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# Software Engineer III

- **Company:** Paychex Inc.
- **Location:** Cincinnati, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $93,590.0 - $147,070.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Artificial Intelligence, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Code Coverage, Code Generation, Code Review, Data Validation, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Relational Databases, Programming Tools, Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft SQL Server, Node.Js, OpenShift, Systems Development Life Cycle, Requirements Management, Service Development Studio, Software Engineering, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Integration Services, Transact-SQL, Web Applications, GitHub Copilot, ReactJS, Claude Code, AI Coding Agents, Agentic-AI, Containerization, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Databricks
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-engineer-iii-cincinnati-oh--7e88a6ae-c1f6-491a-a98b-c3b8370e0033

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Customer Experience, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Workforce Management, People Management, Systems Analysis, Requirements Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Microsoft SQL Server, Internet Application, * Bachelor's Degree in Computer related discipline or equivalent work experience

 * 3 years of experience in related field

Desired Skills and Technical Experience

Application development

 * .NET Framework / .NET
 * React
 * Node.js
 * Unit testing and test automation

Data and ETL

 * SQL Server, Azure and relational databases (T-SQL, stored procedures, querying from an application)
 * ETL development and reporting data (SSIS a plus; Python-based ETL a plus; Data Bricks a plus)
 * Data validation, error handling, and monitoring of scheduled data loads

Platform and delivery

 * OpenShift and containerization
 * CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)
 * Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence

AI-assisted development

 * Experience with AI-assisted software development, including agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
 * Ability to effectively prompt and direct AI tools, critically review and validate generated code, and integrate them into testing, code review, and security practices
 * Familiarity with MCP servers or building AI-enabled tooling is a plus

## Description

Validates requirements, performs analysis and design for system improvements and new applications. Represents the department by leading work and providing guidance to others.

The Unified Service Development (USD) team builds and supports the applications and reporting data that power client service and operations across the business. The team maintains web applications and services, along with a large portfolio of SQL Server databases, ETL pipelines, and reporting data feeds, and is actively modernizing these systems onto containerized platforms such as OpenShift. The team also builds internal AI-enabled developer tooling and uses AI-assisted development in day-to-day work.

Responsibilities

 * Develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software to meet requirements
 * Complete complex program changes; self-directed
 * Perform comprehensive analysis and design for broadly defined requirements
 * Make significant technical contributions; contribute to technical direction
 * Provide estimates required for user stories based on business requirements, specifications and designs
 * Comply with and contribute to SDLC standards and CD/CI procedures to ensure consistency; introduce new standards and opportunities for improvements
 * Monitor progress against task estimates to provide status
 * Provide technical support and troubleshooting for applications across environments, including high impact production issues
 * Maintain existing code base, monitoring for failures in non-prod environments
 * Support changes during quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and post implementation to ensure integrity of application
 * Share technical expertise; guide and mentor others to maximize team effectiveness and quality
 * Build and support web applications and services in .NET and related technologies
 * Deploy and support containerized applications on OpenShift, including monitoring and troubleshooting across environments
 * Design, build, and maintain ETL processes and scheduled data loads that deliver reporting data to downstream consumers
 * Develop and optimize SQL Server databases, queries, stored procedures, and SQL Agent jobs that support applications and reporting
 * Help modernize legacy ETL workloads (e.g., SSIS) into containerized solutions on OpenShift, including shared libraries, orchestration, validation, and monitoring
 * Manage work in Jira, source code in Bitbucket (branching, pull requests, code review), and technical documentation in Confluence, including designs and operational/support procedures
 * Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to improve productivity, quality, and test coverage, while critically reviewing and validating AI-generated code