Software Engineer III

What You Can Expect In This Role

Seeking a software engineer with strong experience developing, supporting, and improving enterprise integration solutions within a Microsoft Azure and .NET technology ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise in backend application development, database systems, API integrations, automated data processing, and cloud-native technologies. This position requires an engineer who can take ownership of business-critical applications throughout their lifecycle, including solution design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do In This Role

A strong candidate combines hands-on C#/.NET development experience with practical expertise in enterprise integrations, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, and production troubleshooting. The candidate should demonstrate the ability to understand a complex integration from initial data ingestion through transformation, processing, storage, and downstream delivery. Beyond implementation, the successful engineer will be comfortable owning production services, diagnosing failures, designing improvements, and communicating technical solutions to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Software Development

• Proficiency in C# and the Microsoft .NET ecosystem.
• Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, software design patterns, and SOLID principles.
• Experience troubleshooting complex applications and integration processes.

Database Development

• Strong SQL Server and T-SQL development skills.
• Experience analyzing database queries, identifying performance issues, and understanding relational data structures.
• Ability to troubleshoot data inconsistencies and failures across integrated systems.

Enterprise Integration

• Experience building applications that exchange information between internal and external systems.
• Familiarity with scheduled processing, file-based integrations, FTP/SFTP, and API-based data exchange.
• Understanding of asynchronous processing, message queues, error handling, and recovery mechanisms.

DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure

• Knowledge of cloud architecture best practices, including reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated application deployments.
• Working knowledge of Azure-hosted applications and containerized services.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts, deployments, service configuration, and application health monitoring.
• Containerization, Docker and Kubernetes experience.

Monitoring and Production Support

• Experience using application telemetry, distributed logging, and monitoring tools such as Azure Application Insights.
• Ability to diagnose production failures, identify root causes, and implement durable remediation.
• Understanding of operational reliability, service-level expectations, alerting, and incident management.

Professional Competencies

• Technical ownership: Takes accountability for application quality, reliability, maintainability, and production support.
• Analytical problem-solving: Independently investigates complex issues spanning multiple applications, data sources, and external dependencies.
• Architectural thinking: Understands complete business and technical process flows rather than focusing solely on isolated application components.
• Communication: Effectively collaborates with engineering teams, business stakeholders, QA, operations, and external partners.
• Documentation: Produces clear technical documentation, architecture diagrams, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures.
• Continuous improvement: Identifies opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve reliability, automate manual processes, and simplify system architecture.

What We're Looking For

• College Degree in the field of computer science, information science, management information systems Preferred
• Minimum 8 years' IT development experience or equivalent Preferred
• Effective verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate with business partners and other IT staff
• Problem solving skills sufficient to perform research and recommend a proposed solution to problems
• Able to work on multiple tasks and meet established deadlines
• Able to effectively direct and coordinate the work of other team members on a project without having HR management responsibility for them
• Knowledge of computer programming languages as required for the system

Other Requirements

• Criminal background check required.

Salary Range Information

USD $84,721.00 - USD $176,501.00 /Yr. Range includes data points from multiple labor markets. Specific range is dependent on the labor market where the incumbent will be hired to perform the position. Starting salary is dependent on candidate qualifications and experience. For a narrower salary range specific to your labor market, please inquire. What you can expect when you join Sammons Financial Group

• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family, including Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA & FSA options, and term life insurance.
• Competitive compensation with a performance-based incentive program tied to clear goals and individual and/or company success.
• Invest in your future with our 100% company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), plus automatic enrollment in our 401(k).
• Work–life balance that means something. Friday afternoons off year-round, generous paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Commit to your growth with paid development time, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities across industry, individual, and leadership programs.
• Make an impact beyond the workplace through volunteer time off, and our company nonprofit matching gift program, supporting the causes that matter most to you.
• An ownership culture that inspires; join a connected, values-driven workplace where employees take accountability, support one another, and are empowered to do their best work - together shaping our future shared success.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.) Additional Information

Sammons Financial Group Is An Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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E-Verify Sammons Financial Group participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

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