Senior Software Engineer

Filetwigbay; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Growth budget

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

Valero Energy, based in Newport News, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and ship software that serves millions of users daily. You will own cloud-native migrations, Terraform and JavaScript work, and prototype Ruby on Rails ideas to determine which belong in the stack.

The role emphasizes reliability, clear communication, and ownership of your contributions, with collaboration and a strong focus on performance.

Qualifications

• Proven reliability and ability to own complex tasks.
• Ability to communicate bad news clearly when needed.
• Experience recognizing patterns across diverse tech engagements.
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Strategic Planning acceptance criteria
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Reach into legacy Terraform modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Prototype rough Ruby on Rails ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Valero Energy's stack
• Carry the JavaScript platform work that makes Valero Energy's next VA expansion boring

Skills

Terraform

JavaScript

Ruby on Rails

Job description

Valero Energy is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and ship software that serves millions of users every day. This position rewards Terraform and JavaScript mastery with $100,000 - $149,000, team collaboration, and ownership of what you ship.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Strategic Planning acceptance criteria
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Reach into legacy Terraform modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Prototype rough Ruby on Rails ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Valero Energy's stack
• Carry the JavaScript platform work that makes Valero Energy's next VA expansion boring

What You'll Bring

• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

Operating out of Newport News, Valero Energy designs the tools that power thousands of businesses in the technology sector. We reward the teammate who unblocks three colleagues over the one who quietly hero-codes alone.

Start at $100,000 - $149,000 and watch the benefits, growth budget, and flexible scheduling do the heavy lifting on your work-life balance.

We just reopened this Senior Software Engineer req and are eager to meet new people.