Senior Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

 Develop, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance business-critical applications supporting manufacturing and business operations.  Support, maintain, and enhance Microsoft Dynamics NAV and the applications and integrations that depend on it.  Design, develop, and support custom applications and solutions that extend existing ERP and enterprise systems.  Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, web applications, and system integrations using modern software development technologies.  Develop and maintain integrations between Microsoft Dynamics NAV, internal applications, external systems, databases, and business partners.  Develop and optimize SQL Server queries, stored procedures, data models, and data integration processes.  Support reporting, analytics, ETL/ELT processes, workflow automation, and data pipelines.  Work directly with business stakeholders to understand operational requirements and translate them into practical technical solutions.  Investigate and resolve application, data, integration, and business-process issues, including manufacturing, inventory, costing, and transaction discrepancies.  Identify opportunities to improve business processes through better use of existing NAV functionality, application enhancements, integrations, reporting, and automation.  Provide production support for business-critical applications and take ownership of issues through investigation, resolution, testing, deployment, and follow-up.  Coordinate with internal IT teams, vendors, and implementation partners as required to resolve technical issues and deliver solutions.  Troubleshoot issues that may span applications, databases, servers, authentication, certificates, and network dependencies.  Maintain appropriate technical and operational documentation for applications, integrations, support procedures, and technical solutions.  Evaluate technical solutions and build-versus-buy alternatives considering business value, maintainability, security, operational impact, and total cost of ownership.
Required Qualifications
 Strong, current hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, including application support, development, integration, troubleshooting, and production environments.  Experience working with NAV Web Services, business logic, data structures, and SQL Server integration.  Demonstrated hands-on software or application development experience in production environments.  Strong backend application development skills using Python or comparable technologies.  Experience developing modern web applications using React, TypeScript/JavaScript, or comparable technologies.  Strong Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL skills, including stored procedures, data analysis, and query optimization.  Experience designing, developing, and consuming APIs and Web Services for enterprise application integration.  Experience with Docker, Linux application hosting, and containerized application deployment.  Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and support production applications across application, database, integration, and infrastructure layers.  Proven ability to gather requirements directly from business stakeholders and translate operational needs into technical solutions.  Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.  Ability to work independently and take ownership of business-critical applications and technical solutions from design through production support.  Relevant technical education, professional training, or equivalent demonstrated professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

 Experience working with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.  Understanding of manufacturing processes including Bills of Material, routings, production orders, inventory, purchasing, costing, consumption, and production output.  Experience investigating manufacturing, inventory, costing, and ledger-related discrepancies using ERP and underlying transactional data.  Experience extending legacy enterprise applications through modern applications, APIs, integrations, and data platforms.  Experience with Power BI or comparable business intelligence and reporting platforms.  Experience with workflow automation and data orchestration technologies such as Power Automate, Airflow, n8n, or comparable platforms.  Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, enterprise authentication/SSO, Azure and/or AWS.  General understanding of enterprise networking and security concepts, including VPN, certificates, DNS, and application connectivity dependencies.  Experience with Redis or comparable caching and high-performance data-access technologies.  Practical experience applying automation or AI technologies to business processes.