Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Leads software engineering within JPMorganChase’s Corporate Data and Analytics team. Responsibilities include designing, developing, testing, debugging, and supporting secure, scalable production systems; reviewing code; improving operational stability; automating recurring remediation; and evaluating architectural solutions. The role also drives responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools, coaches teams on secure validation practices, manages stakeholders and vendors, and supports data ingestion, management, and analytics initiatives.

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.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Lead and manage a team building scalable, resilient distributed and full-stack payment systems. Define technical strategy, drive architecture, deliver cloud-based solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers to meet regulatory and performance needs for high-throughput transaction processing.

Lead design and implementation of modernized insurance underwriting and policy administration solutions. Drive cloud transformation, data-driven and secure architectures, improve risk selection and claims resolution, enhance customer experience through automation, mentor technical teams, manage client relationships, and oversee project lifecycle, budgets, and delivery quality.

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of PET product features; write production full‑stack code; champion testing, observability, CI/CD and operational readiness; mentor engineers and collaborate with product to shape technical roadmap.

Design, configure, and enhance OpenLink trading and risk solutions for energy clients. Gather requirements, run workshops, produce solution designs, troubleshoot issues, support testing and go-live, and deliver client-facing documentation and implementation plans.

Build and scale Go backend services for agent quoting, configuration, and application submission. Design APIs and distributed systems, write unit and integration tests, resolve partner-specific issues, contribute to architecture, support production debugging, improve CI/CD automation, and use AI coding tools in daily engineering workflows. Collaborate with adjacent teams and mentor teammates through pairing and documentation.

Design, build, and operate backend services for Bestow’s insurance platform using Python, Go, Java, and PostgreSQL. Collaborate on technical decisions, integrations, carrier onboarding, and scalable platform capabilities. Mentor engineers through reviews and pairing, improve production reliability and observability, participate in on-call support, and communicate technical decisions in a remote-first environment. Use agentic AI coding tools daily and help establish effective AI-assisted development practices.

Architect and re-engineer highly scalable, resilient backend data systems supporting patient services. Lead distributed systems strategy, make architectural decisions, improve performance and reliability, mentor engineers, establish operational practices, and collaborate with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders to shape engineering and product direction.

Provides cross-team technical leadership for complex backend initiatives, modular architecture, monolith modernization, API and platform standards, production operations, and AI-assisted engineering adoption. Designs shared patterns for services, data, eventing, security, testing, observability, deployment, and reliability. Partners with Product and Engineering leadership, mentors engineers, participates in incident response, and drives technical strategy without formal authority.

Build, test, ship, and operate production backend features with minimal guidance. Design APIs, background jobs, integrations, data models, migrations, and bounded services while maintaining security, performance, observability, and reliability. Review code, improve automated testing, investigate production issues, address technical debt, participate in operational support, and collaborate asynchronously with product, frontend, infrastructure, and security teams. Use AI coding tools responsibly by validating and correcting generated output.