Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Investigates customer escalations, performs root-cause analysis across complex Java codebases, and delivers production-ready fixes. Uses AI-assisted tools for log analysis, defect diagnosis, code remediation, test generation, and validation. Communicates issue status, documents resolutions, maintains knowledge content, supports teammates, and contributes to product enhancements. The role includes periodic after-hours and weekend pager coverage.

Lead and coach a team of 4–8 engineers while providing technical direction, architectural oversight, and hands-on coding support. Partner with Product and Design on roadmaps, technical strategy, and delivery improvements. Promote software quality, reliability, and stability; lead incident response and post-mortems; and collaborate with engineering managers and stakeholders to reduce dependencies and support customer success.

Support customers with complex database integration issues while contributing directly to Airbyte’s Java and Kotlin open-source connectors. Troubleshoot replication, CDC, query performance, authentication, networking, schema evolution, and warehouse or lake destinations. Reproduce bugs, inspect logs and query plans, improve connector reliability, review community contributions, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Solutions, Sales, and Customer Success. The role also includes technical documentation, mentoring support engineers, customer onboarding, and developing AI-assisted troubleshooting processes.

Build and maintain secure, scalable backend systems for Mindbody products. Design microservices, write tested and maintainable code, monitor applications, participate in reviews, and collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering teams. The description also includes leadership responsibilities such as managing backend development teams, coaching managers and engineers, establishing delivery processes, and driving technical and organizational improvement.

Designs and evolves DraftKings’ regulated prediction-markets exchange, including market data, order entry, matching, clearing, and settlement. Owns the technical roadmap, architecture, scalability, reliability, performance, and operational health of distributed systems. Leads resilience testing, incident improvements, design reviews, mentoring, and cross-functional technical alignment. The role also requires building practical AI tooling and guardrails, integrating with external partners, and balancing compliance, cost, and platform strategy.

Lead backend architecture and engineering initiatives for a programmatic advertising platform. Design and optimize high-throughput, latency-sensitive ad-serving and auction systems; integrate SSPs, DSPs, exchanges, and other partners; improve reliability and performance; and guide technical strategy. The role also involves mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, driving major projects from architecture through production, and collaborating with Product and other stakeholders.

Develop and maintain PHP/Laravel web applications, internal tools, APIs, integrations, databases, and workflow systems. Responsibilities include modernizing legacy PHP applications, troubleshooting production issues, writing tests, optimizing MySQL databases, supporting deployments, documenting solutions, and collaborating with stakeholders. The developer will manage multiple projects, review code, and help maintain secure, accessible, and reliable applications.

Develop and deploy Salesforce Marketing Cloud solutions: build email templates and web pages (HTML/CSS/JS), write AMPScript/SSJS/WSProxy, manage Automation Studio and Journey Builder, create integrations via REST/SOAP APIs, design data models with SQL and data extensions, document setups, and collaborate across teams while owning technical decisions.

Build and maintain Python services, REST APIs, batch jobs, shared libraries, claims workflows, and internal applications. Develop maintainable, unit-tested code; write SQL for MySQL databases; participate in design, code review, deployment, and production support; and collaborate across departments. The role also involves handling sensitive healthcare data, using AI-assisted development tools responsibly, and working in a regulated pharmacy benefits domain.

Design and build a scalable, responsive UI; lead frontend architecture and optimization; apply UI/UX best practices; integrate with backend APIs; ensure high web performance and deploy user-facing features.