Principal C# Software Developer - Platform team

Aspen Technology, Inc.; Kentucky; On-site; USD 127,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

AspenTech is seeking a talented and experienced Developer to join our Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) team. You will contribute as a senior technical member within an Agile group delivering next‑generation industrial software solutions across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will guide design, implement scalable data services, APIs, and cloud-native components, collaborating with architects, product stakeholders, and cross‑functional teams to enable automation for a diverse customer base.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8–12 years of related experience OR an advanced degree with less experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies, services, architecture, and container orchestration.
• Proficient in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD: Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions.
• Databases: MongoDB, Postgres, MSSQL.
• Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Python, Lua.
• Frontend JS Technologies: Angular, React.
• Cloud & DevOps: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform.
• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux.
• Observability: OpenTelemetry.
• Automated testing: Playwright.
• Identity and access management: OAuth 2.0, RBAC.
• Architecture: Microservices, REST API Design.
• Data platforms: Inmation, Aveva PI Connect, Microsoft Fabric.
• IaC: Terraform, Ansible.
• Artifact & security: Artifactory, Blackduck, Snyk.
• GitOps: Flux, ArgoCD.
• IoT/edge knowledge
• SAFe or Scrum experience.
• Independent working style with strong project management.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and provide design guidance within a scaled Agile organization.
• Collaborate with Architecture teams to translate designs into scalable implementations.
• Design high-quality, reliable, and secure systems to meet business objectives.
• Drive scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Provide architectural direction and mentoring to strengthen engineering maturity.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines for on‑prem and cloud infra.
• Debug performance and integration issues.
• Promote security best practices and compliance.
• Stay current with cloud-native and SaaS trends.
• Communicate effectively across Agile ceremonies.

Skills

Cloud-native technologies

RESTful APIs

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

C#

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Azure

Windows

Linux

Microservices

SAFe/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Advanced degree (optional)

Tools

Inmation

Aveva PI Connect

Microsoft Fabric

Terraform

Ansible

Artifactory

Blackduck

Snyk

Flux

ArgoCD

Prometheus/OpenTelemetry

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

AspenTech is looking for a talented and experienced Developer to join our Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) organization. In this role, you will be a senior technical contributor within an Agile development team responsible for delivering next‑generation industrial software solutions. You will help drive the implementation of strategic platform capabilities, provide technical guidance to team members, and collaborate closely with Architects and product stakeholders to deliver a software‑defined, data‑centric platform that enables automation for AspenTech's diverse customer base. As a member of the EOP development team, you’ll work on cutting‑edge industrial edge‑connectivity and distributed‑computing projects that surface data from the plant floor all the way to the cloud. The team focuses on building highly performant data services that securely move and manage massive volumes of information. You’ll help create solutions that configure, contextualize, analyze, and visualize data, making it easily accessible to a wide range of applications. The EOP platform supports multiple operating systems and serverless cloud‑native technology stacks, giving the team opportunities to work across a diverse set of modern technologies. This role’s contributions have highly visible impacts on the success and scalability of our software offerings to our customers. Our organization and product are positioned in the market to grow at a rapid pace over the next decade with varied opportunities for career growth.

Your Impact

Serve as a senior technical resource within a scaled Agile organization, providing mentorship, design guidance, and technical expertise across complax initatives. Collaborate closely with Architecture teams to translate high‑level system designs into scalable, maintainable implementations. Design high‑quality, reliable, performant, and fault tolerant systems to meet strategic business objectives. Drive system‑level qualities such as scalability, reliability, performance, and security in alignment with platform requirements. Provide technical leadership and implementation guidance within an Agile development team. Monitor, support, and maintain software products in an Agile development environment. Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for both on‑premises and cloud infrastructure. Debug integration and performance problems. Contribute to a culture of accountability and collaboration across a variety of support, development, security, and product teams. Continually demonstrate adherence to security best practices and compliance requirements. Stay current with industry trends and best practices around cloud native and Software‑as‑a‑Service technologies. Demonstrate effective communication skills as a participant in a variety of Agile ceremonies.

What You’ll Need

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8‑12 years of related experience OR an advanced degree with less experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native technologies, services, architecture, and container orchestration.
• Proficient in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Practical, experience with several of the following:
• Databases: MongoDB, Postgres, MSSQL.
• Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Python, Lua.
• Frontend JavaScript Technologies: Angular, React.
• Continuous Integration: Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions.
• Cloud & DevOps: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform.
• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux.
• Observability and Monitoring: OpenTelemetry.
• Automated testing frameworks: Playwright.
• Identity and access management: OAuth 2.0, Role‑Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Architecture Expertise: Microservices, REST API Design.
• Data platforms and integrations: Inmation, Aveva PI Connect, Microsoft Fabric.
• Working experience in the following areas:
• Infrastructure as Code Technologies (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• CI/CD Platforms (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines).
• Artifact Management & Security Scanning tools(Artifactory, Blackduck, Snyk).
• GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD) and promotion models.
• Basic knowledge of IoT or Edge devices and an understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, constraints, and risks.
• Experience with Agile development frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, applying strong project‑management discipline and driving complex technical intitiatives in fast‑changing environments.
• Proven experience providing architectural direction, elevating engineering standards, and mentoring developers to strengthen overall technical maturirty.
• Deep proficiency in object‑oriented design and advanced debugging techniques, with track record of resovling complex, system‑level technical challenges.
• Willingness to contribute ideas and solutions while honoring and supporting the ideas of others.
• Passionate about finding creative solutions to problems, and pride in well‑crafted code.

Work Authorization

AspenTech will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F‑1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H‑1, H‑2, L‑1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $127,000.00 - $158,700.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay.

Benefits

Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.

About AspenTech

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real‑time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head‑on with unmatched expertise, cutting‑edge AI‑powered technology and a passion to innovate.

Equal Opportunity

At AspenTech as an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation

We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process.

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