Senior Staff Software Engineer

ORION•Omaha, NE

4d•$140,935 - $226,905•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will utilize your advanced professional expertise and experience to enhance and maintain the software products developed by Summit Wealth Systems. You will operate as an AI-native engineer, having fully integrated AI tools and workflows into how you think, build, and ship — treating AI as a core force multiplier rather than an optional add-on. As we continue to evolve and live our Orion values, we are looking for someone to grow with us.

Requirements

Has mastery of C#/.NET ecosystem
Has strong understanding of browser capabilities, web performance, and front-end architecture
Has advanced SQL and relational database expertise
Has knowledge of data lakes and distributed data pipeline technologies
Has expertise across AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, SQS, SNS, SES, EventBridge, S3, RDS, Bedrock)
Has strong understanding of OAuth2, OpenID Connect, cryptography, and security protocols
Has mastery of git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, IaC best practices, and SDLC processes
Has broad architectural pattern knowledge (DDD, CQRS, SOLID, event-driven patterns)
Has exceptional debugging and problem-solving skills across the full stack
Tackles high-impact, highly ambiguous problems with no blueprint
Defines technical frameworks, patterns, and decision structures for other engineers to follow
Solutions directly influence Orion’s long-term scalability, reliability, and competitive advantage
Builds influence networks across teams and guides engineering direction at scale
Operates with full independence on new, critical, or technically undefined initiatives
May indirectly lead engineers or project teams through influence and technical direction
Determines architecture, technical strategies, and methods for complex initiatives
Has a minimum of 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience
Has demonstrated mastery architecting and building in AWS
Has AWS Solutions Architect certification (or equivalent experience) strongly preferred

Nice To Haves

Agile Methodology
Application Development
Client-Centric
Effective Communication
Innovation
Microsoft .NET Development
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Technical Proficiency
Time Management
Work Collaboratively

Responsibilities

Champion a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team, modeling curiosity and adaptability in the face of new challenges and technologies
Develop and maintain high impact product features
Create and design solutions for new features, subsystems, modules, systems or platforms that may be specific or cross-cutting in nature
Guide fellow team members in the code review process
Guide and provide clarity for fellow team members in delivering quality solutions
Ensure application quality by testing integrated features as well as writing test automation where appropriate
Ensure application safety by following secure coding best practices
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix product defects
Maintains a deep and intrinsic understanding of business use cases and objectives
Actively maintain a self-paced learning regimen to feed professional curiosity, with particular attention to the rapidly evolving AI tooling and capabilities landscape
Leverage AI tools and workflows throughout the development process — from ideation and architecture exploration to coding, debugging, testing, and code review — to accelerate delivery and improve quality
Evaluate and introduce emerging AI-powered tools and practices to the team, helping establish shared standards for effective AI-assisted development
Utilize source control to effectively manage delivery of work
Understand and operate the full lifecycle of the software platform, from coding to delivery and observation in production
Learn and adhere to team and company processes, standards, and procedures
Actively develop and maintain working relationships with team and department members
Participate in the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Maintain and nurture an opportunistic mindset — proactively identifying ways to improve processes, tools, and outcomes rather than waiting for direction
Move fast while maintaining the company's integrity and position in the marketplace
Leads from the front lines in helping team to keep consistently delivering