Software Engineer

Flint Hills Resources; Wichita (KS); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings

Life insurance

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Flint Hills Resources is hiring a Software Engineer for the HIPE team at its Wichita headquarters. The role focuses on building reliable full‑stack software that connects enterprise data, enabling cross‑application search, AI enabled features, and workflows.

You will collaborate with product, design and data teams to transform operations and improve efficiency. The position offers a hybrid schedule, emphasizing growth, modern cloud technologies, and opportunities to influence energy and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript or Python.
• Experience building web apps or APIs on cloud platforms.
• Experience with relational, document, or graph databases.
• Ability to clarify requirements and communicate tradeoffs.
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to build user‑centered software.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support full‑stack capabilities.
• Create intuitive experiences for cross‑application search and data visualization.
• Develop AI-enabled features with focus on data quality and security.
• Own the software lifecycle from requirements to monitoring and improvement.
• Share knowledge and evaluate emerging technologies responsibly.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Tools

TypeScript/JavaScript

Python

AWS serverless

Cloud platforms

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Your Job

Join Flint Hills Resources (FHR), a Koch Inc. company, as a Software Engineer on our HIPE (Highly Immersive Plant Experience) team, FHR's connected data platform for Operations. HIPE helps employees find, relate, visualize, and act on information from multiple enterprise systems through cross-application search, mobile-friendly experiences, workflow automation, and AI-enabled capabilities. In this role, you will build reliable full-stack software that turns fragmented data into intuitive experiences and helps transform how work is performed across FHR. FHR invests in employee growth and development. You will work alongside product, design, data, business, and engineering partners; gain experience with modern cloud, data, and AI technologies; and have opportunities to expand both your technical skills and understanding of FHR operations. This role is located at our headquarters in Wichita, KS and offers a hybrid schedule, providing you with flexibility and work/life balance.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with product partners, business stakeholders, designers, analysts, and engineers to understand Operations processes and deliver practical, user-centered software solutions
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support full-stack HIPE capabilities that connect and contextualize enterprise data through web applications, APIs, cloud services, and graph-based data platforms
• Build intuitive, responsive experiences that enable cross-application search, related-data navigation, workflow automation, operational insights, and data visualization
• Develop AI-enabled experiences, including assistants, generated summaries, and planning tools, that help employees make informed decisions while maintaining data quality, security, and privacy
• Own solutions throughout the software development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, implementation, automated testing, code reviews, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to a learning culture by providing constructive feedback, documenting and sharing knowledge, and evaluating emerging technologies that responsibly accelerate business transformation and engineering effectiveness

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting software applications
• Experience developing software with TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or another modern programming language
• Experience building web applications or APIs and working with cloud platforms, serverless services, or comparable distributed systems
• Experience working with relational, document, or graph databases, including data modeling and querying
• Experience collaborating with technical and business partners to clarify requirements, communicate tradeoffs, and deliver solutions iteratively
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Full-stack TypeScript experience with React and Node.js, including modern state management, reusable component design, and schema-based validation
• Experience with AWS serverless architecture and infrastructure as code, such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SQS, DynamoDB, and SST or similar technologies
• Experience with graph databases and Cypher, enterprise API integration, cross-application search, or event-driven architecture
• Experience integrating large language models or AI agents into software products, such as Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, or similar services, with attention to grounding, evaluation, security, and responsible use
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, agile delivery, and collaborative development practices using Git and work-tracking tools
• Experience in energy, manufacturing, industrial operations, or delivering digital products that improve complex business work processes

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000+ miles of pipeline - delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).