Senior Software Architect, Nexus Platform (Cloud)

Occidental Petroleum Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in Houston seeks a Senior Software Developer to lead design, development, and modernization of the Nexus digital platform, with a focus on scalable enterprise solutions and cloud-native architectures.

You will guide full-stack teams using Angular, .NET/C#, and REST APIs, drive DevOps practices, CI/CD in Azure, and mentor engineers while partnering with product owners in an Agile environment. This role emphasizes performance, security, and delivering value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in: C# / .NET Angular TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS SQL Server and database design.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and microservice architectures.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Experience performing code reviews and mentoring developers.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Software Development & Architecture Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade applications supporting the Nexus platform. Build scalable and maintainable solutions using Angular, .NET/C#, SQL, and cloud-native technologies. Lead application architecture discussions and recommend modernization strategies. Develop and maintain REST APIs, microservices, and backend services. Create reusable components and frameworks to improve development efficiency.
• Technical Leadership Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers. Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards and best practices. Collaborate with architects, product owners, QA engineers, and business stakeholders. Support technical decision-making and solution design reviews. Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the team.
• DevOps & Cloud Engineering Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps. Support deployment automation, monitoring, and release management processes. Implement cloud-native and containerized solutions utilizing Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes. Improve application performance, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Quality & Security Ensure adherence to secure coding standards and enterprise security requirements. Perform application performance tuning and optimization. Support testing strategies including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. Identify and remediate technical debt and operational risks.
• Business Collaboration Work closely with product teams to gather and refine requirements. Translate business needs into technical solutions. Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives. Assist with production support, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

Skills

C#

.NET

Angular

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS

SQL

REST APIs

Microservices

Azure

Azure DevOps

Agile

Code reviews

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

MongoDB

NoSQL

SSO

Job description

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in Houston seeks a Senior Software Developer to lead design, development, and modernization of the Nexus digital platform, with a focus on scalable enterprise solutions and cloud-native architectures.

You will guide full-stack teams using Angular, .NET/C#, and REST APIs, drive DevOps practices, CI/CD in Azure, and mentor engineers while partnering with product owners in an Agile environment. This role emphasizes performance, security, and delivering value.