Senior Software Engineer

Build the future of food service technology — Lead, code, and innovate.

We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to partner with an international development team to design, build, and modernize critical in-house applications supporting a leading food service operations provider. This role will serve as the primary software engineering representative for North America, ensuring regional business needs are translated into scalable, secure, and effective technology solutions.

This position blends hands-on software development with technical leadership, contributing to application architecture while actively coding, establishing development standards, and collaborating across global teams to deliver middle-office and B2B solutions that support business operations and long-term growth.

You'll work on high-impact, in-house digital applications, including:

• Front-office (B2C and B2B) applications
• Middle-office systems that optimize operations and drive efficiency across the business

This role is open to candidates based in Houston, TX or Minneapolis, MN and follows a hybrid work schedule. Candidates based in Minneapolis will be expected to work onsite 3--4 days per week and travel to Houston periodically for international team meetings and key phases of the project.

Compensation Range: $130,000.00 to $140,000.00 based on experience.

This position does not offer visa sponsorship. Corp-to-Corp arrangements will not be considered.

What You'll Do

Strategy, Governance & Regional Alignment

• Partner with the international development team to support and influence standards, best practices, and governance for the design, deployment, and maintenance of custom applications supporting North America.
• Represent North American business needs and priorities in application development discussions, ensuring alignment between regional operations and global technology initiatives.
• Contribute to SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), release management, and change management practices to drive consistency, quality, and scalability across projects.
• Collaborate with IT leadership, architecture, and security teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term technology strategy.
• Support documentation efforts including technical standards, development guidelines, system architecture, and application inventories.

Global Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with North American business stakeholders to translate functional requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Serve as the primary software engineering partner for North America, acting as the connection point between regional business teams and the international development organization.
• Collaborate across global development, infrastructure, architecture, and security teams to deliver secure, reliable, and performant applications.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and help drive alignment across business and technology teams.

Technical Leadership & Hands-On Development

• Design, develop, and enhance custom web and enterprise applications, contributing across both front-end and back-end development.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using modern development tools, frameworks, and engineering practices.
• Partner with international developers through solution design sessions, architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical problem-solving.
• Provide technical guidance and share knowledge across teams to encourage consistency and continuous improvement.
• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex application and integration issues.
• Act as the North American technical advocate to ensure regional requirements are represented in design and implementation decisions.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience designing scalable, high-performance applications.
• Strong skills in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, and Entity Framework.
• Experience with Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Microservices, and development best practices.
• Cloud development experience (preferably Microsoft Azure) and DevOps (CI/CD).
• Solid understanding of databases (SQL Server) and object-oriented programming.
• Ability to balance hands-on coding with leadership and mentoring responsibilities.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of professional .NET development experience.
• Experience with Azure services (AKS, Functions, App Services, Data Lake, Data Factory, Logic Apps).
• Familiarity with service-oriented architectures and containerization.
• Front-end development experience with Angular.
• AI/ML experience is a plus but not required.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Lead and build: Influence application architecture and engineering standards while remaining actively engaged in hands-on development.
• Impact food service delivery: Develop critical middle-office and B2B applications that enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.
• Multiple locations: Join our team in Houston or Minneapolis.
• Innovation-first culture: Collaborate with talented engineers on cutting-edge solutions.
• Mentor and grow: Develop your team while advancing your own technical leadership skills.

About Elior North America

Elior North America is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. We take pride in supporting the development of our employees and their skills at all levels and in fostering an environment of growth.

At Elior North America, we are committed to offering growth and advancement opportunities for all of our employees. The valuable skills and experience you've gained with Elior will propel you further in your career, whether with our corporate office or one of our brand segments.

Disclaimer: This job description can be revised by management as needed.