Senior Software Engineer — Cloud Services & API Platform (C#/Azure Track) — Plano, TX
Full job description
YOU
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in modernizing and evolving our software platform. You will design and develop cloud-based APIs and services that support next-generation engineering and design applications for the building industry.
We are actively investing in the transformation of our software platform from traditional desktop applications toward modern cloud-based services and APIs hosted in Microsoft Azure. This role offers the opportunity to influence technical direction, mentor team members, and grow into a Technical Lead position as our platform modernization efforts expand.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING (% of Time)
Design, develop, and support scalable cloud-native services and APIs using C# and ASP.NET Core. (30%)
Collaborate with architects and engineers to modernize existing desktop application functionality into service-oriented and cloud-hosted solutions. (20%)
Design and implement secure, observable, and resilient distributed systems leveraging Azure cloud technologies. (15%)
Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architecture reviews while promoting engineering best practices. (10%)
Develop automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes to improve software quality and delivery velocity. (10%)
Participate in Agile planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. (10%)
Mentor team members and contribute to continuous improvement of engineering standards and development practices. (5%)
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency in C# and .NET (ASP.NET Core)
- Experience building RESTful APIs and distributed services
- Experience designing scalable client-server or cloud-native applications
- Experience with relational databases and data modeling (T-SQL / Azure SQL)
- Experience implementing automated testing strategies (unit, integration)
- Experience with Git-based source control workflows
- Experience working in Agile / Scrum software development environments
- Strong system design, debugging, and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to mentor or guide other engineers
- Microsoft Azure services: App Services, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Storage, Application Insights, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Managed Identity
- Microservice and service-oriented architecture design patterns
- Event-driven systems and messaging patterns (Azure Service Bus / Event Grid)
- CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
- Containerization technologies: Docker and Kubernetes (AKS)
- Observability and monitoring practices (Application Insights / OpenTelemetry / structured logging)
- OpenAPI / Swagger API documentation
- Authentication and authorization using OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and Microsoft Entra ID
- Experience modernizing legacy desktop or monolithic applications
- WPF or desktop application development (C++/C#)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Bicep / ARM)
- Building industry software experience is a plus
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ENVIRONMENT
TRAVEL
This position requires domestic travel up to 5%-10% of the time.
WORK STATUS & LOCATION
RELOCATION
PAY
$107,500 - $182,800 / year
REWARDS AT SIMPSON STRONG-TIE
- Quarterly Bonuses/Commission: You will be eligible for either a bonus or commission, paid on a quarterly basis. We believe all employees affect customers, sales and revenue — directly or indirectly – and should be rewarded by sharing the company profits.
- Benefits: We provide a wide range of benefits for eligible full-time employees including: medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, employee stock purchase and bonus plans, pay for holidays, vacation, sick days, funerals and jury duty, years of service awards, employee discounts, employee referral bonuses, charitable contribution matching, education reimbursement and more. View benefit plan details here: https://benefits.strongtie.com/.
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