Senior Software Developer

About the role

GuideStone is an innovative organization that invests in the spiritual, relational, financial, physical and professional development of our employees. We have a culture that values excellence, teamwork, humility, integrity, compassion and stewardship.

What We Offer You

• Generous benefits package
• Flexible work schedules
• Opportunity to be involved in community outreach
• Tuition reimbursement

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain web-based solutions using the Microsoft technology stack
• Deliver high-quality, full-stack solutions within an Agile scrum team by applying DevOps best practices
• Serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert across multiple areas of the codebase
• Contribute to coding standards, solution design, and architectural discussions
• Mentor other developers and provide innovative solutions
• Take ownership of significant application areas or services
• Proactively identify and deliver improvements
• Develop C# code in Visual Studio using feature branches and feature toggles
• Build cloud native solutions
• Design applications based on microservices and event-driven architectures
• Work with Azure Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Key Vault
• Apply software integration patterns
• Write automated tests for all code changes (excluding UI code)
• Manually test code changes in a local environment
• Create QA test cases and collaborate with business partners to support QA testing
• Write and maintain T-SQL for stored procedures, tables, indexes, and views using SQL Server Management Studio
• Submit and manage code changes using Git and Azure DevOps
• Participate in peer code reviews and contribute to standards teams
• Lead and influence backlog prioritization, sprint goals, and delivery of high-impact work within the scrum team
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve application and process issues
• Support other developers through mentoring, pairing, and actionable code-review feedback
• Recommend technical solutions aligned with GuideStone architecture and standards, then document those decisions and solutions to build shared knowledge
• Demonstrate independent problem solving through research, code review, POCs, and documenting solution options prior to escalation
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate or streamline processes
• Use Azure DevOps Pipelines to monitor build and release status
• Mentor and train developers across the team and department
• Document business and technical processes, including decision logs and how-to guides, to reduce knowledge silos and improve onboarding
• Practice continuous learning and share knowledge through documentation, cross-training, and codebase improvements
• Model healthy feedback behaviors by seeking input, providing timely feedback, and closing action loops

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Management of Information Systems
• 4–6 years of professional experience building .NET Framework applications in ASP.NET MVC
• Exposure to legacy WebForms (preferred)
• Experience writing unit-testable C# code using the Repository Pattern
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing
• Ability to work independently by decomposing problems, researching solutions, testing approaches, and presenting options
• Strong collaborator who provides clear problem statements, completed research, and attempted solutions
• Interest and experience with Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio, SQL Server, Azure)
• Willingness to work in a hybrid environment (three days in office, remaining days work from anywhere)
• Demonstrates team-focused mindset, adaptability to changing technologies, and willingness to support and uplift other developers
• Within a year, demonstrates expertise in one of our core systems through application or process ownership