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 operate low-latency, event-sourced trading infrastructure for Coinbase’s institutional exchange, including matching engines, order management, risk, market data, and funding systems. Own reliability, correctness, incident response, and failover for high-throughput 24/7 production systems. Drive technical designs, collaborate cross-functionally on milestones, and write highly tested performance-critical backend code in Java, C++, or Go.

Design and build reliable backend services and integrations for Coinbase’s Unified Merge Gate. Lead automated code review, policy evaluation, CI evidence, authorization, merge controls, repository migrations, safe rollouts, observability, and operational ownership. Partner with Security, Compliance, Infrastructure, and engineering teams to improve software review and deployment workflows while measuring merge quality, review volume, time-to-merge, and escaped defects.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain resilient, scalable production systems for Toast’s retail customers. The role sets long-term technical architecture and strategy, communicates technical direction, mentors senior engineers, improves engineering productivity, diagnoses performance issues, and drives initiatives amid ambiguity. Engineers collaborate directly with retail customers, visit stores, understand operational workflows, and use AI tools to improve development velocity and quality.

Build and ship production software for Toast’s retail platform, partnering with engineering, product, and customers. Responsibilities include identifying opportunities, designing and prototyping end-to-end solutions, making foundational technical decisions, incorporating customer feedback, tracking industry trends, and deploying AI-powered experiences. The role supports large grocery and convenience-store customers and may involve visiting stores to understand operator workflows.

Design, scope, and implement scalable backend and platform solutions for a reservations and waitlist product. Improve performance and usability, collaborate with Product and Design, identify high-impact opportunities, and contribute across the stack including APIs and front-end integration.

Design and own secure, scalable wallet infrastructure for custody, key management, transaction signing, authorization, recovery, and multichain systems. Architect support for MPC, HSMs, secure enclaves, TEEs, smart contract wallets, account abstraction, and emerging cryptographic approaches. Define security boundaries, policy engines, secrets management, authentication, and programmable authorization while making foundational build-versus-buy decisions and guiding systems from first principles through production.