Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Lead design, develop, and deliver secure, high-quality software for wholesale credit risk. Author and review production code, drive AI-assisted engineering practices, automate remediation, improve resiliency, and evaluate vendor/architecture suitability.

Develop, integrate, test, and maintain mission design and simulation software for NASA and commercial spaceflight programs. Implement software enhancements, maintain Class C software per standards, write documentation, support CI/CD and lifecycle activities, enforce coding standards, and collaborate with NASA teams to improve software design and processes.

Own major product surfaces across Aleph’s FP&A platform, leading features from customer discovery through launch and iteration. Build performant spreadsheet-grade interfaces over large financial datasets, design robust data models and APIs, develop AI-native features involving orchestration, tool calls, and retrieval, and improve engineering standards through high-quality code and reviews. The role requires strong full-stack fundamentals, customer engagement, technical leadership, pragmatism, and experience building complex B2B products.

Leads hands-on development of full-stack applications using .NET, React, Next.js, and Azure. Owns architecture, coding, code reviews, testing, security, reliability, observability, production support, and cloud deployment. Integrates AI and GenAI capabilities such as LLM features, RAG, semantic search, and agentic workflows. Mentors engineers, establishes technical standards, collaborates with stakeholders, supports hiring, and helps deliver scalable, secure software.

Build and own full-stack features, platform primitives, and integrations for Vanta Government Cloud. Design secure APIs and services for authentication, data ingestion, schema evolution, monitoring, and framework mappings. Operate integrations within the GovCloud boundary, including observability, on-call support, incident response, change management, performance improvements, and automated testing. Collaborate with federal subject-matter experts, agencies, vendors, and assessment organizations while using AI responsibly to improve development and operations.

Lead architecture and rollout of scalable platform services and customer-facing APIs. Define API standards, service boundaries, security, reliability, and developer experience; collaborate with data-platform teams; drive RFCs and complex multi-quarter initiatives; mentor engineers; and contribute across the stack using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AI tools.

Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure software (primarily in Go) to manage VMs across global data centers. Collaborate on product requirements, participate in code reviews, optimize performance and reliability, contribute to architecture decisions, and stay current with industry trends.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team, you'll enhance the data infrastructure, develop ETL pipelines, maintain data quality, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Senior individual-contributor full-stack engineer who designs, builds, and ships end-to-end product features. Leads technical direction, modernizes legacy systems, debugs distributed systems, owns production reliability and on-call, and mentors engineers. Drives AI-native development adoption while collaborating with Product and Design and improving team practices, observability, testing, and deployment workflows.

Design, develop, and field high-performance Ground Control Station and C2 software using C++/Qt/QML and QGroundControl. Lead architecture and technical direction, mentor engineers, define APIs/ICDs, debug integration/latency issues, support field tests, implement post-mission debrief tools, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Lead design and prototyping of generative AI experiences for autonomy development; drive UX for Hivemind products; perform user research, collaborate with CTO and product leads, and deliver reference implementations and integrations across full-stack web and edge systems.

Lead systems engineering for Hivemind-based autonomy products: define and manage requirements, develop system architectures and trade studies, coordinate hardware/software interfaces, support integration/verification/validation and testing, and identify and mitigate technical risks across the system lifecycle.

Design and implement full‑stack, low‑latency web-based Ground Control Station and C2 systems (map-centric UIs, real-time telemetry, video streaming), lead architecture and APIs, mentor engineers, support field tests and mission deployments, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Join a small AI-native engineering team building and operating Affirm's bank systems. Own end-to-end bank infrastructure, durable workflows, vendor integrations, data platform, CI/CD, monitoring, and examiner-ready documentation. Use AI-assisted tooling to accelerate development, collaborate with Compliance/Risk/Finance, and mentor growing engineering talent.

Build and maintain full-stack features for Saga, Deepgram's voice OS. Develop backend services (Node.js, Socket.IO, DynamoDB, AWS Amplify), frontend interfaces (TypeScript, React, Next.js), and scalable REST/GraphQL APIs. Participate in architecture, code reviews, performance optimization, and translate product requirements into iterative deliverables.

The role involves providing technical leadership, hands-on execution, and cross-team influence in software engineering, focusing on solutions for scaling and performance challenges while using AI tools.

Design and build end-to-end web and AI-powered dashboard features, scale cross-platform full-stack infrastructure, standardize product patterns, mentor engineers, lead cross-team technical projects, and collaborate with product and design to improve user workflows and AI adoption.

Senior fullstack engineer to build and scale Brigit's consumer finance platform. Own end-to-end features across frontend (React/React Native/TypeScript) and backend (Java/REST/SQL), optimize database and APIs for high scale, integrate 3rd-party services, implement risk and transaction algorithms, improve CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and internal tooling to support millions of users.

Own technically complex, mission-critical areas and define technical strategy for new products. Design and ship full‑stack, AI‑driven features end‑to‑end, build scalable data ingestion and API systems, partner with product/design/customer teams to translate ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes, mentor engineers, and raise engineering quality and standards across the organization.

Serve as the senior software development SME while performing full-stack Java web development and O&M activities. Guide developer teams, prioritize work, coordinate technical meetings, resolve issues, optimize processes, analyze requirements, estimate effort, review code, conduct testing, troubleshoot environments, create technical documentation, and implement software updates. The role requires extensive J2EE experience, SPA development, DevOps and CI/CD expertise, and active Public Trust/MBI clearance supporting an IRS Criminal Investigation system.

Develop and own full-stack web features from design through deployment, monitoring, and optimization. Build APIs, backend services, responsive user experiences, SQL queries, and relational database schemas. Modernize legacy systems, troubleshoot performance issues, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with product and design teams in an agile continuous-delivery environment. The role emphasizes secure, maintainable, scalable code, technical ownership, and thoughtful use of AI-assisted development tools.

Support development, verification, validation, and certification of flight software for NASA's SR-1 Freedom vehicle across the full SDLC. Requires hands-on debugging, embedded systems design, RTOS and avionics protocol familiarity, and on-site work at Johnson Space Center.

Develop, test, and maintain enterprise software components across the full software development lifecycle. Build user interfaces, REST APIs, services, and data access logic using Microsoft technologies and modern UI frameworks. Write unit tests, participate in code reviews, debug defects, and collaborate with Product, QA, and senior engineers. Use AI-assisted development tools while validating output for correctness, security, and architectural alignment.

Develop backend services and APIs that streamline client activation and production onboarding. Build and enhance integrations with core provider APIs, checkbook ordering, ACH transfers, and product services. Collaborate with clients to understand account-opening nuances and partner with product teams to incorporate them into the platform. Write clean, documented, tested code; address error handling, logging, edge cases, system design, performance, and architectural tradeoffs. Provide technical guidance and code reviews.

Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for complex robotics software supporting autonomous platforms. Design fault-tolerant systems for vehicle control, motion planning, localization, perception, controls, and fleet management. Collaborate across robotics, hardware, machine learning, perception, systems engineering, and product teams; establish software standards, testing, deployment, and validation practices; debug hardware-software integrations; and mentor engineers. The role focuses on reliable, safety-critical production software for autonomous agricultural and heavy machinery.