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Responsibilities

Kforce is looking for a Senior Software Developer for contract to hire opportunity with a client in Lenexa, KS. Responsibilities:

• Understand business requirements and develop solutions from them
• Leverages personal and experiential knowledge to propose workarounds, prevention, and/or solutions to project issues
• Look for and suggest improvements in efficiencies to reduce costs as a responsible and accountable employee owner
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Contributes to documentation of software products to the quality of team standards
• Troubleshoot existing problems and suggest fixes
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by earning certifications, taking courses, attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, and/or participating in professional societies
• Anticipates, identifies, and escalates project issues and risks
• Mentors and provides technical guidance and training to Associates and Developers
• Conducts thorough and constructive code reviews, ensuring all changes meet the team's standards
• Takes initiative to recommend new approaches and processes that will improve quality and productivity
• Leads initiatives for AI usage throughout the SDLC to increase team and process efficiency
• Contributes to repository-level AI standards (custom instructions, contribution guidance, PR policies) to enable consistent results from coding assistants/agents
• Identifies opportunities and delivers solutions for AI agent usage in team or business processes

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in software development
• Proficiency with C# .Net, RESTful APIs, SQL
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Claude Code or other models, GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio/Code, GitHub Copilot cloud agents, or Azure AI Foundry
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming and the ability to contribute to solutions using its fundamentals and principles
• Extensive knowledge of Agile philosophies, Scrum practices, and the SDLC
• Solid business process awareness and understanding how it translates to current software solutions
• Ability to plan for long-term scenarios, keeping sustainability and scalability in mind
• Communicates effectively and is able to translate IT terminology to all levels of the business, ensuring that the requirements of end users are met
• Communicates in a timely and effective manner, keeping the team and manager informed of status, progress, impediments, and key decisions made
• Displays good time-management and organizational skills
• Displays strong willingness to adapt to the Ideal Team Player culture
• Team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and works well with others, encourages team cohesiveness and morale
• Be open to receiving constructive feedback and turning it into process improvements
• Strong documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to analyze complex problems in large systems
• Must be detail oriented and has excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills and the ability to interact well across all levels of the business
• Ability to learn, retain, and utilize knowledge from past experiences

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law. This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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