Software Developer 2 in Bozeman, Montana at Wildfire Defense Systems, Inc.

About Wildfire Defense Systems, Inc.

Wildfire Defense Systems (WDS) is the North American leader in insurer wildfire services, combining professional wildfire consulting and loss intervention services with Qualified Insurance Resources (QIR). Founded in 2001 to fulfill initial-attack assignments for the US Forest Service, the company added professional services support in 2005 and launched wildfire loss-intervention programs for insurers in 2008.

WDS Wildfire Loss Intervention Service (WDS Service) applies a comprehensive approach to reducing risk in catastrophic exposure on an industry scale, decreasing the average annual loss (AAL) for our insurer clients, and providing peace of mind to their policy holders during wildfire events. WDS provides these industry-leading services to insurer clients and their policy holders across a 22-state service area.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Software Team Manager

Location: Bozeman, MT; Post Falls, ID; Remote; Hybrid

A. Purpose and Scope of Position

The purpose of the Software Developer II position is to support WD Companies and software products within the Technology Division through independent development, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, and deployment of software applications and business systems.

B. Organizational Relationship

• This position reports to the Software Development Manager

• This position falls under the direction of the Director of Information Technology

• This is not a supervisory role

C. Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable applications, APIs, and backend services

• Write optimized SQL queries and manage database interactions

• Deploy and maintain applications in Azure environments

• Independently troubleshoot and resolve production issues

• Perform code reviews and mentor junior developers

• Contribute to technical design and architectural discussions

• Write unit and integration tests to ensure software quality

• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives

• Recommend improvements to development processes and application performance

• Follow established development standards and best practices

D. Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

• 2–5 years of professional software development experience

• Strong proficiency in C#, .NET, React, Swift, or related technologies

• Experience building and consuming REST APIs

• Experience working with Azure services and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong understanding of relational databases and SQL

• Experience with Git workflows and source control best practices

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

• Ability to work independently and mentor less experienced developers

E. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Personality Characteristics

• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle processes

• Ability to independently design and deliver software solutions

• Effective mentoring and collaboration skills

• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

• Clear communication with technical and business stakeholders

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts WDS rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Wildfire Defense Systems, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.