Senior Software Developer

GuideStone Financial Resources•Dallas, TX

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Software Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining web-based solutions using the Microsoft technology stack. This role delivers high-quality, full-stack solutions within an Agile scrum team by applying DevOps best practices. The Senior Software Developer serves as a technical leader and subject matter expert across multiple areas of the codebase, contributing to coding standards, solution design, and architectural discussions. This role mentors other developers, provides innovative solutions, and takes ownership of significant application areas or services while proactively identifying and delivering improvements.

Requirements

Must have 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 and exposure to legacy WebForms (preferred)
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
Knowledgeable of building cloud native solutions
Knowledgeable of designing applications based on microservices and event-driven architectures.
Knowledgeable of Azure Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Key Vault.
Familiarity with 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 then documents those decisions and solutions to build shared knowledge
Demonstrates independent problem solving through research, code review, POCs, and documenting solution options prior to escalation
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, to reduce knowledge silos and improve onboarding
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