Senior Software Engineer - Backend

D.R. Horton, Inc.

On-sitePosted July 26, 2026

About the role

Senior Software Engineer - Backend, on-site in Arlington, Texas, United States. D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, develop, and support scalable backend applications, APIs, and distributed services that power critical business systems. This role partners with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing solutions.

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

D.R. Horton, Inc.

On-sitePosted July 26, 2026

About the role

Senior Software Engineer - Backend, on-site in Arlington, Texas, United States. D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, develop, and support scalable backend applications, APIs, and distributed services that power critical business systems. This role partners with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing solutions.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate high-throughput, low-latency backend services and APIs that scale across distributed environments.
Author and maintain robust RESTful APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger documentation and GraphQL services; ensure clean schema design, versioning, and performance at scale.
Architect and evolve event-driven systems using messaging/streaming technologies; ensure reliable message delivery, idempotency, and graceful failure handling.
Develop and maintain unit, integration, and contract tests to achieve coverage targets and support reliable production releases.
Manage cloud-hosted environments (Vercel, AWS, or Azure), including networking, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), autoscaling, and cost optimization.
Build, maintain, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines that enforce quality gates, accelerate delivery, and reduce risk of production deployments.
Make principled architectural decisions, balancing pragmatism with long-term system health, communicating trade-offs clearly.
Lead technical design reviews and code reviews; uphold a high bar for correctness, performance, testability, and maintainability.
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Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate high-throughput, low-latency backend services and APIs that scale across distributed environments.
Author and maintain robust RESTful APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger documentation and GraphQL services; ensure clean schema design, versioning, and performance at scale.
Architect and evolve event-driven systems using messaging/streaming technologies; ensure reliable message delivery, idempotency, and graceful failure handling.
Develop and maintain unit, integration, and contract tests to achieve coverage targets and support reliable production releases.
Manage cloud-hosted environments (Vercel, AWS, or Azure), including networking, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), autoscaling, and cost optimization.
Build, maintain, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines that enforce quality gates, accelerate delivery, and reduce risk of production deployments.
Make principled architectural decisions, balancing pragmatism with long-term system health, communicating trade-offs clearly.
Lead technical design reviews and code reviews; uphold a high bar for correctness, performance, testability, and maintainability.
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