Principal Software Developer

Aspen Technology • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community. The Role AspenTech, a global leader in software solutions for optimizing process manufacturing across various industries including oil and gas, petroleum, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, is seeking a talented Software Developer to join our Advanced Process Control and Dynamic Optimization R&D Group in Houston. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting and enhancing our industry leading advanced control (DMC3) and dynamic optimization (GDOT) products, utilizing cutting edge software tools, AI, and advanced modeling and optimization technologies. This unique opportunity allows an exceptional software developer to contribute to a rapidly expanding product that serves as a fundamental pillar for industry digitalization. Your Impact Primarily focus on designing, developing, maintaining, and supporting DMC3/GDOT products. Analyze customer requirements and translate them into product features and use cases. Deliver innovative solutions to enhance our products, ensuring they provide better value for our customers with a focus on simplicity in deployment and maintenance. Secure application design to ensure products adhere to modern software security and access‑control standards. Leverage AI‑assisted development tools for coding, troubleshooting, refactoring, and generating unit tests to improve efficiency and code quality. Collaborate with other teams to identify synergies among AspenTech’s extensive range of products. Work collaboratively with the extended team in Product Management, Customer Support, and Quality Assurance to ensure a successful product release and seamless customer adoption. What You'll Need Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields with 10+ years of working experience. Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable web applications across the full software development lifecycle. Proficiency with Microsoft web application technologies, including ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC/Web API, ASP.NET Web Forms, and Classic ASP. Knowledge of software security principles, including authentication, authorization, and access‑control models. Experience writing SQL queries and managing data using SQL. Familiarity with unit testing frameworks. Experience with third‑party UI controls or frameworks such Angular, React, or DevExpress is a plus. Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, troubleshooting, refactoring, and generating unit tests. Strong problem‑solving skills. Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing, and presentation abilities. Demonstrated ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely. Experience in software project management is a plus. #LI-WJ1 AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate. AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable Accommodation: We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process. If you wish to request an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. GDPR Privacy Notice: AspenTech collects a range of personal information during the recruitment process. This may include the following personal or special categories of personal data: recruitment information such as your application form and resume, references, qualifications and membership of any professional bodies and details of any pre-employment assessments; your contact details and date of birth; your gender; your marital status and family details; your identification documents including passport and driver's license and information in relation to your immigration status and right to work with us; information about your contract of employment (or services) including start and end dates of employment, role and location, working hours, details of promotion, salary (including details of previous remuneration), pension, benefits, and holiday entitlement; your racial or ethnic origin; any criminal convictions and offences. AspenTech Security and Privacy Policy Plan Participants Enrolled in the AspenTech US Medical Plans: The Transparency in Coverage Final Rules require certain group health plans to disclose on a public website information regarding in-network provider rates and historical out-of-network allowed amounts and billed charges for covered items and services in two separate machine-readable files (MRF’s). The MRF’s for the benefit package options under AspenTech’s US Employee Benefit Plan are linked below: Transparency in Coverage Rule - Machine Readable Files Transparency In Coverage Rule And Consolidated Appropriations Act Overview and FAQS

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields with 10+ years of working experience.
• Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable web applications across the full software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency with Microsoft web application technologies, including ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC/Web API, ASP.NET Web Forms, and Classic ASP.
• Knowledge of software security principles, including authentication, authorization, and access‑control models.
• Experience writing SQL queries and managing data using SQL.
• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, troubleshooting, refactoring, and generating unit tests.
• Strong problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing, and presentation abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with third‑party UI controls or frameworks such Angular, React, or DevExpress is a plus.
• Experience in software project management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Primarily focus on designing, developing, maintaining, and supporting DMC3/GDOT products.
• Analyze customer requirements and translate them into product features and use cases.
• Deliver innovative solutions to enhance our products, ensuring they provide better value for our customers with a focus on simplicity in deployment and maintenance.
• Secure application design to ensure products adhere to modern software security and access‑control standards.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools for coding, troubleshooting, refactoring, and generating unit tests to improve efficiency and code quality.
• Collaborate with other teams to identify synergies among AspenTech’s extensive range of products.
• Work collaboratively with the extended team in Product Management, Customer Support, and Quality Assurance to ensure a successful product release and seamless customer adoption.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level