Hourly 1099 Software Developer Contractor Jobs in Kansas

Performance Contracting Group is seeking a Senior Software Developer for its Corporate location based in Lenexa, KS. This position is responsible for development, testing, and following SDLC practices; reports directly to the Software Development Manager. They will also be involved in subsequent critical support and maintenance of the applications. Ensures appropriate change control processes are followed, including reviewing and approving code into source control. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Works as a contributing member of the team to complete sprint and project commitments on time 
• Proactively monitors and assists with team workload balance 
• Works cross functional teams in a fast-paced, disciplined Agile/Scrum environment 
• Thoroughly understands, follows, and promotes the use of SDLC and established internal IT and testing processes and procedures. Contribute to SDLC documentation. 
• Perform development tasks according to standards and maintain accurate documentation.  
• Contribute ideas to improve the technical solution, keeping performance and efficiency as priorities, while meeting business requirements 
• Understand business requirements and develop solutions from them 
• Leverages personal and experiential knowledge to propose workarounds, prevention, and/or solutions to project issues 
• Look for and suggest improvements inefficiencies to reduce costs as a responsible and accountable employee owner 
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback 
• Contributes to documentation of software products to the quality of team standards 
• Troubleshoot existing problems and suggest fixes 
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by earning certifications, taking courses, attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, and/or participating in professional societies 
• Anticipates, identifies, and escalates project issues and risks 
• Mentors and provides technical guidance and training to Associates and Developers 
• Conducts thorough and constructive code reviews, ensuring all changes meet the team’s standards 
• Takes initiative to recommend new approaches and processes that will improve quality and productivity 
• Leads initiatives for AI usage throughout the SDLC to increase team and process efficiency
• Contributes to repository-level AI standards (custom instructions, contribution guidance, PR policies) to enable consistent results from coding assistants/agents.
• Identifies opportunities and delivers solutions for AI agent usage in team or business processes

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming and the ability to contribute to solutions using its fundamentals and principles 
• Extensive knowledge of Agile philosophies, Scrum practices, and the SDLC 
• Solid business process awareness and understanding how it translates to current software solutions 
• Ability to plan for long-term scenarios, keeping sustainability and scalability in mind 
• Communicates effectively and is able translate IT terminology to all levels of the business, ensuring that the requirements of end users are met 
• Communicates in a timely and effective manner, keeping the team and manager informed of status, progress, impediments, and key decisions made 
• Displays good time-management and organizational skills  
• Displays strong willing to adapt to the Ideal Team Player culture   
• Team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and works well with others, encourages team cohesiveness and morale 
• Be open to receiving constructive feedback and turning it into process improvements 
• Strong documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to analyze complex problems in large systems 
• Must be detail oriented and has excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills and the ability to interact well across all levels of the business 
• Ability to learn, retain, and utilize knowledge from past experiences 

Basic Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of experience in software development 
• Proficiency with C# .Net, RESTful APIs, SQL
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Claude Code or other models, GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio/Code, GitHub Copilot cloud agents, or Azure AI Foundry