Software Engineer III
Software Engineer III on Paychex's Unified Service Development team: builds and maintains .NET web applications and services, SQL Server databases, and ETL/reporting pipelines, deploys containerized workloads on OpenShift, and modernizes legacy ETL using AI-assisted tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot. Onsite at the Webster/Rochester, NY office.
- Compensation
- $93.6K–$147.1K / yr
- Location
- Rochester Webster Office
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Internship
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer related discipline or equivalent work experience
- 3 years of experience in related field
Nice to have
- .NET Framework / .NET application development
- React
- Node.js
- Unit testing and test automation
- SQL Server, Azure and relational databases (T-SQL, stored procedures, querying from an application)
- ETL development and reporting data (SSIS, Python-based ETL, Databricks a plus)
- Data validation, error handling, and monitoring of scheduled data loads
- OpenShift and containerization
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)
- Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence
- Experience with AI-assisted software development, including agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
- Ability to 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
Full description
Paychex is reimagining how businesses manage their workforce by bringing payroll, HR, benefits, and advisory services together into a single connected HCM platform. As Paychex and Paycor come together, we're combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, AI, and human expertise to help organizations work smarter, support their people, and achieve better business outcomes. This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to invest in innovation, simplify client experiences, and shape the future of work. At Paychex, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, make a meaningful impact, and be part of something bigger as One Paychex.
Overview
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