What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Back-End Developer position at Walter P Moore?
Responsibilities
The Senior Backend Developer will be responsible for building and operating modern .NET services and CI/CD platforms that support cloud-native, AI‑enabled, and data‑intensive systems.
Walter P Moore operates one of the most technically diverse internal platforms in the AEC industry. Our teams develop and maintain systems spanning cloud‑native backend services, AI and robotics workflows, VR/XR experiences, and large‑scale engineering data platforms.
In this role, you’ll join a modern engineering organization where containerized services, automated pipelines, and cloud infrastructure are standard practice. You’ll collaborate with backend engineers, platform engineers, AI developers, and robotics teams on systems that are both technically sophisticated and critical to the business.
This is a remote‑friendly position offering meaningful technical ownership and the opportunity to shape highly innovative systems.
Responsibilities:
Overview
Walter P Moore is an international company of engineers, architects, innovators, and creative people who solve some of the world’s most complex structural and infrastructure challenges. Providing structural, diagnostics, civil, traffic, parking, transportation, enclosure, WPM technology and construction engineering services, we design solutions that are cost- and resource-efficient, forward-thinking, and help support and shape communities worldwide. Founded in 1931 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, our 1000 professionals work across 27 U.S. offices and 8 international locations.
The Senior Backend Developer will be responsible for building and operating modern .NET services and CI/CD platforms that support cloud-native, AI‑enabled, and data‑intensive systems.
Walter P Moore operates one of the most technically diverse internal platforms in the AEC industry. Our teams develop and maintain systems spanning cloud‑native backend services, AI and robotics workflows, VR/XR experiences, and large‑scale engineering data platforms.
In this role, you’ll join a modern engineering organization where containerized services, automated pipelines, and cloud infrastructure are standard practice. You’ll collaborate with backend engineers, platform engineers, AI developers, and robotics teams on systems that are both technically sophisticated and critical to the business.
This is a remote‑friendly position offering meaningful technical ownership and the opportunity to shape highly innovative systems.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps and GitLab
- Build, deploy, and operate containerized services using Docker and Docker Swarm
- Design and implement .NET (Core → .NET 10) backend services and APIs
- Modernize and evolve legacy .NET Framework applications into service-oriented architectures
- Provision and support Azure infrastructure for backend services
- Collaborate with AI, robotics, and XR teams to deploy services that integrate with AI/ML-enabled workflows
- Contribute to shared backend frameworks, deployment patterns, and developer tooling
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s degree preferred)
- 5 years professional experience building and operating backend systems
- Strong experience with C# and modern .NET
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments (Docker), and DevOps workflows
- Experience working in Azure-based environments
- Solid experience designing RESTful APIs and working with relational databases (SQL Server / T-SQL or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of Python, including environments and dependency management
- Experience working in Agile / iterative delivery environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a remote or hybrid setting
- Experience supporting or deploying AI / ML-enabled applications
- Exposure to robotics, simulation, or XR-related systems
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)
- PowerShell or scripting for automation
- Experience working on internal platforms or shared engineering services
Overview
Walter P Moore is an international company of engineers, architects, innovators, and creative people who solve some of the world’s most complex structural and infrastructure challenges. Providing structural, diagnostics, civil, traffic, parking, transportation, enclosure, WPM technology and construction engineering services, we design solutions that are cost- and resource-efficient, forward-thinking, and help support and shape communities worldwide. Founded in 1931 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, our 1000 professionals work across 27 U.S. offices and 8 international locations.