Senior/Staff Software Engineer - ERP & Business Systems

We are looking for a Senior ERP Software Engineer to build and orchestrate the financial, procurement, and commercial nervous system of our autonomous, high-mix contract manufacturing platform.

In this role, you won't just be maintaining legacy software—you will design and deploy a modern, API-first ERP ecosystem. You will bridge commercial demand (quoting, order management, customer portal) with operational back-office functions (supply chain, inventory management, standard costing, and financial close). You will blend modern cloud-native code with off-the-shelf industrial ERP engines (e.g., NetSuite, Odoo, Epicor, or SAP S/4HANA) to create a seamless, automated data flow from customer RFQ to balance sheet.

Build & Extend: Architect, develop, and deploy custom microservices and internal web tools around our core ERP platform using modern stacks (e.g., Python, Go, TypeScript/Node.js, Postgres).

Integrate: Build robust, fault-tolerant ETL pipelines and REST/GraphQL/gRPC APIs connecting the ERP with our custom customer portals, CAD/CAM automation tools, PLM systems, and internal MES.

Streamline Operations: Automate core business processes including multi-tier BOM parsing, dynamic job costing, inventory tracking across sites, purchase order generation, and automated financial reconciliation.

Build vs. Buy Decisions: Evaluate enterprise software vendors against in-house engineering efforts, ensuring we leverage off-the-shelf tools where appropriate and build custom software where it creates a competitive advantage.

Data Integrity & Governance: Design transactional systems that maintain strict financial accuracy, auditability, and data synchronization across cloud systems and physical factory assets.

These are the behavioral patterns that predict success here, in practice, under pressure.

Builder mentality — You have operated as a function of one. You are energized by building systems from scratch, and comfortable being the person who figures it out before asking for help.

Systems thinking — You see the whole, not just your piece. You ask how your work connects to what comes before and after it.

Bias for action — You ship. You iterate. You move toward the hard thing.

High standards — You raise the bar rather than match it, and hold yourself to it first.

Accountability — You own outcomes. If something is off track, you say so and fix it.

This is a filter as much as it is an invitation.

We are turning reindustrialization from a talking point into an operating reality. The work is hard, the environment is demanding, and the stakes are real. We compensate with base, bonus, and equity to reflect impact, responsibility, and results — with meaningful upside for the people who help build and scale this company.

For those aligned with the mission and motivated by execution at scale, Foundational offers the opportunity to help define one of the most consequential industrial transformations of the next decade.

Foundational Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Foundational complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We evaluate every candidate on what they can do and who they are.