Software Developer (in-person Grand Rapids, MI)

As a Software Developer, you’ll build and enhance the internal applications used throughout our organization.

Your work will include:

• Developing and maintaining Windows desktop applications using C# and VB.NET
• Writing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions
• Designing and improving reports that help drive business decisions
• Working with large datasets to improve performance and usability
• Collaborating with business users to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions
• Troubleshooting application and database issues
• Participating in code reviews and contributing to development standards and best practices
• Contributing ideas that improve existing applications and processes

We’re looking for a developer who enjoys solving business problems, writing clean code, and working extensively with SQL Server. If you like building applications that make a measurable impact every day, we’d love to talk with you., * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Professional experience developing applications using C# and/or VB.NET
• Strong Microsoft SQL Server experience, including:
• Complex queries
• Stored procedures
• Views
• Functions
• Database design fundamentals
• Experience debugging and maintaining existing applications
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members

Preferred

• Experience with WinForms or WPF desktop applications
• Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Power BI, Crystal Reports, or similar reporting tools
• Familiarity with Entity Framework
• Experience optimizing SQL performance
• Experience integrating third-party APIs
• Exposure to OCR, document automation, or AI technologies is a plus, * C#
• VB.NET
• Visual Studio
• Microsoft SQL Server
• T-SQL
• Windows Desktop Applications (WinForms/WPF), This role is ideal for a developer who enjoys spending a significant portion of their time working with SQL Server and business applications-not just writing application code. If you like solving data problems, improving reporting, and building reliable internal software, you’ll fit in well here.

Successful developers on our team:

• Enjoy working with SQL as much as application code
• Can investigate complex business processes and create practical software solutions
• Take ownership of their work from design through deployment
• Continuously look for ways to improve existing systems
• Collaborate well with teammates and business users

Why Join Us?

• Work on software that has a direct impact on the business every day
• Stable, long-term development projects-not client consulting
• Collaborative in-house development team
• Opportunity to modernize and improve existing applications
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Professional growth in a technology-focused environment

Stenger & Stenger is a technology-driven law firm serving clients across 12 states. Our software development team builds and maintains the internal systems that power every aspect of our business-from legal workflows and automation to reporting and data analysis.