Senior Software Engineer

Neighborly Software•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Neighborly Software is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and deliver features for its next-generation enterprise platform. The role works within a Scrum team to deliver cloud-native solutions end to end, maintain a high standard of code quality, and use AI tools throughout the development process. Neighborly is a Claude shop, using Anthropic’s Claude and Claude Code, and seeks an engineer who can use these tools effectively and responsibly. The work spans cloud solutions, service-oriented architecture, APIs, data and analytics, and AI-assisted engineering. The engineer will build scalable, secure, and maintainable platform features using Azure services, APIs, and modern frameworks. They will translate functional requirements into technical designs and scoped deliverables, collaborate with Product Managers, QA, and the Scrum team, and contribute to platform reliability, performance, security, and compliance. The role also includes production troubleshooting, knowledge sharing, and prototyping emerging technologies, including AI and LLM capabilities. Neighborly Software provides a cloud-based technology platform for administering and disbursing government funds for programs including housing, economic and community development, disaster recovery and mitigation, home energy rebates, and Housing Choice Vouchers. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and describes its mission as “Helping Communities, Help People.”

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
At least 5–7 years of software development experience, with a track record of delivering production systems.
Strong proficiency in C#/.NET and React or Angular.
At least 3 years of cloud engineering experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP; Azure is preferred.
Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor to build production software; Claude or Claude Code is preferred.
Working understanding of LLMs and AI-assisted engineering, including prompting, context management, evaluation of AI-generated code, and related security, privacy, and quality considerations.
Ability to independently design and deliver features of moderate to high complexity and translate functional requirements into technical designs.
Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices.
Experience with automated unit and integration testing, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.

Nice To Haves

Python experience.
Experience building AI-powered product features, such as LLM integrations.
Data platform experience with Snowflake, Azure, or AWS; Snowflake and Azure are preferred.
Experience with analytics visualization using Power BI.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable platform features and services.
Use Claude and Claude Code in daily design, coding, code review, testing, debugging, and documentation workflows to improve speed and quality.
Help refine AI-assisted development practices, including prompting and context strategies, reviewing AI-generated code, and identifying insecure or low-quality output.
Build cloud-native, service-oriented solutions using Azure services, APIs, and modern frameworks.
Translate functional requirements into technical designs and break work into well-scoped deliverables.
Partner with Product Managers, QA, and the Scrum team to deliver high-impact features.
Write clean, well-tested code; participate in code reviews; and contribute to platform reliability, performance, and security improvements.
Contribute to prototypes and proofs of concept involving emerging technologies, including AI and LLM capabilities, alongside senior technical leaders.
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues and contribute to root-cause analysis and follow-up fixes.
Share knowledge through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code reviews.
Ensure software meets requirements for quality, security, modifiability, extensibility, and compliance.