Sr Associate Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

General Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Functional Programming and F# to join our engineering team. This role focuses on designing and building scalable service-based systems, high-performance APIs, and data-driven platforms. The ideal candidate has deep experience with functional programming principles, distributed systems, and modern cloud-native development. You will work closely with architects, product teams, and other engineers to design robust solutions, implement high-quality services, and drive performance and reliability improvements across our platform. This role requires both hands-on engineering excellence and strong architectural thinking, particularly around API design, event-driven systems, and analytics for system performance.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Software Development

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services using F# and .NET.
• Apply functional programming concepts such as immutability, pure functions, composition, and domain modeling.
• Build and maintain service-based APIs and distributed systems.
• Implement robust data processing and integration pipelines.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following modern software engineering practices.

Architecture & Design

• Contribute to the architecture and design of scalable service-based platforms.
• Design RESTful APIs and event-driven services that support high throughput and reliability.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and guide system design decisions.
• Drive improvements in performance, scalability, observability, and reliability.

Cloud & DevOps

• Develop and deploy services in AWS environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement infrastructure and deployment best practices.

Data & Messaging

• Design and optimize PostgreSQL and SQL-based data models.
• Implement high-throughput data processing pipelines.
• Work with message-based architectures such as Kafka or other event streaming systems.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong experience with .NET ecosystem and F# functional programming.
• Deep understanding of functional programming concepts
• Experience building service-oriented or microservices architectures.
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL or other SQL databases.
• Experience analyzing and improving system performance and scalability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kafka or other event streaming/message passing technologies.
• Experience with event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of Domain Driven Design (DDD).
• Experience implementing observability, metrics, and performance analytics.
• Experience with containerization and cloud-native infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Prior experience working in high-scale distributed systems.

 WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR CRANE?

At Crane, we believe in providing our employees with excellent benefits at a Great Place to Work.

We offer:

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year, that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges, in addition to a discount on contribution rates

Come join the leader in logistics and take your career in the right direction.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

This position requires the final candidate to successfully pass an E-Verify Check.

More Information: http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify 

Company benefits are contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements and plan conditions.