Senior Software Developer

Overview

The Senior Software Developer designs, develops, and supports secure, scalable, and maintainable enterprise applications, APIs, cloud-native services, data integration platforms, and AI-enabled solutions. The position partners with business and technology stakeholders to translate business objectives into modern technology solutions that improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, enhance customer and employee experiences, and support organizational growth. The role applies expertise in Microsoft Azure, C#/.NET, SQL Server, software architecture, integration, and emerging technologies to advance cloud adoption, automation, modernization, and engineering excellence while mentoring developers and contributing to long-term technology direction.

Responsibilities

Position Goals

• Enterprise Solution Delivery: Deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions that support critical business functions and strategic initiatives.
• Operational and Experience Improvement: Improve operational efficiency and customer and employee experiences through process automation, application modernization, and digital transformation.
• Cloud, AI, and Data Enablement: Expand the effective use of cloud-native technologies, AI-enabled capabilities, enterprise data, and intelligent automation to create business value.
• Technology Reliability and Risk Reduction: Maintain application security, performance, resiliency, data quality, and operational reliability while reducing technology and operational risk.
• Engineering Excellence and Capability Development: Strengthen software engineering practices, reusable technology capabilities, team collaboration, and developer knowledge through mentoring and continuous improvement.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

Business Solutions and Digital Transformation

• Partner with business leaders, product owners, architects, engineering teams, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and digital transformation.
• Translate business requirements and objectives into scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions.
• Design and deliver solutions that improve efficiency, reduce operational risk, and enhance customer and employee experiences.
• Support strategic initiatives through modern applications, integrations, and digital services.
  
  

Application, API, and Cloud Development

• Develop and maintain enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and shared technology services supporting critical business functions.
• Design, develop, and support cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure.
• Build cloud-based solutions that promote scalability, resiliency, flexibility, security, and maintainability.
• Develop reusable components and services that accelerate solution delivery across the organization.
• Apply modern programming languages, software architecture, distributed systems, design patterns, service-oriented architecture, and event-driven development practices.
  
  

AI, Automation, Data, and Integration

• Design and implement AI-enabled capabilities that improve productivity, decision support, and business process automation.
• Integrate enterprise data sources, services, and platforms to support AI-driven applications, knowledge-based assistants, and digital assistants.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create business value through AI and automation.
• Develop enterprise data integration solutions, data pipelines, reporting solutions, and business intelligence support services.
• Support data modeling, database development, ETL/ELT processes, and data movement across relational and non-relational platforms.
• Promote timely, accurate, accessible, reliable, and high-performing information exchange across business-critical systems.
  
  

Technology Excellence, Security, and Operations

• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Apply application security, identity and access management, secure authentication, role-based authorization, and API security practices.
• Monitor application health, troubleshoot technical issues, and proactively improve system performance.
• Apply DevOps practices, version control, CI/CD automation, containerized deployment, automated testing, and application monitoring.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, technical roadmaps, cloud adoption, and technology modernization efforts.
  
  

Agile Delivery, Collaboration, and Technical Leadership

• Participate in Agile delivery teams and contribute to planning, estimation, testing, execution, and continuous improvement activities.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders throughout solution design, development, implementation, and support.
• Mentor developers and share software engineering and technology best practices.
• Support a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, learning, and operational excellence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications required.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages and technologies, including C#, .NET, JavaScript, PowerShell, and Python.
• Demonstrated experience with distributed systems, service-oriented architecture (SOA), event-driven solution development, and secure API design and integration, including REST services, OAuth/JWT authentication, and API documentation tools such as OpenAPI and Swagger.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, scalability, performance, and security best practices.
• Experience developing and supporting enterprise application integrations using SOAP services, XML-based data exchange, and related messaging technologies.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure, including serverless computing, API management, messaging, data storage, application monitoring, and secure secrets management.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft AI platforms and services to develop intelligent applications, knowledge-based assistants, and AI-driven automation solutions through modern retrieval, orchestration, and machine learning integration patterns.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise data integration solutions, including data modeling, database development, ETL/ELT processes, and data movement across relational and non-relational data platforms.
• Proficiency in DevOps practices, version control systems, CI/CD automation, containerized application deployment, automated testing, and Agile/Scrum delivery frameworks.
• Strong understanding of application security principles, identity and access management, secure authentication protocols, role-based authorization models, and enterprise API security best practices.
  
  

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) Match
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• 11 Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking throughout Tompkins Bank & Trust
• Employee Referrals
  
  

EEO Statement

Tompkins is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") with respect to all team members and applicants for employment and a work environment free from discrimination (including unlawful harassment) based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender non-conformity, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, marital status, domestic violence victim status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, military or veteran status or status in any group protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Pay Range

USD $110,000.00 - USD $140,000.00 /Yr.