Senior Database-Driven App Developer - Hybrid Houston

Webcreek; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Hybrid work in Houston

WebCreek University training

International collaboration

Job summary

WebCreek seeks a Senior Application Developer in Houston, TX to design, develop, and maintain database-driven applications with strong business logic. The role emphasizes creating services that expose data from backend systems to front-end applications and extending existing systems with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software development experience across diverse stacks, excellent debugging skills, and a proactive, self-directed approach to problem solving in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience in database-driven environments.
• Proficiency with Oracle/SQL Server/DB2 iSeries/PostgreSQL/MySQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to interpret complex business logic within application and database-driven systems.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or supporting applications and services, not only moving data between systems.
• Ability to research unfamiliar tools, frameworks, and code patterns and produce working solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance applications across different platforms, environments, and database systems.
• Analyze existing codebases, business logic, database structures, and data flows to understand how current systems operate.
• Extend, improve, or modernize existing applications and services with limited supervision.
• Work with database-heavy systems where complex calculations, business rules, and application logic may reside within the database layer.
• Develop and support Python-based services or other service layers that provide data from backend systems to application front ends.
• Troubleshoot complex application, database, and logic-related issues, identify root causes, and implement practical solutions.
• Research unfamiliar technologies, frameworks, legacy code patterns, and business processes independently.
• Rapidly prototype, test, and deliver working solutions in a high-velocity environment with shifting priorities.
• Use AI development tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar tools to support development, while validating output and maintaining production-quality standards.
• Collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into reliable application solutions.

Skills

Database-driven development

Python

SQL

Analytical skills

Self-driven

Communication skills

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

DB2 iSeries

PostgreSQL

MySQL

NoSQL

Job description

WebCreek seeks a Senior Application Developer in Houston, TX to design, develop, and maintain database-driven applications with strong business logic. The role emphasizes creating services that expose data from backend systems to front-end applications and extending existing systems with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software development experience across diverse stacks, excellent debugging skills, and a proactive, self-directed approach to problem solving in a