Software Engineer

Description Position Overview The 30+ year company supports the petrochemical and manufacturing industry domestically and internationally and is positioned along the Houston Ship Channel, providing training, occupational medicine, and innovative solutions to industry. A Software Engineer is responsible for developing software programs or systems that align with user needs. Their duties include meeting with clients or business professionals to strategize ideas for beneficial software, coordinating with other IT professionals to design software, and running tests to catch coding errors.

- Analyze the needs of the user

- Design, test, and develop the software to meet those needs

- Recommend upgrades for existing systems and programs

- Develop separate elements of software that work well in the program as a whole

- Create various diagrams, flowcharts, and models that illustrate the type of code needed for programmers

- Ensure continued functionality of a program during maintenance and testing of software

- Document each aspect of a system or application as a reference for future upgrades and maintenance

- Revisit the development process to fix bugs or address client or consumer concerns

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

- General programming skills

- Analyzing information

- Software design

- Software debugging

- Software documentation

- Software testing

- Problem-solving

- Software development fundamentals

- Software development process

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field

- At least two years of software development-related experience

- Willingness to work at different locations if the company need arises

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to read, talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle training equipment and tools, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

This is a hybrid role with remote and in-office days each week. This role may require travel as needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Software Engineer reports directly to the Manager of Software Development. This position does not have direct reports.