Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.
We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.
We are seeking a Senior C#/.NET Developer to join our Data Content Development team. This is a software development role focused on building and maintaining data-driven applications and solutions that support Sphera's product stewardship and regulatory compliance products.
The ideal candidate is an experienced C#/.NET developer who enjoys working with complex datasets, big data and business rules. You will design, develop, troubleshoot, and enhance applications that process large volumes of data and support critical regulatory and compliance products.
You will work closely with software developers, regulatory analysts, and product teams to translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable, reliable solutions. Experience with regulatory compliance, chemical data, or sustainability-related domains is valuable but not required.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain data-driven applications and solutions using C#/.NET within existing application frameworks.
- Analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into efficient, scalable software solutions.
- Work with large datasets and complex data structures while maintaining a strong focus on data quality and performance.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application, database, and data-processing issues.
- Collaborate with software developers, regulatory analysts, and cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Contribute to application enhancements, performance improvements, system design, and ongoing product development.
- Participate in estimation, planning, testing, deployment, and technical documentation activities.
- Support the maintenance and evolution of large-scale regulatory data products and applications.
- Work independently on complex technical problems and contribute to long-term improvements to the platform.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
Experience
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with C#/.NET development.
- Strong object-oriented programming and software development fundamentals.
- Experience designing, developing, and supporting data-centric or data-driven applications.
- Experience with SQL
- Experience working with large datasets and data processing.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex technical and business requirements.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong C#/.NET development skills.
- SQL skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data quality.
- Ability to understand and work with complex systems, data structures, and business rules.
- Self-driven and proactive, with the ability to work independently.
- Comfortable working collaboratively with distributed development and product teams.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.
- Curiosity and willingness to learn complex regulatory and product domains.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Oracle Database.
- Experience with ETL, data transformation, or data-processing solutions.
- Strong abilities with SQL.
- Experience with Git or other source-control systems.
- Experience writing technical specifications and technical documentation.
- Experience working with large-scale or multilingual datasets.
- Knowledge of regulatory, chemical, environmental, product stewardship, or compliance domains.
- Experience working with big data technologies or data management practices.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
- 5+ years software development experience using object-oriented programming languages (preferably C#)
- Strong experience working with SQL and relational databases
- Experience designing and supporting data-centric applications
- Familiarity with large datasets and data processing concepts
- Fluency in English
- Experience with big data technologies and data management practices
- Knowledge of XML, XSLT, Oracle Database, and Git
- Experience writing technical specifications and documentation
- Knowledge of regulatory, chemical, environmental, or product stewardship domains
- Ability to work with multilingual datasets
Sphera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sphera and has not been reviewed or approved by Sphera.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Sales on‑target earnings can be competitive for certain roles, with healthy ranges and high OTE potential for Solution/Account Executives. Feedback suggests on‑plan earnings compare well against many B2B software peers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental and vision coverage are characterized as good, with low deductibles and a significant employer share of premiums. Feedback suggests core health insurance quality is a relative strength.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently referenced, with a clear structure that enables a meaningful company contribution when employees contribute. Feedback suggests retirement offerings are straightforward and valued.
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What We Do
Sphera is the leading Operational Intelligence Platform unifying risk, safety and sustainability insights into actionable intelligence that drives enterprise performance. Powered by Sphera AI, our platform integrates operational insights across EHS, sustainability, product stewardship, process safety and supply chains – providing enterprise-wide visibility, control and resilience that turns uncertainty into opportunity. For more than 30 years, we have served 8,500 customers and a million-plus users in 100 countries to help companies keep their people safe, their products sustainable and their operations productive. We help enterprises build sustainable businesses while keeping people and the planet safe. Our solutions provide critical visibility and alignment across safety, risk, and supply chains -- empowering organizations to create lasting, sustainable impact. Our Mission: To create a safer, more sustainable and productive world by advancing operational excellence. Sphera's many internal initiatives, such as its annual Mentoring Program, running for its sixth year in 2025, supports staff in feeling and achieving their best. The goal of the Mentoring Program is to help participants achieve career development, personal growth, and create opportunities to partner with others from across the organization.
Why Work With Us
At Sphera we are solving some of the most important challenges facing the world today. Our staff, some of the world’s leading safety and sustainability experts, are meeting this challenge. Sphera is a hybrid company, with Chicago team attending SpheraIn days. We are always looking for talented people who want to make a difference.
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