Software Engineer, AI & Developer Experience (Principal - Advisor - Sr Advisor) (Houston, TX, US, 77032)

The successful candidate will lead large-scale engineering initiatives, create reusable tools and reference implementations, improve complex repositories and development systems, and establish the technical foundations for AI-enabled software development across Landmark.
Key Responsibilities Define the architecture for AI-enabled software development across Landmark, including how software engineers, AI agents, developer tools, source control, CI/CD systems, and internal engineering platforms work together.
Establish technical standards for a high-performing developer environment, including local development, build and test workflows, deterministic environments, repository conventions, documentation, and machine-readable interfaces for AI development agents.
Design and build an AI tooling layer that connects engineers and AI agents with source control, collaboration tools, issue tracking, CI/CD, code review, feature management, security, observability, and internal developer platforms.
Lead hands-on technical pilots and reference implementations in production software repositories to validate architectural approaches, address complex engineering challenges, and establish repeatable patterns that other development teams can adopt.
Create automated repository assessments, engineering health indicators, productivity signals, and technical scorecards that identify risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve the developer experience.
Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, secure, document, and maintain internal developer tools, platform integrations, and engineering automation.
Develop automated testing and regression strategies that improve software quality, release confidence, and the reliability of AI-assisted development workflows.
Apply secure software development practices to engineering tools, repositories, build pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows, including the identification and remediation of software vulnerabilities.
Drive adoption of new engineering tools and technical standards by partnering with software-development teams, gathering feedback, resolving adoption barriers, and continuously improving the developer experience.
Collaborate with Software Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Security, and other technical stakeholders to define technical direction and deliver scalable engineering solutions.
Contribute to the technical direction of the growing Developer Experience organization through architectural decisions, technology evaluation, technical standards, reusable solutions, and the development of technical capability across the team.
Qualifications Required An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical discipline.
A minimum of seven years of related experience, including professional software-development experience.
Demonstrated experience designing, developing, testing, troubleshooting, securing, documenting, and maintaining software solutions.
Experience with software engineering workflows such as source control, build automation, automated testing, code review, continuous integration, continuous delivery, or release automation.
Experience developing or improving software architecture, engineering tools, reusable technical solutions, or development practices in a complex software environment.
Ability to operate under broad direction, lead technically complex initiatives, collaborate across engineering functions, and influence technical decisions without relying on direct organizational authority.
Preferred Experience in Developer Experience