Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Develop and maintain Microsoft's custom Linux operating system platform at hyperscale. Responsibilities include improving reliability, performance, and security; troubleshooting OS health and deployment issues; reviewing OS component code; integrating Linux technologies with datacenter hardware; contributing to open-source projects; and collaborating with Linux and systemd communities across Azure infrastructure.

Build and maintain cloud-native microservices, APIs, event-driven workflows, and serverless applications using TypeScript and AWS. Integrate new services with legacy WordPress and PHP systems, support platform modernization, write specifications and automated tests, troubleshoot production issues, and improve infrastructure, observability, and reliability. Collaborate remotely with product, design, QA, and engineering teams while participating in code reviews and on-call support.

Design, build, test, and maintain cloud-native microservices, APIs, and event-driven workflows using TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS serverless technologies. Integrate modern services with legacy WordPress and PHP systems, develop secure and scalable APIs, troubleshoot production issues, write automated tests, and contribute to infrastructure as code, observability, documentation, code reviews, and on-call support.

Software engineering intern responsible for owning a scoped project and building production-quality features across frontend, backend, full-stack, real-time, or forward-deployed systems. Duties include developing telemetry and geospatial interfaces, backend services, APIs, event-driven systems, tests, developer tooling, and data pipelines. The intern will support integration and test events, debug distributed systems and networks, explain technical tradeoffs, and present their work at the end of the internship.

Design, build, test, document, and optimize Tailscale’s client-side networking software. Develop connectivity features involving routing, VPNs, subnet routers, exit nodes, and NAT traversal; apply secure, scalable architectures; diagnose complex customer network issues; support escalations; collaborate across product and engineering teams; and contribute to open-source networking projects.

Develops, tests, maintains, and supports software applications across the full development lifecycle. Responsibilities include analyzing requirements, implementing features, debugging, quality assurance, documentation, performance and infrastructure work, and enforcing development standards. The engineer collaborates with senior engineers, product managers, architects, and support teams to deliver healthcare revenue cycle software.

Build and scale front-end experiences for Alteryx AI products using React, TypeScript, and micro frontend architecture. Develop reusable UI components, integrate backend services and AI workflows, improve accessibility, performance, testing, and reliability, and guide technical direction. Collaborate across Product, Design, Backend, and Platform teams while mentoring engineers and driving modernization, architecture, and developer experience improvements.

Job posting for Microsoft Software Engineer (IC3/IC4 levels). Lists base pay ranges for U.S. and SF/NY metro areas, application timing, and equal opportunity statement. No specific responsibilities or technical requirements provided.

Own full-stack features end to end, including system design, implementation direction, testing, deployment, production operations, and incident response. Use agentic AI to generate code, tests, and reviews while validating quality and security. Build production APIs, data models, authentication, schemas, migrations, and scalable SQL. Collaborate with Product, Design, and DevOps, and apply secure coding practices. Bonus experience includes RAG, LLM evaluation and observability, or TypeScript frontend development.

Design, develop, test, and optimize safe, scalable real-time software for production autonomous vehicle systems. Architect continuous learning infrastructure for ML model deployment and monitoring, analyze algorithms, and collaborate with embedded, platform, AI, sensor, and compute teams. Support perception, prediction, and planning integration while contributing to highway and urban autonomous driving capabilities.

Design and implement motion-planning software for autonomous vehicles, including behavior planning, trajectory generation, safety constraints, and real-time embedded performance. Integrate planning with perception, prediction, localization, and control systems. Validate solutions through simulation, closed-course trials, and on-road testing while addressing complex edge cases and collaborating with vendors, AI teams, and customers.

Build and own production software systems spanning embedded systems, real-time control, cloud services, and data pipelines. Responsibilities include architecture, coding, testing, reliability engineering, observability, incident response, technical design reviews, cross-functional hardware collaboration, hiring, and mentoring. The role requires strong systems fundamentals, distributed systems experience, debugging ability, and proficiency in at least one major programming language.

Lead frontend and full-stack engineering, architect scalable features, integrate APIs and cloud services, optimize rendering and performance, establish engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor developers. Collaborate with product, UX, and backend teams to deliver user-focused software while managing priorities in an ambiguous environment.

Build and maintain scalable backend services, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, database schemas, and cloud infrastructure. Own architecture decisions, optimize performance and reliability, improve CI/CD practices, collaborate across product and engineering teams, lead architecture sessions, review code, and mentor junior developers.

Designs, develops, and optimizes high-performance networking infrastructure for large-scale distributed AI training and inference in Azure. Responsibilities include building low-latency communication frameworks, benchmarking scalability, debugging complex networking issues, improving code performance and reliability, creating technical designs, participating in on-call operations, and guiding engineers. The role emphasizes observability, availability, scalability, and performance across diverse network architectures and accelerator technologies.

Develop secure, scalable full-stack software for satellite ground communications and data transport. Responsibilities include building Python backend services and APIs on AWS, developing TypeScript and Vite front-end applications, designing microservices, managing PostgreSQL databases, implementing authentication and authorization, supporting containerized deployments, resolving production issues, refining requirements, collaborating with MBSE and test teams, and mentoring engineers.

Develop full-stack software for secure, scalable satellite ground communications platforms. Responsibilities include building Python backend services and APIs, designing TypeScript front-end applications, implementing authentication, authorization, microservices, databases, testing, and cloud deployments. The role involves collaborating with MBSE and test teams, translating requirements into technical designs, troubleshooting production issues, supporting integrations, and presenting engineering recommendations. Work requires maintaining secure, reliable systems for U.S. Government missions.

Develop and maintain a Medicare claims processing system in a mainframe environment. Responsibilities include designing, coding, unit testing, debugging, defect resolution, technical documentation, and installing changes in test regions. The role leads complex development components, translates customer requirements into work items, provides estimates and technical guidance, represents the team to clients, and mentors junior developers while supporting Agile/Scrum maintenance and operations.

Develop and maintain Java components for a modernization framework and existing business applications. Support legacy refactoring, API and backend service development, documentation, unit testing, debugging, and application architecture updates. Collaborate with senior developers during design sessions and sprint ceremonies while building expertise in modern development practices, cloud concepts, and application transformation.

Develop and maintain COBOL-based Medicare claims processing software in a legacy mainframe environment. Responsibilities include designing, coding, debugging, unit testing, implementing enhancements, troubleshooting defects, supporting Agile/Scrum delivery, preparing estimates, maintaining documentation, and collaborating with team members, clients, and vendors. The role supports Durable Medical Equipment claims processing and requires adherence to structured development standards.

Develop and maintain COBOL applications supporting Medicare Fee-for-Service claims processing in a legacy mainframe environment. Responsibilities include designing, coding, debugging, unit testing, implementing enhancements, troubleshooting defects, documenting changes, and supporting Agile/Scrum delivery commitments. The role collaborates with technical teams, clients, and vendors while contributing to solutions of moderate complexity and maintaining reliable healthcare system operations.

Develops, tests, documents, enhances, and maintains software applications supporting business requirements. Collaborates with internal teams to define specifications, writes and debugs code, monitors performance, prepares status reports, trains end users, and supports application improvements. The role uses C#, .NET, React, AWS, databases, shell scripting, source control, and development tools. On-call availability and some travel may be required.

Build and expand fintech and payment systems using Go, microservices, databases, and cloud technologies. Design production APIs and tooling, diagnose customer issues, manage full release lifecycles, document systems, and mentor engineers. Collaborate with product and business teams while guiding AI agents to produce maintainable, observable, testable code that meets engineering standards. Work independently in a high-availability environment and contribute to next-generation financial products.

Provides architectural and technical leadership for institutional exchange systems, including matching engines, order management, market data, risk, and unified trading platforms. Leads ultra-low-latency distributed-system design, cross-team technical alignment, reliability standards, incident response, and multi-quarter initiatives. Maintains hands-on engineering contributions while mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leadership across teams.

Design, implement, and maintain partner integration solutions; translate partner requirements into scalable technical implementations; troubleshoot and automate fixes; collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve tools and ensure successful partner onboarding and launches.