Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Diagnose and resolve complex production issues in a Java court case management platform. Responsibilities include debugging backend services, databases, ESB integrations, XML/XSLT transformations, JMS messaging, SOAP/REST services, and third-party e-filing systems. The engineer will collaborate on issue triage, document root-cause analyses, participate in code reviews, support legacy modernization toward Spring MVC and modern front-end frameworks, and maintain production system reliability.

Build and scale backend systems for Stytch’s identity platform, including authentication, authorization, and non-human identity APIs. Partner with product and engineering leadership, make architectural decisions, write design documents, review code, and deliver customer-facing features. Improve reliability through observability, incident response, and remediation while collaborating across Twilio and Stytch teams. Mentor engineers and participate in on-call rotations.

Leads the software engineering organization responsible for scalable, reliable applications and systems integrating hardware, embedded software, edge computing, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. Sets technical strategy, develops engineering leaders, drives product delivery, establishes engineering standards, and ensures operational excellence across national-scale deployments. Partners with Product, Deployment, Data Science, and executive leadership to align roadmaps, resolve risks, and build high-performing distributed teams.

Lead development of native iOS features (food tracking, activity logging, weight trends, AI-driven insights), deliver premium UI/UX with modern Apple frameworks, own flagship initiatives (Lock Screen Widgets, Live Activities, health data integrations), shape app architecture and standards, and collaborate cross-functionally while mentoring engineers.

Design and build scalable backend services and RESTish APIs for a multi-tenant streaming platform. Develop customer- and enterprise-facing web server backends in Go, ensure web application security, and support highly available cloud systems. Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot issues, and improve performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability across global services. The role requires experience with high-traffic web services, distributed architectures, containers, and CDNs.

Build end-to-end user features under senior guidance: implement REST endpoints in Node.js/TypeScript, microservices in Python, maintain PostgreSQL schemas, process background jobs with QStash/Upstash, deploy to Cloudflare Workers/Pages/R2, write tests, and collaborate with product/design on React UI components.

Leads software sustainment lifecycle activities and analyzes business applications across finance, personnel, logistics, and contracts. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, documents, and enhances software, including applications built with APIs, BPMN, and low-code/no-code platforms. Develops automation solutions, creates logic flows, resolves complex technical problems, and provides technical direction to programmers. Requires extensive application programming experience, a relevant bachelor’s degree, certification, and an IT-II or Tier 3 security clearance.

Designs, develops, and supports enterprise HPC and cloud infrastructure solutions. Responsibilities include architecture, software platform development, proof-of-concept delivery, capacity planning, system design, launch reviews, troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration with engineering, product, sales, and open-source communities. The role requires maintaining system performance, solving ambiguous technical problems, and participating in an on-call rotation.

Develop and maintain full-stack Drupal websites and web applications using PHP, Twig, JavaScript, CSS/SCSS, and MySQL. Build custom modules and themes, integrate APIs, manage content, troubleshoot and review code, and convert wireframes into responsive webpages. Support SEO, accessibility, privacy, analytics, and performance improvements while collaborating with marketing, engineering, creatives, product managers, and project managers. The role is remote with PST core hours.

Lead development of Airbnb’s data catalog infrastructure, including metadata management, data discovery, quality, lineage, governance, privacy, access control, retention, and classification. Build scalable metadata integrations, onboarding tools, and metadata-driven policies across online, offline, machine learning, visualization, and third-party data systems. Collaborate with infrastructure and cross-functional teams to meet business and regulatory requirements.