Staff Software Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities

• As a senior member of the Software Center of Excellence exemplifying high-quality design development testing and delivery practices.
• Responsible for enhancing evolving and supporting high-availability Electricity Energy Market Management System (MMS).
• Lead the design development testing integration and tuning of advanced Power Systems Application software to fulfill project and product commitments.
• Develop and evolve software in a dynamic and agile environment using the latest technologies and infrastructure.
• Provide domain knowledge and/or technical leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers.
• Provide budget estimates for new project tasks to project leads and managers.
• Collaborate with customers throughout the project lifecycle to ensure software quality and functionality meet standards and requirements.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Interact with Product Development Teams Customers Solution Providers and cross-functional teams as needed.
• Apply SDLC principles and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP CI software and product security scalability and testing techniques.
• Provide maintenance of power systems application functionality including code fixes creating tools for model conversion documentation and user interfaces.
• Support marketing efforts for proposals and demonstrations to potential customers.

Basic Qualification

• Ph. D. or Master degree in Electrical Power Systems with thesis or related work in power systems
• 8 to 11 years of experience in development or project delivery preferably in Power Systems Analysis Security Constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch using Mixed Integer Programming (MIP)/Optimization or Applied Mathematics and Operations Research.

Desired Characteristics

• Continuous improvement mindset; drives change initiatives and process improvements
• Highly organized and efficient; adept at prioritizing and executing tasks.
• Experience in the power systems domain.
• Proficiency in testing and test automation.
• Strong knowledge of source control management particularly GitHub.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new development practices languages and tools.
• Self-motivated; able to synthesize information from diverse sources.
• Mentors newer team members in alignment with business objectives
• Continuously measures the completion rate of personal deliverables and compares them to the scheduled commitments.
• Transparent in problem-solving approaches and options; determines fair outcomes with shared trade-offs.
• Capable of defining requirements and collaborating on solutions using technical expertise and a network of experts.
• Effective communication style for engaging with customers and cross-functional teams; utilizes product knowledge to mitigate risks and drive outcomes.
• Strong verbal written and interpersonal communication skills; able to produce professional and technical reports and conduct presentations.
• Innovates and integrates new processes or technologies to add significant value; advises on change cost versus benefits and learns new solutions to address complex problems