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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Advisor III, Application Development - **Company:** Phillips 66 - **Location:** Houston, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,900.0 - $221,100.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Continuous Integration, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Management of Software Versions, Web Applications, Enterprise Data Management, ReactJS, Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Fastapi, Data Layers, Real Time Data, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Restful APIs - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/ACCF8DE393434150848DD283FBD24FB5/job/ ## About the Role * Legally authorized to work in the job posting country * Bachelors degree * 6 or more years of lead-level full-stack development experience with a track record of owning and supporting production web applications end-to-end. * Advanced proficiency in React or comparable front-end frameworks with a focus on user experience and information-dense interfaces. * Advanced proficiency in Python backend/API development skills using frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django, including integration with enterprise data platforms. * Intermediate proficiency developing production web applications using modern front-end frameworks such as React. * Intermediate proficiency building and integrating backend services and REST APIs using languages such as Python. What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred * 8 or more years of experience owning production web applications end to end in a lead or senior engineering role. * Experience building tools, dashboards, or platforms for traders, analysts, or other expert, time-pressured users. * Background in commodities, energy, trading, or financial markets. * Experience designing information-dense user interfaces and data- or BI-heavy applications, including real-time data or visualization libraries. * Experience working with governed data products, semantic layers, or lakehouse APIs. * Demonstrated ability to define future-state architectures, lead change, and drive continuous improvement across teams., Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. ## Description * Lead the end-to-end development, implementation, and maintenance of strategic, business-critical applications that power trader- and analyst-facing platforms, ensuring they are reliable, secure, and performant. * Partner with traders, strategists, analysts, and data scientists to understand workflows, elicit complex business requirements, and translate them into intuitive tools, dashboards, and applications. * Define and maintain the application roadmap, including feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, and release plans that align with business priorities and governed data products. * Lead the design and build of modern user interfaces and APIs (for example, React front ends and Python/REST back ends) and oversee the full software development life cycle from concept through deployment and ongoing enhancements. * Analyze current ("as is") and future ("to be") business processes and data flows, identify gaps, and drive scalable solutions that simplify the user experience and accelerate question-to-decision time. * Plan, prioritize, and manage project work, budgets, and resources; assign and review work for a diverse development team and guide them toward high-quality delivery. * Establish and champion engineering standards, development practices, and deployment approaches (including CI/CD, versioning, and zero-downtime updates) that keep the platform maintainable and easy to extend. * Monitor platform usage, performance, and feedback, using data and insights to optimize features, improve adoption, and ensure the platform remains a thin, trusted layer over governed data products. * Provide expert technical and business advice to partners across IT and Commercial, helping teams navigate trade-offs, resolve complex issues, and shape future capabilities. ## Related Videos - [Behind the Curtain: How Recruiters Shortlist Devs in an AI-Driven Market and How You Stand Out](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100229-behind-the-curtain-how-recruiters-shortlist-devs-in-an-ai-driven-market-and-how-you-stand-out) - [Intro to FastAPI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/462-intro-to-fastapi) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Your next 10x engineer isn't in your city. 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