Job Summary
McPherson Engineering is seeking a hands-on software engineer to develop the internal software, engineering tools, and business systems used by our growing multi-state engineering firm.
This position will work directly with company leadership and our engineering teams to identify repetitive or inefficient work and turn it into practical software solutions. Projects will range from internal business applications and system integrations to engineering calculation software, automated drafting tools, document generation, and AI-assisted workflows.
We are looking for someone who can understand a real-world problem, determine the best technical solution, and personally take it from concept through deployment.
Responsibilities
- Design and build internal web and desktop applications.
- Develop engineering calculation software that converts established engineering methods and procedures into reliable internal tools.
- Develop drafting and CAD automation software to automate repetitive drawing, detailing, annotation, scheduling, and plan-production tasks.
- Build integrations between project management, accounting, Microsoft 365, CRM, CAD, and other company systems.
- Develop APIs, webhooks, databases, scripts, and automated workflows.
- Create reporting and management dashboards using company project and financial data.
- Automate proposals, project setup, invoicing, document production, project closeout, and other repetitive processes.
- Develop document-control and authentication systems, including QR-based verification of engineering documents.
- Build searchable systems for previous projects, engineering information, and company knowledge.
- Develop AI-assisted tools for document review, data extraction, drafting, engineering workflows, and internal search.
- Evaluate existing software and determine when to configure, integrate, or build a custom solution.
- Gather requirements directly from engineers and other employees and translate them into working software.
- Maintain and improve the systems developed as company needs evolve.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software or application-development experience.
- Strong proficiency in one or more languages such as C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
- Strong SQL and relational-database experience.
- Experience developing APIs and integrating third-party software.
- Experience building business applications, internal tools, SaaS applications, or similar systems.
- Git/source-control experience.
- Ability to independently design, build, test, and deploy software.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to understand workflows outside traditional software development.
Preferred Experience
- AutoCAD, Revit, Autodesk APIs, AutoLISP, Dynamo, or other CAD automation.
- Engineering calculation or technical-analysis software.
- Automated drawing or document generation.
- Microsoft 365, Power Automate, Power BI, Azure, or Microsoft Graph.
- QuickBooks Online or ERP/project-management integrations.
- AI/LLM APIs and AI-assisted development.
- Architecture, engineering, construction, or other technical professional-services experience.
Examples of Projects
- Engineering calculation applications used by our engineers and designers.
- Software that automatically creates drawings, details, schedules, notes, or portions of engineering plan sets.
- Automated transfer of engineering calculation results into drawings and reports.
- Internal project-management and workflow applications.
- Integrations between BQE CORE, QuickBooks, Microsoft 365, and other company systems.
- Dashboards showing project profitability, staffing, workloads, and turnaround times.
- QR-based engineering-document verification.
- Searchable databases of previous projects and engineering information.
- AI-assisted plan review, document processing, and engineering workflows.
This Position Is Not Primarily
- PLC or industrial controls programming
- Robotics or manufacturing-equipment automation
McPherson Engineering is a multidisciplinary engineering firm serving clients throughout the United States. This position will have substantial freedom to shape the software and automation systems we use as the company grows.
Pay: $90,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Describe one business process you personally automated or substantially improved. What was the problem, what did you build or implement, what technologies did you use, and what was the measurable result?
Experience:
- technical generalist: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
