Software Engineer III

Job Summary
Software Engineer III serves as a key member of the Distributed Applications team with primary responsibility for designing, developing and maintaining Web, Mobile, artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning (ML), and Legacy applications.

This role develops, implements, and maintains IT applications using modern development technologies and tools, and involves close collaboration with Solution Architects, developers, and business stakeholders to analyze business requirements, participate in design sessions, and develop application features.

Additionally, Software Engineer III researches and addresses technical issues and requests, identifies root causes, and resolves production problems.
Location

This is a hybrid position requiring employees to work onsite two days per week at our Round Rock, Texas office.

The remaining workdays may be worked remotely.
Essential Responsibilities

The position incumbent is expected to perform the following essential duties and responsibilities with reasonable accommodation.

Software Design and Development



* Lead and contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle support of web, mobile, legacy, and AI-enabled applications.


* Translate business and technical requirements into solution designs, technical specifications, and maintainable application components.


* Design and integrate AI/ML capabilities and data pipelines using appropriate frameworks and technologies.

Technical Leadership and Standards



* Provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, including architecture and design decisions, estimation, implementation planning, code quality, and release readiness.


* Establish and enforce application development standards for security, performance, reliability, maintainability, observability, and regulatory compliance.


* Mentor team members and provide technical guidance.

Testing, Quality, and Deployment



* Implement DevOps practices (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery / Deployment (CI/CD), containerization with Docker/Kubernetes).


* Write and automate test scripts; participate in code reviews and performance optimization.


* Participate in peer code reviews, application standards and application performance reviews

Application Support and Continuous Improvement



* Provide ongoing support for business applications in production through on-call rotation.


* Identify and resolve issues that arise during the design, testing and maintenance processes using problem-solving skills.


* Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.


* Research emerging technologies and propose solutions to improve processes.


* Evaluate, adopt, and apply AI-enabled technologies to support strategy, improve workflow efficiency, automate routine tasks, and enhance data-driven decision making.

Collaboration and Delivery Coordination



* Co...