorship and rapid career development on a small, high-caliber team

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