Senior Software Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Microservices

GuideStone Financial Resources; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work schedules

Community outreach

Job summary

GuideStone Financial Resources is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build, and maintain web-based solutions on the Microsoft stack within an Agile scrum team. You will act as a technical lead, set coding standards, mentor developers, and drive architectural discussions while delivering high-impact features.

You will write C# in Visual Studio, craft cloud-native microservices, work with Azure RBAC and Key Vault, and participate in CI/CD with Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• Must have Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Management of Information Systems
• 4–6 years of professional experience building .NET Framework applications in ASP.NET MVC and exposure to legacy WebForms (preferred)
• Experience writing unit‑testable C# code using the Repository Pattern
• Strong understanding of object‑oriented programming principles
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing
• Ability to work independently by decomposing problems, researching solutions, testing approaches, and presenting options
• Strong collaborator who provides clear problem statements, completed research, and attempted solutions. Will also regularly collaborate by participating in problem solving within their team’s developer chat channel.
• Interest and experience with Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio, SQL Server, Azure)
• Willingness to work in a hybrid environment (three days in office, remaining days work from anywhere)
• Demonstrates team‑focused mindset, adaptability to changing technologies, and willingness to support and uplift other developers
• Within a year, demonstrates expertise in one of our core systems through application or process ownership

Responsibilities

• Develops C# code in Visual Studio using feature branches and feature toggles
• Knowledgeable of building cloud native solutions
• Knowledgeable of designing applications based on microservices and event‑driven architectures.
• Knowledgeable of Azure Identity and Access Management, Role‑Based Access Control (RBAC), and Key Vault.
• Familiarity with software integration patterns
• Writes automated tests for all code changes (excluding UI code)
• Manually tests code changes in a local environment
• Creates QA test cases and collaborates with business partners to support QA testing
• Writes and maintains T‑SQL for stored procedures, tables, indexes, and views using SQL Server Management Studio
• Submits and manages code changes using Git and Azure DevOps
• Participates in peer code reviews and contributes to standards teams
• Leads and influences backlog prioritization, sprint goals, and delivery of high‑impact work within the scrum team
• Monitors, troubleshoots, and resolves application and process issues
• Supports other developers through mentoring, pairing, and actionable code‑review feedback
• Recommends technical solutions aligned with GuideStone architecture and standards then documents those decisions and solutions to build shared knowledge
• Demonstrates independent problem solving through research, code review, POCs, and documenting solution options prior to escalation
• Identifies and implements opportunities to automate or streamline processes
• Uses Azure DevOps Pipelines to monitor build and release status
• Mentors and trains developers across the team and department
• Documents business and technical processes, including decision logs and how‑to guides, to reduce knowledge silos and improve onboarding
• Practices continuous learning and shares knowledge through documentation, cross‑training, and codebase improvements
• Models healthy feedback behaviors by seeking input, providing timely feedback, and closing action loops

Skills

C#

ASP.NET MVC

Azure

Git

Azure DevOps

SQL

T‑SQL

Unit testing

OO design

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or MIS

Tools

Visual Studio

SQL Server Management Studio

Azure DevOps

Job description

GuideStone Financial Resources is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, build, and maintain web-based solutions on the Microsoft stack within an Agile scrum team. You will act as a technical lead, set coding standards, mentor developers, and drive architectural discussions while delivering high-impact features.

You will write C# in Visual Studio, craft cloud-native microservices, work with Azure RBAC and Key Vault, and participate in CI/CD with Azure DevOps.