Freelance Developer Operations Engineer Jobs in Athens, TN

The Senior Software Developer leads development efforts, designs system architectures, and drives modern application standards across the IT Business Enablement team. This role partners closely with analysts, system owners, and business leaders to deliver high‑quality, scalable solutions.

Duties:

Strategy & Planning

• Design application and integration architecture using .NET, cloud services, and modern development patterns.
• Develop complex features, APIs, and services with minimal oversight.
• Mentor junior andmid‑leveldevelopers, championing engineering best practices.
• Lead code reviews, design sessions, and technical planning activities.
• Partner with analysts tovalidaterequirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Optimizeapplication performance, security, and maintainability.
• Contribute to enterprise standards for DevOps, automation, and cloud adoption.
• Assistin defining software development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, and implementation.
• Conduct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform software improvements and upgrades.
• Liaise with network administrators, systems analysts, and software engineers toassistin resolving problems with software products or company software systems.
• Manage and/or provide guidance to junior team members.

Education & Work Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in software development, withexpertisein C#, .NET Core, SQL, and API design
• Bachelor’s degree inComputerScience, Software Engineering, or similar field (or equivalent experience).
• Other certifications a plus
• Experience designing distributed systems andcloud‑hostedapplications.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring abilities.
• Proven success delivering large or complex solutions in Agile environments.
• Excellent understanding of coding methods and best practices.
• Extensive relational database and operating systems experience.
• Experience developing test cases and test plans.
• Flexible and adaptablewith respectto learning and understandingnew technologies.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to conduct research into software-related issues and products.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Epicor Specific Requirements:

Technical Requirements (Epicor-specific)

• Expert-level knowledge of Epicor ERP architecture, customization framework, and module interdependencies.
• Ability to design and implement enterprise-scale solutions using BAQs, BPMs, UD tables, and advanced Dashboards.
• Extensive experience with Epicor integrations (Service Connect, REST APIs, external orchestration).
• Advanced SQL Server skills for administration, performance tuning, and complex reporting.
• Deepexpertisein Production Management, MRP, Supply Chain, Projects, or Engineering lifecycle modules.

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect complex Epicor customizations and integrations.
• Anticipate technical debt, scalability concerns, and cross-department impacts.
• Provide senior-level support, root-cause analysis, and system-wide troubleshooting.
• Mentor mid-level and junior Epicor developers.
• Drive process improvement and reduce reliance on external systems by expanding Epicor functionality.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience with Epicor or ERP development.
• Proven ownership of large, complex Epicor initiatives and successful delivery history.

Environmental Conditions:

Works in both office and plant environment. Office environment has controlled temperature, humidity and noise levels. Plant environment varies with outside temperature and noise levels vary in different production areas. Effective near vision or near vision accommodation is required. Talking and hearing are required. Minimal bending, stooping, walking, and stair climbing are required as is lifting items of moderate weight. MasterCraft quality standards and safety rules and regulations are mandatory.

Travel:

Minimal travel required.