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Chevron

Senior Software Engineer

Houston, TX

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position of Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to: 

  • Consistently delivers complex, innovative and complete solutions, driving them through design, planning, development, deployment and support that simplify business processes and workflows to drive business value.
  • Experience building solutions in multiple programming languages and platforms.
  • Provide technical leadership both tactical (day to day activities) and strategic (big picture, vision). Work has high senior IT and business leadership visibility.
  • Represent team, priorities, architectures in cross-team architectural discussions and decision making. Partner with PMs/POs in forming vision, direction and priorities
  • Advocate solid software development practices in the team covering testing, modularity, scalability, observability and integration.
  • Deliver results in collaboration with other software engineering and technical teams. Constructively and positively influence own and other teams/organizations direction
  • Practical, hands on experience in all phases of Software Development Lifecycle (plan, design, develop, test, release, maintain and support, decommission), data engineering/data management practices and tools, strong technical background in one or more development platforms (Microsoft, Java, Linux/Unix, Cloud, Mobile).
  • Design and develop data engineering, data integration and data management practices and tools
  • Develop software solution leveraging established Chevron technology standards and collaborate with internal partners to develop new technology standards as needs arise
  • Maintain working knowledge of the latest software engineering tools and practices for continuous integration, unit tests, static and dynamic profiling, code coverage, code analysis, and automated tests.
  • Expert knowledge developing and debugging in Microsoft technologies.
  • 7+ year of Technical depth and breadth across the range of large-scale cloud and data architectures technologies
  • Effective communicator with a record of clear and impactful communication at multiple levels (i.e. from junior engineers to company’s IT leadership)
  • Technical mentor for the team, enabling development and growth of other software engineers across the company
  • Experience designing and implementing API-first approach across platforms and solutions.
  • Significant experience working on and leading agile teams, utilizing industry methodologies such as SAFe, Scrum, Kanban etc.
  • BS minimum, MS preferred in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics, Engineering or mathematics), or equivalent practical experience.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud, Service Now, Ansible, Jenkins, and VSTS are considered a plus.

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Required Qualifications:

  • BS in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics, Engineering or mathematics), or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ year of Technical depth and breadth across the range of large-scale cloud and data architectures technologies
  • Demonstrated deep understanding of the methods, processes and appropriate software engineering frameworks along with Chevron Digital Architecture System and Agile Frameworks. 
  • Practical, hands on experience in all phases of Software Development Lifecycle (plan, design, develop, test, release, maintain and support, decommission), data engineering/data management practices and tools, strong technical background in one or more development platforms (Microsoft, Java, Linux/Unix, Cloud, Mobile).
  • Expert knowledge developing and debugging in Microsoft technologies.
  • Experience designing and implementing API-first approach across platforms and solutions.
  • Has deep knowledge of multiple programming languages, how to apply them and can easily articulate their strengths and weaknesses,
  • Example Object Oriented Design and Programming with proficiency in 2 or more of the following languages:  C#, C++, Angular, Node.js, SQL, Ansible, R, Java, JavaScript, Python, among others
  • Must have a disciplined, methodical, minimalist approach to designing and constructing layered software components that can be embedded within larger frameworks or applications
  • A keen eye for good architecture and the ability to develop new architectures and frameworks
  • Demonstrated experience in all phases of Software Development Lifecycle (plan, design, develop, test, release, maintain and support, decommission)
  • Modern API platform design including how modern UI’s are built consuming services/API’s . 
  • Demonstrated strong understanding of Public cloud service offerings (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS services as well product offerings from Azure) and Infrastructure as Code (Container Orchestration, Observability, CI/CD) 
  • Demonstrated application of systems thinking and strategic thinking skills. Ability to capture the key elements of a system into a simple abstraction that empowers good decisions. 
  • Demonstrated strong understanding of modern data architectures (e.g. event driven architectures, data democratization, platform approaches to support ML/AI at scale, stream processing, and integrating real time analytics into applications) 

Leadership Influence: 

  • Works with leaders in the IT Function and to understand business strategies and shape technology roadmaps to support those strategies.
  • Provide technical leadership both tactical (day to day activities) and strategic (big picture, vision)

Innovation mindset:

  • Experimentation mindset  
  • Understands how to manage strategic directions / strategies and action them into tasks and deliverables. 

Deliver Results: 

  • Demonstrated experience leading and delivering small, medium & large /complex enterprise scale projects and how to technically manage all inner technical dependency’s.
  • Demonstrated solid understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies and knows when or if to apply them to achieve business outcomes.  

Business Acumen: 

  • Demonstrated solid business domain knowledge and financial skills.  
  • Demonstrated ability to perform cost benefit analysis at a technical level. 
  • Demonstrated strong business negotiation skills, influence, conflict resolution, and resolving technical stalemates.  

Regulatory Disclosure for US Positions:

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breast-feeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability (including medical condition), military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other status protected by law or regulation.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please email us at emplymnt@chevron.com.

Chevron participates in E-Verify in certain locations as required by law.

Client-provided location(s): Houston, TX, USA
Job ID: 8b53148ef963656f79a50ec4d68a531998935867fab07c92adbb9cdb90991920
Employment Type: Other