Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software applications and systems. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering stakeholders, resolve defects and performance issues, conduct code reviews, improve development processes, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers. The role requires expertise in Go, experience with Python and TypeScript, event-driven architecture, databases, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, software testing, and AI-assisted code generation.

Build and operate backend systems for securities lending, short borrowing, clearing, settlement, and brokerage operations. Own projects from scoping through production, develop partner APIs and batch pipelines, improve system scalability and reliability, integrate with external partners, and participate in on-call support. The role requires strong distributed-systems fundamentals and interest in securities finance and market infrastructure.

Build and operate the core Rails-based platform for workplace retirement and TPA products. Responsibilities include end-to-end feature development, scalable APIs and data models, agent-facing tools with permissions and audit trails, data integrations with payroll, payments, identity, and recordkeepers, architecture discussions, deployment, monitoring, and mentoring. The role requires strong Ruby/Rails expertise, AWS familiarity, third-party integration experience, and thoughtful design for reliability, compliance, and financial workflows.

Design, implement, and optimize MongoDB database integrations, Change Data Capture and streaming capabilities, and observability systems. Develop high-performance C++ services, contribute to query engine and distributed systems architecture, lead projects from design through production support, and collaborate with product and engineering teams on technical roadmaps.

Leads software engineering and SRE initiatives for secure, scalable production platforms. Designs Python or Java automation, LLM and agent solutions, data pipelines, monitoring, and resiliency practices. Owns application security, risk controls, compliance, lifecycle management, incident response, and service-level objectives. Coordinates execution across engineering teams, promotes AI-assisted development, and coaches teams on secure, responsible AI adoption.

Build and operate AI-powered automation, CI/CD systems, distributed services, developer tooling, validation platforms, and code-intelligence capabilities. Deliver features across the full engineering lifecycle, improve build and deployment workflows, develop evaluation systems, scale reliable production services, integrate APIs and MCP, and participate in testing, observability, security, incident response, and on-call operations.

Lead development of scalable Java backend applications and high-availability cloud services. Design architectures, REST APIs, databases, caching systems, and distributed session infrastructure. Mentor engineers, drive technical initiatives, address performance and scalability challenges, and uphold quality and automation practices for endpoint management products.

Lead technical strategy and execution for Affirm’s account management team, building secure, scalable fullstack systems and customer account security experiences. Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and engineering teams; establish quality, monitoring, testing, and operational standards; support availability and on-call practices; communicate technical decisions; and mentor engineers.

Design, build, test, and ship features for internal content workflow and distribution systems. Collaborate with product and engineering partners to plan work, participate in code reviews, debug production issues, support on-call operations, and use AI tools to improve development efficiency.

Build and maintain Haskell services for a regulated derivatives exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage. Design database schemas, constraints, indexes, queries, and reversible migrations for financial data. Optimize production queries, monitor systems, respond to alerts, support settlement operations, and resolve production issues. Collaborate across engineering, operations, risk, and compliance while ensuring correctness, auditability, and reliability of systems handling orders, trades, and settlements.

Build and operate DevOps infrastructure for regulated digital-asset exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage systems. Responsibilities include improving CI/CD pipelines, managing AWS infrastructure with Terraform, running containerized services on Nomad, developing deployment tooling with health checks and rollback, monitoring systems, responding to production alerts, supporting settlement operations, and contributing to Haskell-based services. The role requires on-call participation, distributed-systems expertise, and collaboration across engineering, operations, risk, and compliance.

Develop and own full-stack web features from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and optimization. Build APIs, backend services, responsive frontend experiences, relational database schemas, and complex SQL queries. Improve legacy systems, troubleshoot performance issues, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams in an agile continuous-deployment environment. Apply sound judgment when using AI-assisted development tools while maintaining security, privacy, reliability, and code quality.

Build and maintain full-stack web applications across the software lifecycle, including design, coding, debugging, testing, deployment, and production support. Develop reusable code, work with object-oriented languages, databases, REST APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure. Participate in Agile development, address technical requirements, monitor application performance, resolve on-call incidents, and collaborate effectively with teammates.

Design, build, operate, and scale secure, reliable, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Develop infrastructure as code, support Kubernetes and microservice environments, collaborate with engineering teams, participate in on-call and incident response, automate operational toil, reduce technical debt, and improve platform reliability using AI-assisted development tools.

Design and deliver development infrastructure systems, maintain CI/CD tools and pipelines, improve GitHub Actions, Docker images, and deployment workflows, and resolve complex on-call issues. The role involves cloud-native engineering, distributed systems, containerization, microservices, generative AI workflows, code reviews, planning, and coaching other engineers.

Own backend features from inception through production, develop and improve Kotlin services, write maintainable and well-tested code, and design scalable, reliable distributed systems within a small cross-functional team.

Leads software and data engineering work within an agile team, designing, developing, debugging, and supporting secure production applications and data pipelines. Builds AWS cloud-native solutions using Python, Java, SQL, and Databricks; reviews code; automates recurring remediation; improves SDLC practices; and promotes responsible AI-assisted engineering. Evaluates vendor and architectural solutions while guiding teams on secure, resilient, and compliant development practices.

Leads architecture, design, and implementation of secure, scalable SDLC developer platform capabilities focused on SCM. Builds Java and Python solutions, designs AWS cloud architectures, implements Terraform infrastructure, integrates development tools, automates workflows, manages incidents, and collaborates with internal teams and vendors to improve platform reliability, resilience, governance, and developer productivity.

Leads architecture, development, and operation of secure, scalable SCM and developer platform capabilities. Builds Java and Python services, designs resilient AWS architectures, implements Terraform infrastructure, integrates enterprise development tools, automates workflows, and manages incidents. Partners with internal teams and vendors to deliver platform roadmaps, improve developer productivity, and strengthen reliability, governance, and security across a global engineering organization.

Build and maintain internal applications, backend services, APIs, databases, integrations, and automation systems for business functions. Translate operational workflows into software solutions, develop AI-powered workflows using LLMs and agents, deploy and monitor production tools, and improve reliability and efficiency while collaborating with non-technical stakeholders.

Build and maintain internal applications, backend services, APIs, databases, and AI-powered automation workflows for business functions. Translate manual processes and operational needs into software solutions, integrate internal and third-party systems, deploy and monitor production tools, and improve reliability, accuracy, usage, and time savings. Collaborate directly with non-technical stakeholders to define requirements and validate solutions.

Develop, test, debug, maintain, and support full-stack software applications across development, testing, and production environments. Build proofs of concept, evaluate technologies, improve user experience, and collaborate with developers, designers, business stakeholders, and company leaders. The role also includes production issue resolution, technical decision-making, adherence to development best practices, and managing multiple initiatives in a remote environment.

Build and ship full-stack features for an AI-enabled healthcare revenue cycle management platform. Responsibilities include developing React interfaces, backend services, APIs, event-driven workflows, integrations, databases, AI-agent orchestration, access controls, auditability, and observability. The role involves collaborating with billing users, product, design, and operations partners; participating in technical design and code reviews; supporting junior engineers; and delivering secure, HIPAA-compliant software on AWS.

Develops, tests, documents, supports, and improves software systems with a primary focus on Sitecore and modern web applications. Designs responsive interfaces, integrations, APIs, automations, and CMS solutions while supporting CI/CD, Agile, testing, monitoring, security, and performance standards. Troubleshoots incidents, manages technical debt, collaborates with project and business teams, documents solutions, and provides stakeholder support. Requires strong web technologies, databases, operating systems, enterprise integration, and software development experience.

Develop, test, optimize, document, and troubleshoot distributed robotics software for agricultural and construction equipment. The role uses C++ in Linux environments and involves deployment support, system debugging, API and architecture documentation, work estimation, and collaboration with embedded software, QA, mechatronics, computer vision, and machine learning teams. Preferred experience includes sensor integration, vision systems, GPU computing on edge devices, Python robotics development, and autonomous vehicles.