Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Lead technical ownership of InfiniBand and GPU interconnect fabric operations for hyperscale AI supercomputers. Drive incident response, deep multi-layer debugging across hardware/firmware/drivers/OS, and define failure models, playbooks, telemetry, and automation to improve reliability, observability, and scalability of GPU clusters and platform SLAs.

Develop and configure IBM TRIRIGA solutions for facilities and real property management. Translate stakeholder requirements into functional designs, workflows, test cases, and implementation plans. Collaborate with business sponsors, end users, maintenance technicians, and technical teams on solution design, troubleshooting, effort estimation, testing, documentation, and delivery. Work independently in cloud environments while supporting federal and commercial clients remotely.

Develop and optimize Microsoft .NET applications, legacy systems, and microservices with a focus on performance, scalability, reliability, and observability. Responsibilities include code reviews, performance testing, CI/CD integration, architecture and sprint delivery, legacy code and SQL tuning, cloud application deployment on Azure, automated testing, and resolving customer issues. The developer collaborates with architects, QA, technical support, and cross-functional teams using SAFe Agile practices.

Senior backend engineer responsible for designing, building, testing, and documenting scalable Node.js/TypeScript services and APIs. Lead projects end-to-end, enforce coding standards, write technical specifications, optimize performance, and mentor junior engineers. Champion Agile and CI/CD practices while providing technical thought leadership on backend architecture and data modeling.

Design, implement, test, and modernize backend services and integrations (TypeScript/Node.js and C++). Lead large projects, write technical specifications and API contracts, enforce coding standards, coach engineers, and drive legacy-to-modern migrations within online banking and core systems.

Lead and support reliability, performance, and operational integrity of equities electronic trading systems. Provide hands-on DevOps/SRE production support for FIX connectivity, Linux troubleshooting, Grafana observability, Kafka on AWS, incident triage, root cause analysis, automation via Python and Bash, and cross-team collaboration including investigating C++ components.

Develop and test embedded flight software for NASA’s Orion crewed spacecraft. Responsibilities include C/C++ implementation, unit and integration testing, software verification, defect resolution, troubleshooting, software integration, flight software load builds, code reviews, and development of supporting tools and scripts. The role collaborates with NASA and contractor experts while following safety-critical aerospace software processes.

Own end-to-end development of customer-facing web platform features, emphasizing React and TypeScript frontend development while contributing to Python backend services. Translate product concepts and designs into reusable, intuitive UI components, partner with Product and Design, engage directly with users, and use AI-powered tools to accelerate development while maintaining code quality and performance.

Develop and enhance Ferguson’s custom Trilogie ERP system across multiple functional areas. Responsibilities include designing business-process solutions, owning software projects through implementation, integrating APIs and web services, collaborating with analysts, product owners, QA teams, administrators, and vendors, writing unit tests, reviewing code, and optimizing performance in high-transaction environments. The role also supports Trilogie’s migration from Unix to Linux and requires extensive UniBasic or Pick-based development experience.

Leads software engineering for equity derivatives risk management, designing, developing, troubleshooting, and reviewing secure Java applications. Builds resilient microservices, analyzes JVM and system performance, supports databases, messaging, cloud platforms, and full software development lifecycle tools. Drives automation, operational stability, and responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, including validation for security, correctness, and performance. Leads architectural evaluations with vendors and internal teams.

Design and implement C++ features for MongoDB’s replication infrastructure, improving availability, recovery, consistency, performance, and fault tolerance. Diagnose distributed-systems issues, develop comprehensive tests, collaborate across engineering teams, participate in design and code reviews, and mentor junior engineers. The role involves owning technical work from investigation through delivery and contributing to major MongoDB releases.

Lead the design, development, and operation of integrations and API products. Establish standards for API contracts, authentication, authorization, versioning, reliability, observability, documentation, and developer experience. Drive cross-team system architecture, production readiness, scalability, security, and resilience while mentoring engineers and aligning technical decisions with product and business goals.

Develop and maintain automated UI and API test coverage, execute and analyze tests, perform exploratory and regression testing, investigate defects, and drive quality engineering improvements. Collaborate with software engineers and product managers on test strategies, contribute to technical designs, perform root cause analysis, and mentor junior engineers. The role also supports testing for performance, scale, security, and vulnerability concerns.

Leads full-stack software engineering for JPMorganChase’s Wholesale Credit Risk technology team. Designs, develops, tests, troubleshoots, and reviews secure production code; improves application resilience and operational stability; promotes responsible AI-assisted engineering practices; automates recurring remediation; and evaluates architectures and technologies with vendors and internal teams. The role requires cloud-native development, agile SDLC expertise, financial services knowledge, data architecture, modern front-end technologies, GraphQL, and API development.

Build and enforce workload safety standards across Affirm’s Amazon EKS fleet. Responsibilities include Kubernetes resource management, workload isolation, disruption handling, cluster capacity analysis, policy automation, production debugging, incident response, fleet-wide rollouts, technical leadership, mentoring, and measuring infrastructure impacts on availability, latency, risk, and cost.

Lead frontend feature releases and own user experience, performance, testing, and production health for a React and TypeScript dental practice management platform. Collaborate with backend engineers using Java Spring Boot, develop AI-powered interfaces, integrate AI tools such as Claude, participate in code reviews, improve team efficiency, and estimate development work for timely delivery.

Build, ship, and maintain scalable iOS features used by millions of users. Responsibilities include writing Swift code with modern iOS frameworks, designing reusable components, managing asynchronous workflows, improving performance and reliability, debugging production issues, contributing to architecture and testing strategies, participating in code reviews, and collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams through release and iteration.

Designs, develops, configures, tests, documents, and supports Guidewire ClaimCenter and related applications, integrations, tools, and systems. Responsibilities include production support, incident and problem management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, release management, technical design, automated functional and performance testing, code reviews, mentoring junior developers, vendor liaison work, and collaboration with architecture teams. The role requires independent judgment, leadership, SDLC expertise, and strong Java, .NET, JavaScript, SQL, Oracle, and testing capabilities.

Leads the design, configuration, development, integration, testing, deployment, and production support of Guidewire InsuranceSuite applications for Property and Casualty insurance. Translates business requirements into secure, scalable solutions; directs technical design and code reviews; supports integrations, incident resolution, root cause analysis, releases, and continuous improvement. Mentors engineers, maintains technical documentation, and promotes Agile, DevOps, quality, security, and enterprise architecture standards.

Develop and enhance Android SDKs, tools, and applications supporting payment transactions and kiosk-mode devices. Design, implement, debug, and optimize complex software using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flow, dependency injection, and large multi-module architectures. Integrate REST services, payment hardware, peripheral devices, and vendor SDKs while contributing to code reviews, technical planning, testing, and architectural decisions. The role also supports secure, PCI/EMV-compliant commerce applications.

Build and ship end-to-end product features across an author analytics dashboard, marketing site, free tools, billing, email, and AI-assisted functionality. Design data models and APIs, integrate third-party services, develop production LLM features, and maintain testing, monitoring, performance, and observability. The role includes code review, technical documentation, independent product decisions, and close collaboration with the founder in a remote-first environment.

Own the company's technical direction, make architecture and technology decisions, and lead development practices across desktop and web applications. Define how software is built, tested, automated, and deployed while bridging business and engineering needs. Mentor and grow developers, guide cross-disciplinary work involving hardware and firmware, and evaluate AI tools pragmatically. The role requires strong technical judgment, software craftsmanship, leadership, and the ability to shape long-term product and technology strategy.

Leads development of resilient, scalable features across Toast’s enterprise Sports and Entertainment platform, including backend, frontend, and POS systems. Responsibilities include designing, deploying, testing, monitoring, and maintaining production services; leading complex technical projects; collaborating with Product, Design, Customer Success, Sales, and other teams; mentoring engineers; and using AI tools to improve development productivity.

Own and deliver highly available, low-latency backend identity systems supporting consumer onboarding, authentication, and verification. Lead quarterly team goals, guide engineers through ambiguous problems, collaborate with product and design partners, monitor system reliability, improve engineering standards, support on-call operations, and mentor team members. The role requires designing and launching distributed systems at scale using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

The Senior Fullstack Software Engineer will design, implement, and maintain features for Conveyor's SaaS platform, involving both backend and frontend work, while collaborating closely with team members and mentoring juniors.