Sr. Software Engineer - Automate

Fortra•US-MINNESOTA, MN

1d•$120,000 - $165,000•Remote

About The Position

Fortra is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to contribute to the future of the Automate platform. This role involves designing and building new capabilities for a mature .NET product, maintaining its health, and setting standards for the team's work. The engineer will deliver excellent code, mentor team members, review code, teach, and help the team adopt AI tools effectively. This is a full-time, fully remote position on a distributed team. The Automate platform is a no-code/low-code Automation (RPA) platform designed for IT and business teams to automate complex workflows without requiring extensive engineering or development backgrounds. It features over 700 pre-built automation actions and supports deployment from single desktops to enterprise-wide solutions, serving industries like financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing where on-premises deployment and data security are critical.

Requirements

7+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep hands-on .NET and C# work, including both .NET Framework 4.8 and modern .NET.
Strong grasp of object-oriented design, design patterns, and modern software engineering practices.
Proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server, including complex queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
Experience with full stack, on-premises software delivery where customers control upgrades.
Experience on large, long-lived, complex codebases.
Experience writing unit tests and a clear perspective on valuable tests.
Familiarity with Git, dependency injection, and Agile delivery methodologies.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build/release tooling, ideally including GitLab.
A track record of mentoring other engineers.
Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
Comfort working across time zones on a distributed team.
Practical experience using AI coding assistants on production work and the judgment to know when not to use them.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain new platform capabilities, translating Product requirements into implementation, test, and release plans, including writing technical specifications.
Identify and evaluate new technologies, including AI capabilities, for integration into the product.
Work across a large .NET and C# codebase, including desktop client, server components, and database layer.
Diagnose and fix complex defects that span component boundaries, including customer-reported production issues.
Perform foundational application work such as runtime and framework upgrades, dependency and security remediation, and platform health maintenance.
Participate fully in the development lifecycle, from design through release.
Mentor less experienced engineers through pairing, code review, and direct feedback.
Raise the standard for code reviews by identifying and articulating problems and their reasoning.
Serve as a technical expert on projects and lead them when needed, including work breakdown, sequencing, and progress tracking.
Contribute to team conventions, patterns, and quality gates.
Track and document technical trade-offs and implementation decisions.
Communicate proactively about project delays, risks, or potential issues.
Use AI coding tools in daily work and help the team adopt them, understanding their benefits and limitations.
Treat AI-generated code as unverified until reviewed and tested.
Share effective AI usage practices, including prompts, patterns, guardrails, and review practices.
Help shape engineering practices as AI tools evolve, including their application in testing, documentation, and code review.