Senior Software Engineer (Java / AI-Enabled Development Environment)

Location: Richardson, TX (Hybrid – 2 days onsite weekly)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design and deliver scalable backend services supporting a modern Workforce Management platform used by enterprise customers worldwide.

In addition to hands-on development responsibilities, this role helps shape and optimize an emerging AI-enabled engineering environment, including coding agents, automation workflows, and developer productivity tooling that accelerate delivery across the organization.

This is an opportunity to contribute directly to next-generation engineering practices at scale 🚀

What You’ll Do

Backend Platform Development

• Design and implement scalable Java-based backend services
• Build RESTful APIs supporting distributed enterprise applications
• Improve performance, reliability, and maintainability across services

AI-Assisted Engineering Enablement

• Help design workflows leveraging AI coding tools and agents
• Build integrations between developer tooling and LLM platforms
• Support spec-driven development workflows (idea → implementation → validation)

Agentic Development Tooling

• Configure prompts, tools, and plugins for AI-assisted engineering
• Connect agent workflows into cohesive development pipelines
• Improve engineering velocity using automation-first practices

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Contribute to architectural direction across platform services
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Mentor engineers on emerging tooling and best practices

Testing & Quality Engineering

• Develop unit, integration, and automation tests
• Improve CI test coverage and reliability
• Support test-driven development practices

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with product managers, architects, and platform teams
• Help shape roadmap priorities and engineering strategy
• Drive adoption of modern development practices

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Java web application development experience
• Strong expertise with Spring, Hibernate, and REST services
• Experience designing multi-tier enterprise applications
• Experience with JUnit and automated testing frameworks
• Experience integrating AI-assisted coding tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or configuring AI coding agents
• Experience working with prompt engineering workflows
• Familiarity with MCP tools or agent orchestration environments
• Frontend experience with Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, or CSS
• Experience with Playwright, Selenium, or Cucumber
• AWS experience
• Experience with Jenkins and Maven

Work Authorization Requirement

This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without current or future sponsorship. Candidates requiring CPT, OPT, H-1B, TN, or similar sponsorship cannot be considered.