Senior Application Developer

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work. Job Title:Senior Application DeveloperReporting To:Management, IT Applications DevelopmentWork Schedule:Hybrid - Buffalo, NYMoog's IT Applications Development Team is looking for a Senior Application Developer for Azure and on-prem environments!In this role you will be responsible for designing, building, operating, and continuously improving enterprise applications hosted on Microsoft Azure and on-premises environments.You will combine handson fullstack development, cloud architecture, DevOps automation and AIassisted software delivery practices, while serving as a key collaborator across distributed engineering teams, enterprise architecture, security teams and business stakeholders.You will work a hybrid work schedule (~three days per week) at our East Aurora, NY facility.To qualify for the Senior Application Developer role, here is what we would expect you to bring to Moog... * Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent experience. * At least five (5) years of professional software development experience. * Strong experience with Azure (e.g. Functions, APIs, messaging, data services). * Proficiency in multiple programming languages (C#, .NET, Python, or similar). * Experience building or supporting distributed, cloud-based applications. * Comfortable working in Agile/DevOps environments.It would also be beneficial if you have... * Experience with eventdriven architectures. * Exposure to AI / ML integration or MLOps concepts. * Manufacturing or industrial systems experience.As the Senior Application Developer, you will have the following responsibilities...Application Development & Architecture * Design, develop, and maintain enterprise cloud applications using .NET (C#, MVC, Blazor), Java (Struts 2, Spring), leveraging modern frontend and backend patterns * Perform code analysis, refactoring, and modernization across legacy and modern stacks using AI-assisted tools to improve maintainability, test coverage, performance, and security posture.AIAssisted SDLC & Engineering Excellence * Apply AIassisted development practices responsibly across the software delivery lifecycle, without replacing human ownership of design decisions. * Help evolve team practices toward AIenabled engineering workflows, documenting patterns, guardrails, and best practices for sustainable adoption.Cloud Platform & Data Management * Work proficiently with data platforms on Azure and on-prem, including PaaS SQL databases, Azure Storage (Blob, Queue, Table) * Perform schema design and evolution, including controlled updates to production schemas, orchestrating data migrations, ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and auditability. * Ensure applications align with Azure security, scalability, resiliency, and costmanagement best practices.DevOps, Automation & Continuous Improvement * Design, implement, and maintain DevOps and cloud automation, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Terraform, or equivalent), Certificate and secret lifecycle management * Drive continuous process improvement, evolving delivery practices toward industry best practices in Automation, Reliability, Observability, and Secure-by-design patternsProduction Support & Reliability * Provide support for timesensitive, businesscritical production systems * Design and troubleshoot cloud application patterns and cloud-to-on-prem patterns. * Participate in oncall or escalation rotations as required for critical systems.CrossTeam Collaboration & Leadership * Collaborate closely with remote and distribut