Software Developer
Date: Mar 31, 2026
Location: Carthage, MO, US
Company: Leggett & Platt
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.
Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: https://leggett.com/history
We are a company that values diversity, quality-engineered solutions, and continuous improvement. Our Software Developers are empowered to blend best-in-class industry solutions and high value legacy assets with software they write.
Once at Leggett and Platt, high performers find a variety of career path options. Software Developers can gain process expertise in our Legacy ERP systems utilizing Manufacturing, Logistics, or Finance. Some travel domestically to participate in design and implementation teams or cross training with peers; others collaborate daily with team members in person or via Microsoft Teams before locking in on delivering their next solution. Where will your career take you?
Initially, key activities of our Software Developers will include
- Software Design
- Software Development
- Software Configuration
- System Process Documentation
- Testing
- Debugging
- User Support of Legacy ERP systems.
- Continuous Improvement
To successfully fit in this position, you need experience in one or more of the following areas:
- 4-year degree in computer information systems or related field or equivalent work
- Proficient in COBOL programming language
- Strong SQL Server knowledge
- Strong relational database and database modeling skills
- Manufacturing, Logistics, or financial knowledge or interest is a plus
- Experience with Unix Operating Systems is a plus
- Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Office is a plus
We’re not just hiring; we’re building a better company. Since 1883, Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG) has been creating a wide variety of innovative products that can be found in most homes, offices, and automobiles. Today our growing company is comprised of 130 manufacturing facilities which employ more than 18,000 employee partners throughout 17 countries. We are always looking for talented professionals to succeed and grow with us. We value innovative and passionate people with a track record of success. For more information, please visit www.leggett.com.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package. While benefits may vary by location, we typically include: medical, dental, vision, discount stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts and more.
What to Do Next
Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.
- Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
- Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
- Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
- Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
Our Commitment to You
We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture, processes and practices promote equal opportunity for all. Join us!
We welcome and encourage all applicants to apply. We’d love the opportunity to consider you.
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