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McAfee, Inc. Sr. Software Development Engineer in Frisco, Texas
Role Overview:
We are seeking a senior, hands-on Senior Software Development Engineer with 8+ years of experience in delivering enterprise-scale, high-performance eCommerce platforms that support McAfee’s global customer acquisition and retention initiatives. This role requires a strong architectural leader who can make end-to-end technical decisions, influence platform strategy, mentor engineering teams, and remain deeply hands-on, contributing production code across cloud native microservices and legacy systems. The Solution Architect will play a key role in evolving our engineering ecosystem by leveraging AI-powered developer tools, modern cloud native architectures, and proven software engineering practices, while ensuring stability and performance of business critical platforms.
This is a Hybrid position located in Frisco, TX. You will be required to be on-site on an as-needed basis; when you are not working on-site, you will work from your home office. You must be within commutable distance of Frisco, TX. We are not offering relocation assistance at this time.
About the Role :
Own end‑to‑end solution architecture for complex web platforms, APIs, and integrations.
Make and lead architectural and technology decisions across legacy monoliths and modern microservicesarchitecture.
Act as a hands‑on technical leader, contributing production code and guiding teams through design and code reviews.
Architect, build, test, and deploy scalable, secure, and high‑performance applications.
Support and evolve backend and platform workloads, including web applications, RESTful APIs, microservices, and cloud-based solutions (AWS preferred).
Drive adoption of AI-powered developer toolslikeGitHub CopilotandClaude Code to improve productivity, code quality, and engineering velocity.
Proactively evaluate, adopt, andshowcasenew tools, frameworks, and technologies to the engineering organization.
Stay current with AI trends,identifyingopportunities to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
Architect and support e‑commerce platforms, including payment integrations, checkout optimization, and experimentation.
Improve engineering processes through automation, AI adoption, and continuous optimization.
About You :
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial ownership of solution architecture.
Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or Senior/Principal Engineerwith ability to lead teams, influence decisions, and mentor engineers.
Deep, hands‑onexpertisein C#, .NET Core, and Node.js to design, build, andmaintainscalable, secure backend services and RESTful APIs.
Proven experience designing schemas, writing optimized queries, and tuning performance using SQL Server, PostgreSQL,DynamoDBand MySQL.
Ability to architect and guide modern, responsive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Vue.js, and React, ensuring high performance, usability, and seamless integration with backend services.
Handson ownership of ecommerce platforms, includingPCIcompliantpayment integrations, checkout flow optimization, and continuous improvement of Payment Success Rate (PSR) and Conversion Rate (CVR) through experimentation and A/B testing.
Strong experience designing, deploying, and supportingAWSbasedarchitectures, working across legacy monoliths and modern microservices, with emphasis on scalability, resiliency, observability, and cost efficiency.
Experience designing andoperatingdistributed systems using Kafka or similar messaging platforms to support asynchronous,eventdrivenworkflows.
Active use ofAIpowereddeveloper tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) to accelerate development, improve code quality, and optimize engineering workflows; ability to evaluate and adopt emerging tools and technologies.
Proven experience architecting and implementing CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps practices, including containerization with Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes, and automated build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows to support high‑velocity, reliable releases.
Exposure to Go (Golang), CMS platforms (AEM or similar), and data analysis, applied to improving platform scalability, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
Proven experienceinbalancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural vision.
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Company Overview
McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.
Company Benefits and Perks:
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We’re proud to be Great Place to Work® Certified in 10 countries, a reflection of the supportive, empowering environment we’ve built where people feel seen, valued, and energized to reach their full potential and thrive.
We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.
Bonus Program
Pension and Retirement Plans
Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Support for Community Involvement
We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.