Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Lead and grow multiple product-focused software engineering teams building cloud-native, ultra-low-latency, highly resilient payment systems. Drive architecture, microservices decomposition, AWS deployments, engineering practices, cross-team collaboration, mentorship, and adoption of cutting-edge AI tooling to accelerate development and improve system availability and scalability.

Develop and modernize enterprise software by decomposing monoliths into event-driven microservices, building Java and Spring applications, REST APIs, database schemas, stored procedures, and responsive React interfaces. Implement CI/CD, automated testing, Kubernetes deployments, infrastructure automation, observability, distributed tracing, security scanning, and blue-green releases. Support large-scale data migrations, performance tuning, production troubleshooting, and legacy Documentum integrations while producing architecture and technical design documentation.

Design and develop scalable Java and Python backend services, REST APIs, and data pipelines using PySpark and Databricks. Deploy reliable cloud infrastructure on AWS, integrate AI tools and models, collaborate with data and product teams, participate in architecture and code reviews, and troubleshoot production systems. Contribute to documentation, engineering standards, and continuous delivery practices supporting a firmwide client data platform.

As a Software Engineer at Citadel, you will build systems for investments, collaborate with researchers, and tackle complex problems.

Designs, develops, debugs, and operates secure, scalable software solutions; drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices; produces architecture artifacts; analyzes large datasets to improve systems; coaches teams on responsible AI, testing, and resiliency.

11-week software engineering internship building high-performance, large-data research platforms and trading tools. Work in small teams on system architectures, distributed systems, NLP and ML, and web frameworks while collaborating with senior engineers.

Design and implement secure, scalable backend services for voice agents, integrate AI models and telephony, improve inference, debug concurrent systems, and collaborate with Product to deliver features end-to-end.

Build and independently deliver full-stack healthcare software features using Java or Groovy, React and TypeScript, MongoDB, and Kafka. Responsibilities include design, implementation, testing, deployment, production debugging, code reviews, design documentation, dependency coordination, process improvements, and mentoring. The role requires reliable delivery with minimal oversight and collaboration across engineering, product, and QA teams in a remote-first environment.

Develop and ship full-stack web and mobile experiences across Affirm’s consumer app and website. Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and engineering teams to break down projects, make technical decisions, write tested and extensible code, launch scalable APIs, monitor service health, support on-call operations, review code, and participate in team development and interviewing.

Build SDKs, self-service apps, and reusable abstractions for Coinbase's data platform. Develop data integration and processing tools, enable observability and security (cataloging, lineage, access controls), and collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and engineers to scale and operationalize data pipelines and models.

Build and scale consumer-facing mobile and web applications and backend services. Own features end-to-end across frontend and backend, optimize databases and queries, integrate third-party APIs, implement algorithms for risk and transaction evaluation, improve reliability and CI/CD, and contribute to testing, monitoring, and internal tools to support customer operations.

Develop and improve MongoDB’s distributed database networking and observability components. Responsibilities include writing production-level C++ code, enhancing performance, availability, scalability, and resource efficiency, integrating observability frameworks, leading medium-sized projects, collaborating across the product lifecycle, and participating in code reviews and technical design. The role requires strong software architecture fundamentals and an interest in networking, observability, and computer systems internals.

Designs, develops, debugs, optimizes, and validates firmware and system software for high-performance IoT platforms across Linux, Android, and real-time operating systems. The role involves embedded programming, automated and unit testing, multi-core architecture debugging, architectural collaboration, cross-disciplinary feature development, and cloud-based validation at scale.

As a Software Engineer, you'll develop software using Ruby, Javascript, and support AWS infrastructure. Responsibilities include maintaining and building applications, contributing to high-end software releases, and mentoring other engineers.

Design, develop, and maintain secure, production-grade data-intensive applications and platforms. Build reusable frameworks, leverage enterprise AI-assisted development tools responsibly, collaborate across teams, and ensure scalability, observability, and operational stability for a global KYC and risk data platform.

Develop high-performance research platforms and tools that bring trading strategies to life. Work in small teams to design, build, and deploy resilient systems using distributed computing, NLP, and machine learning to solve large-data problems in finance.

As a Fullstack Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain scalable frontend and backend systems while collaborating across teams.

Develop scalable platforms, services, and internal tools for Revenue Cycle Management, supporting payments, claims submission, and operational workflows. Partner with engineering, product, design, operations, and business stakeholders to improve efficiency, reliability, and cost effectiveness. Drive software development through planning, execution, measurement, maintenance, and continuous improvement while supporting responsive, secure, and highly available systems.

Lead architecture, modernization, and development of Group Insurance applications. Modernize mainframe monoliths into Java microservices and micro-frontends on cloud, mentor distributed Agile teams, collaborate with enterprise architecture, product owners and infrastructure, and enable test automation and integrations. Approximately 10% domestic travel.

Develop a platform for liquidity and loan collateralization. Responsibilities include building and integrating data pipelines, creating user experiences, and collaborating with teams for system design.

Lead UI architecture and design for responsive web applications; build reusable components with Angular/React/Vue and TypeScript/JavaScript; integrate UIs with RESTful microservices; enforce accessibility, security, testing, and CI/CD standards; mentor developers and collaborate with UX, backend, and DevOps teams in Agile environments.

Design and implement CIAM backend services for authentication and authorization. Integrate identity systems, manage secure flows, and automate infrastructure.

The software engineer will build full-stack features for Kora's voice AI agent, integrating data, refining prompts, and expanding multi-modal capabilities while mentoring peers and ensuring technical quality.

Own and evolve the Subscriptions and Payments backend: design APIs, integrate providers, improve reliability and scalability, lead architecture and code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, and participate in on-call rotations.

As a Billing & Analytics Software Engineer, you'll design and maintain the billing pipeline, integrate billing systems, and develop customer-facing analytics dashboards to support revenue recognition and operational observability.