Staff Software Engineer

Job Description Summary

The role entails advanced software development for Power Systems Applications, with a focus on delivering specific functionalities to meet corporate project and product objectives. As a Staff Software Engineer as Database developer/expert, you will contribute and lead advanced development in MMS Application software design, development, testing, integration and tuning to meet project and/or product commitments. Projects main deliverable is an overall customized system thats based on GEs next generation Market System, a cloud-based solution that hosts multi-state wholesale energy markets. End user customers are Electric Utilities, Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs). These markets are key to decarbonizing our power system by ensuring reliability while allowing increasing penetration of Solar, Wind and Storage technologies.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• As a senior member of the Software Center of Excellence, exemplifying high-quality design, development, testing, and delivery practices.
• Develop and evolve software in a dynamic and agile environment using the latest technologies and infrastructure.
• Experience in Oracle 12c or higher (19c desired).
• Experience programming with PL/SQL (min 6 years)
• Experience with advanced PL/SQL features including advanced queues, triggers, types, functions, reference cursors, pipeline functions, subquery factoring clauses
• Experience with built-in Oracle packages such as DBMS_SCHEDULER.
• Experience with both ANSI and Oracle join syntax.
• Understanding of programing changes needed for RAC vs non-RAC implementations.
• Ability to diagnose and remediate SQL performance issues.
• Ability to translate requirements into functional designs.
• Ability to implement code solutions from functional designs.
• Ability to work independently as well as with a remote team.
• Experience with tools such as GIT, TFS, Toad for Oracle.
• 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.
• Writes code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project.
• Build features such as web services and Queries on existing tables.
• Understand performance parameters and assess application performance

Basic Qualification

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engg./Power Systems
• 8 to 11 years of experience in Oracle development in an on-prem or cloud-based enterprise environment

Desired Characteristics

• Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility
• Highly organized and efficient; adept at prioritizing and executing tasks.
• Experience working on software projects in the Energy domain (especially Bulk Power Energy Management)
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• 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.
• 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.