Senior Software Engineer

Bringing our love of food to families for five generations! Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants.

Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!

The Senior Software Engineer, Operational Technology is responsible for designing, developing, integrating, and supporting software solutions that enable manufacturing operations, digital transformation, and plant automation across Blount Fine Foods.

This role serves as the technical leader for the OT Software Engineering function and is responsible for designing, developing, integrating, and supporting software solutions that enable manufacturing operations, plant automation, and digital transformation initiatives across Blount Fine Foods. This role focuses on Operational Technology systems, including SCADA, manufacturing applications, industrial automation, plant floor integrations, production data, and connected equipment. The position establishes software development standards, guides architecture decisions, supports the long-term technical roadmap, and ensures OT solutions are scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with manufacturing needs.

The Senior Software Engineer partners closely with Technology, Digital Solutions, Engineering, Facilities, Operations, vendors, and plant leadership to deliver reliable solutions that improve plant visibility, equipment connectivity, production performance, system reliability, and business outcomes.

• Lead the design, integration, implementation, testing, deployment, and support of OT software solutions, including Ignition SCADA, manufacturing applications, plant floor systems, databases, APIs, industrial equipment integrations, and third-party platforms.
• Serve as the technical owner for OT software engineering standards, including coding practices, source control, documentation, peer review, testing, release management, deployment practices, and support expectations.
• Support the long-term technical roadmap for OT software engineering, including modernization of plant systems, standardization of manufacturing integrations, production data strategy, and supportability improvements.
• Design and support integrations between SCADA, PLCs, SQL Server, REST APIs, manufacturing applications, reporting platforms, ERP or MES systems, and other plant or enterprise systems.
• Partners with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, and vendors on equipment projects to ensure software, controls, data, integration, and support requirements areidentifiedearly and delivered effectively.
• Troubleshoot complex OT application, integration, data, and plant system issues; lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions that improve reliability and reduce operational disruption.
• Create andmaintaintechnical documentation, integration designs, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, standards, roadmaps, and project communications that can be understood by both technical and business stakeholders.
• Mentor Software Engineers and technical team members while promoting knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, secure development practices, and engineering excellence within the OT Software Engineering function.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering,…