Senior Software Engineer at Emergent Software in Houston, TX

**This position is a direct hire for one of our clients. This is a fully remote position. Eligible candidates must currently reside in the US and authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.**

Our client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their product engineering team and play a key role in modernizing their platform architecture. This position is ideal for a highly skilled engineer who combines strong hands-on development expertise with technical leadership, architectural thinking, and the ability to drive projects from concept through delivery.

This individual will help lead critical engineering initiatives, including the evolution of a monolithic application toward a service-oriented architecture, while partnering with internal teams and external development partners to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.

Primary Duties

• Manage technical projects from planning and design through implementation and delivery.
• Serve as a senior technical contributor, balancing hands-on software development with technical leadership responsibilities.
• Design scalable applications and make architecture decisions that support long-term growth and performance.
• Help drive modernization efforts, including the transition from a monolithic system to service-oriented architectures and cloud-based solutions.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and external development teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate and recommend AWS services and infrastructure patterns based on technical and business requirements.
• Mentor team members and provide technical guidance when needed, helping strengthen overall engineering capabilities.
• Communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and implementation plans clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing applications with .NET and C#.
• Experience working with SQL Server and relational database design.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience developing modern web applications using React.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and application scalability.
• Ability to lead projects and influence technical direction without necessarily holding a formal leadership title.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience serving as a technical expert, project lead, or unofficial team leader.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and service-oriented design patterns.
• Experience partnering with offshore, nearshore, or external development teams.
• Interest in future leadership opportunities and mentoring other engineers.

Our Vetting Process

At Emergent Staffing, we work hard to find the best software engineers capable of developing high quality software for our clients. If you think you’re one of those, please understand that the effort put into this by people like yourself helps us be successful in surrounding you with other top-notch engineers. Here are the steps of our vetting process for this position:

• Application (5 minutes)
• Online Assessment (60 minutes)
• Initial Phone Interview (30-45 minutes)
• Virtual Interview with Hiring Manager (60 minutes)
• Technical Interview (60-90 minutes)
• Job Offer!

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In this role, you will lead the technical delivery of mid-sized development projects with the goal of solving our clients' business problems with custom software solutions. See the job description for requirements.