Associate Software Developer at GuideStone Financial Resources in Dallas, TX
- Company: GuideStone Financial Resources
- Location: Dallas, TX
- Posted: Sep 17, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 2+ years
Overview
The Associate Software Developer is an entry-level role focused on foundational learning, technical skill development, and integration into GuideStone’s software engineering practices. This role is designed for individuals beginning their software development careers, with an emphasis on training, m…
Job description
- The Associate Software Developer is an entry-level role focused on foundational learning, technical skill development, and integration into GuideStone’s software engineering practices. This role is designed for individuals beginning their software development careers, with an emphasis on training, mentorship, and contributing to well-defined tasks within Agile teams.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for completing all training and demonstrating competency in the core areas of the C# language, object-oriented principles, and developer processes
- Writing C# code using Visual Studio in a feature branch utilizing feature toggles
- Writing automated tests for all code changes (except UI code)
- Manually testing all coding changes in a local environment
- Creating QA test cases and working with the business to aid QA testing
- Writing T-SQL to maintain stored procedures, tables, indexes, and views using SQL Server Management Studio
- Submitting code changes using Git via Azure
- Regularly meeting with the scrum team to prioritize work
- Monitoring, tracking, and fixing errors
- Using Azure Pipelines to view status of builds and releases
- Regularly participates in mentoring and being mentored by other developers within the organization
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Management of Information Systems
- 0-2 years work experience
- Demonstrable knowledge, understanding, and experience with Object-Oriented programming concepts
- Communicates effectively to technical and non-technical audiences and adjusts messaging accordingly
- Must demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and a desire to share ideas and solutions with others
- Desire to work in the Microsoft stack of technologies (Visual Studio, SQL Server, Azure, etc.)
- Willing to work in a hybrid office environment (three days in office and remaining days WFA)
- Aptitude to learn complex technical skills and adapt to technology changes
Skills
Required
- C#
- Object-Oriented programming concepts
- Visual Studio
- Automated testing
- T-SQL
- SQL Server Management Studio
- Git
- Azure
- Azure Pipelines
- Agile/scrum
- Commitment to continuous learning
- Desire to share ideas and solutions
Benefits
- We offer employees a generous benefits package, flexible work schedules, the opportunity to be involved in community outreach and tuition reimbursement.
- Flexible work schedules
- Community outreach
- Generous benefits package
- Tuition reimbursement
- Learn more about what we offer at https://www.guidestone.org/About-Us/Careers/Benefits
About GuideStone Financial Resources
We are an innovative organization that invests in the spiritual, relational, financial, physical and professional development of our employees. We have a culture that values excellence, teamwork, humility, integrity, compassion and stewardship. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, GuideStone is one of the historic boards of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Since our beginning more than a century ago, we have answered the call to support and serve ministers and their families. Our vision is to help every servant of Christ finish well. Today, that same commitment continues and has expanded as we offer a full suite of retirement, insurance and investment solutions. We also stay true to the heart of our ministry through Mission:Dignity® — which provides retirement-aged SBC ministers, workers and their widows with financial assistance and dignity. Across every season, we help ministries and faith-aligned individuals steward their resources well so they can more freely answer their calling. GuideStone affirms the beliefs and statement of faith adopted by the SBC. These beliefs shape GuideStone’s mission and help serve as the foundation for its employment policies and procedures.