Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

As a software engineer, you will enhance customer experiences and build tools for restaurant partners, focusing on payments and analytics.

Design and develop backend services and APIs for identity resolution, optimize event-driven systems, and enhance system reliability. Mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.

Lead backend and full-stack work on the Payments team, building multi-gateway integrations (Stripe, PayPal), payment APIs, and customer payment UIs. Ensure secure, compliant (PCI-DSS) payment flows, reliability, observability, and scalability across AWS/Kubernetes microservices. Partner cross-functionally to design architecture, implement settlement/reconciliation, and maintain high availability.

Build software at Coinbase while responsibly using and integrating generative AI copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean). Continuously learn evolving tools, apply human-in-the-loop practices, and deliver business-ready outputs that improve efficiency, cost, and quality. Participate in quarterly in-person working sessions as part of a remote-first culture.

Architect and refine scalable cloud infrastructure software for enterprise and internet-scale environments. Responsibilities include developing robust software, designing systems supporting 1,000+ nodes, optimizing performance, and collaborating with distributed technical teams in agile environments.

Chevron seeks Software Engineer interns to design, develop, deploy, and support scalable web and system solutions. Interns will write code, use CI/CD, design data integrations, work with AI-assisted tools responsibly, and integrate applications with enterprise ecosystems (APIs, Azure Data Factory). Opportunities span web, system, and security design, with mentorship and potential conversion to full-time roles.

As a mid-level Software Engineer, you'll deliver Python-based platform features, collaborate with teams, and maintain system reliability and scalability.

Develop backend systems for 3D AutoReview, including geometry parsing, model analysis, quality detection, rule systems, scalable APIs, and AI-assisted review workflows. Collaborate with backend, frontend, product, and machine learning teams to deliver production features. Build extensible systems for custom 3D rules and reference data while experimenting with CAD, machine learning, and large language model technologies.

Develop, modernize, operate, and maintain mission-critical software for CNMOC. Responsibilities include architecture, coding, testing, debugging, ETL/ELT pipeline development, data integration, cloud and container operations, translating customer needs into user stories, sprint delivery, technical communication, and mentoring developers. The role also supports geospatial systems, databases, DevSecOps practices, Agile ceremonies, and customer issue escalation.

Lead architecture and build full-stack web applications (Rails, Sinatra/Padrino, Django). Own infrastructure, data modeling, API design, and performance; write robust tests; mentor engineers; integrate AI/ML features; and collaborate with stakeholders to shape product and scale the platform.

Lead technical strategy and delivery for mobile app infrastructure, owning shared components (design system, networking, CI/CD, observability, releases, tooling). Collaborate cross-functionally, set code/design standards, ensure operational readiness and on-call processes, mentor engineers, and drive large, business-impacting projects and migrations across the JS↔native boundary.

Develop and support secure payment solutions across Ingenico EMV terminals, .NET backend services, Android integrations, processor gateways, tokenization, and mobile wallets. Implement payment workflows, device management, webhooks, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting. Participate in EMV Level 3 certification, regression testing, production troubleshooting, and reliability improvements while collaborating with internal teams and external processors.

Lead technical strategy and execution for a backend ledger team building highly available, audit-grade financial systems. Drive architecture, reliability, monitoring, on-call practices, code quality, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring to ensure accurate, scalable ledger operations.

Leads software quality assurance and testing for flight software, ground systems, and simulation environments. Owns aerospace-aligned quality processes, requirements traceability, verification and validation, test planning, automation, and defect tracking. Mentors and manages test engineers, oversees test resources across projects, participates in Agile planning, and drives collaboration and continuous improvement. The role requires extensive aerospace software testing experience, including embedded, real-time, or flight software, with expertise in automation, CI/CD, and software V&V.

Lead the design, development, integration, verification, and testing of mission-critical communications software for spacecraft. Provide technical and team leadership, analyze requirements, oversee C/C++ and Python development, manage software risks, and establish validation procedures. Support embedded systems, RF communications, data protocols, software-defined radios, encryption, real-time operating systems, and avionics integration. Maintain technical documentation, coordinate sprint planning, and manage resources across multiple projects.

Provides hands-on technical leadership for Pantheon’s P1 zero-to-one product and company-wide engineering strategy. Owns architecture across real-time collaboration, APIs, data, publishing, integrations, and developer experience; establishes reliability, security, observability, and delivery standards; guides build-versus-buy decisions; mentors senior engineers; partners with product, design, security, infrastructure, and customers; and contributes code to validate architecture and unblock critical initiatives.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and verification of navigation input/output software for aerospace systems. Provides technical and team leadership, analyzes requirements, oversees C/C++ and Python implementation, manages real-time GN&C performance, mitigates risks, maintains technical documentation, and coordinates resources across multiple projects. The role also requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and experience integrating navigation sensors, actuators, avionics, embedded software, and I/O protocols.

Design, scale, and optimize APIs, services, databases, and critical wagering, financial ledger, and regulatory systems. Lead complex technical initiatives, improve production performance and resilience, build integrations and migrations, manage monitoring, and mentor engineers. The role requires ownership of end-to-end delivery, on-call operations, scalable distributed systems, GraphQL, relational databases, Kubernetes, asynchronous processing, and highly accurate, auditable financial systems.

Own the architecture and development of critical backend and cloud platform domains. Design scalable, secure, multi-tenant distributed systems on AWS, including event-driven services, APIs, data models, and AI/ML infrastructure. Lead major initiatives from design through release, align cross-functional stakeholders, establish engineering standards, mentor engineers, and drive reliability, observability, security, and cost-efficiency improvements.

Build and operate services and tooling to automate network lifecycle, ensure safe network changes, develop scalable observability and telemetry, integrate network source-of-truth via APIs, and collaborate with network engineers and SREs to deliver production-grade automation and reliability.

Own and ship full-stack product features in weekly cycles: scope solutions, build backend services and UIs, use AI tooling for development, ensure code quality and production readiness, measure impact, and communicate with stakeholders.

Build and own enterprise platform components end to end, integrating with customer infrastructure and self-managed Kubernetes environments. Develop observability, improve reliability and availability, debug distributed systems, address security vulnerabilities, and deliver production software for enterprise users. Collaborate with product and technical leads, mentor engineers, and maintain hands-on ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and production operations.

Develop and operate SpiceDB and AuthZed’s open-source authorization ecosystem. Design, implement, test, deploy, and optimize distributed systems involving databases, cloud infrastructure, query planning, scalability, reliability, and performance. Participate in production operations and on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex issues, collaborate with users and contributors, mentor engineers, and contribute to technical documentation and industry discussions.

Design, build, and scale backend services, microservices, APIs, and secure cloud applications for physical AI solutions. Integrate AI models and data pipelines, manage infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, implement testing and CI/CD practices, support real-time data systems, and mentor junior engineers. The role also requires front-end development with React and JavaScript, SQL database work, data visualization, production deployments, and frequent client-site travel.

Leads end-to-end modernization from a monolith to microservices, including legacy analysis, architecture, estimation, data migration, deployment, and production support. Guides .NET services, databases, messaging, containerization, and frontend integrations. Acts as the technical escalation point for complex issues while improving Jira tracking, estimation accuracy, QA collaboration, release predictability, and engineering processes. Manages and develops the team through one-on-ones, performance reviews, feedback, and career-focused objectives.