Senior Software Developer

GuideStone Financial Resources•Dallas, TX

17d•Hybrid

About The Position

GuideStone is seeking an innovative Senior Software Developer to join their team. This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining web-based solutions using the Microsoft technology stack. The Senior Software Developer will deliver high-quality, full-stack solutions within an Agile scrum team, applying DevOps best practices. This position serves as a technical leader and subject matter expert, contributing to coding standards, solution design, and architectural discussions. The role also involves mentoring other developers, providing innovative solutions, taking ownership of application areas, and proactively identifying and implementing improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Management of Information Systems.
4–6 years of professional experience building .NET Framework applications in ASP.NET MVC.
Experience writing unit-testable C# code using the Repository Pattern.
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Ability to work independently by decomposing problems, researching solutions, testing approaches, and presenting options.
Strong collaborator who provides clear problem statements, completed research, and attempted solutions.
Will also regularly collaborate by participating in problem solving within their team’s developer chat channel.
Interest and experience with Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio, SQL Server, Azure).
Willingness to work in a hybrid environment (three days in office, remaining days work from anywhere).
Demonstrates team-focused mindset, adaptability to changing technologies, and willingness to support and uplift other developers.
Within a year, demonstrates expertise in one of our core systems through application or process ownership.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to legacy WebForms.

Responsibilities

Develops C# code in Visual Studio using feature branches and feature toggles.
Builds cloud-native solutions.
Designs applications based on microservices and event-driven architectures.
Utilizes Azure Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Key Vault.
Applies software integration patterns.
Writes automated tests for all code changes (excluding UI code).
Manually tests code changes in a local environment.
Creates QA test cases and collaborates with business partners to support QA testing.
Writes and maintains T-SQL for stored procedures, tables, indexes, and views using SQL Server Management Studio.
Submits and manages code changes using Git and Azure DevOps.
Participates in peer code reviews and contributes to standards teams.
Leads and influences backlog prioritization, sprint goals, and delivery of high-impact work within the scrum team.
Monitors, troubleshoots, and resolves application and process issues.
Supports other developers through mentoring, pairing, and actionable code-review feedback.
Recommends technical solutions aligned with GuideStone architecture and standards, and documents these decisions and solutions.
Demonstrates independent problem-solving through research, code review, POCs, and documenting solution options.
Identifies and implements opportunities to automate or streamline processes.
Uses Azure DevOps Pipelines to monitor build and release status.
Mentors and trains developers across the team and department.
Documents business and technical processes, including decision logs and how-to guides.
Practices continuous learning and shares knowledge through documentation, cross-training, and codebase improvements.
Models healthy feedback behaviors by seeking input, providing timely feedback, and closing action loops.