Senior Software Developer, Automation

About the role

FFF Enterprises is a leader in automation, warehouse management, and supply chain innovation. This position plays a critical role in ensuring interoperability between enterprise platforms such as SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), robotics systems, and material-handling automation technologies used in both distribution and pharmacy fulfillment environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications, APIs, and microservices using Go (Golang) as the primary language, with supplemental development in Python, C#, and Java to support integration and interoperability.
• Build, optimize, and maintain relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL), ensuring high availability, scalability, and data integrity across mission-critical systems.
• Develop and support front-end components (HTML, CSS, Go Templates) where needed to enable full-stack functionality and user-friendly interfaces.
• Engineer and deliver edge and cloud-based applications that interface with automation technologies, robotics platforms, pharmacy fulfillment and distribution systems to support end-to-end supply chain operations.
• Apply software engineering best practices including modular design, code reviews, automated testing, and documentation to ensure reliability, maintainability, and compliance.
• Conduct in-depth systems analysis, requirements gathering, and programming to design, adapt, and support automation and enterprise platforms, ensuring alignment with operational workflows and business objectives.
• Architect and implement integrations between SAP EWM/WMS and industrial automation technologies (PLCs, robotics, IoT devices), leveraging industry-standard protocols such as CIP, MQTT, and Modbus to enable seamless data exchange and real-time decision-making.
• Develop interface specifications, technical documentation, and integration test plans to validate system interoperability and performance under production conditions.
• Collaborate closely with operations, IT, and supply chain stakeholders to streamline end-to-end fulfillment processes, reduce manual touchpoints, and increase system efficiency and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership during integration projects, identifying risks, recommending solutions, and ensuring timely and successful deployments.
• Champion Agile software development methodologies, including Extreme Programming (XP), Test-First design, pair programming, and iterative delivery practices, ensuring rapid, high-quality releases that align with business priorities.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps to automate builds, testing, and deployments across hybrid environments (on-premises, edge computing, and serverless cloud).
• Manage deployments and runtime environments across Linux/Ubuntu/Windows servers, containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes), and multi-cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP), ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Establish automated monitoring, logging, and alerting within DevOps workflows to detect issues early and enable proactive remediation.
• Drive a culture of DevOps excellence by promoting continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code (IaC), and collaborative ownership of system stability between development and operations teams.
• Partner with product owners, business analysts, and operational leaders to translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and sustainable technical designs that align with organizational goals.
• Deliver clear risk and impact assessments, propose solution alternatives, and present trade-offs to guide informed business and technology decisions at both tactical and strategic levels.
• Act as a primary liaison across IT, Operations, Supply Chain, and external vendors, ensuring alignment of automation initiatives with enterprise priorities, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops, design reviews, and post-implementation debriefs to build consensus, share lessons learned, and continuously improve solution delivery.
• Influence decision-making by providing technical expertise in executive level discussions, helping shape the direction of supply chain automation and digital transformation efforts.
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers by providing structured code reviews, architectural guidance, and individualized career coaching that fosters professional growth and technical excellence.
• Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives—including technical deep-dives, architecture reviews, and postmortems—to institutionalize best practices, capture lessons learned, and raise the overall engineering maturity of the organization.
• Contribute to the design and maintenance of reusable frameworks, internal libraries, and coding standards that improve development efficiency, consistency, and long-term maintainability.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning by curating resources, introducing emerging tools and practices, and encouraging experimentation within safe, structured environments.
• Act as a role model for collaborative problem-solving and cross-functional knowledge exchange, ensuring expertise is disseminated beyond the immediate development team.
• Support system implementations by traveling to company sites to oversee installation, commissioning, and stabilization activities, ensuring solutions are deployed on schedule and meet performance expectations.
• Provide rotating on-call coverage for mission-critical systems, maintaining high availability and rapid response during peak distribution and fulfillment cycles.
• Diagnose, triage, and resolve production incidents in real time; conduct root-cause analysis, document findings, and implement sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with operations and IT teams during rollout phases to validate system performance, optimize configurations, and train end users on new processes and tools.
• Establish post-implementation monitoring and feedback loops to measure effectiveness, capture lessons learned, and drive continuous improvement for future deployments.

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years software development and systems integration experience with degree or seven (7) years software development with automation/PLC/robotics integration and enterprise interfaces in lieu of a degree.
• Experience must include leading or significantly contributing to multi-site system roll outs.
• Willingness to provide rotating on-call support.

Skills

• Deep software engineering capability
• Practical experience in automation environments
• Adaptability to work across both information technology and operational technology landscapes
• Champions modern engineering practices including Agile methodologies (XP, Test-First design, CI/CD)
• Secure coding
• DevOps pipelines
• Champion Agile methodologies, including XP, Test-First, and iterative delivery practices
• Champion DevOps excellence by promoting continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code (IaC), and collaborative ownership of system stability between development and operations teams

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

N/A