Sr. Software Engineer

WHO WE ARE

As the nations largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, Constellation is focused on our purpose: accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future. We have been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade, and we are cultivating a workplace where our employees can grow, thrive, and contribute.

Our culture and employee experience make it clear: We are powered by passion and purpose. Together, were creating healthier communities and a cleaner planet, and our people are the driving force behind our success. At Constellation, you can build a fulfilling career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact. By doing our best work and meeting new challenges, we can accomplish great things and help fight climate change. Join us to lead the clean energy future.

TOTAL REWARDS

Constellation offers a wide range of benefits and rewards to help our employees thrive professionally and personally. We provide competitive compensation and benefits that support both employees and their families, helping them prepare for the future. In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days; and much more.

Expected salary range of $114,300 to $127,000, varies based on experience, along with comprehensive benefits package that includes bonus and 401(k).

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

Lead activities relating to designing, building, testing, implementing and maintaining solutions, products and processes. Provide IT teams and business personnel with technology solutions by evaluating technology standards, market availability of products, risks and benefits of technology to deliver solutions that meet business/IT needs. Coordinate the tasks of less experienced engineers and collaborate across teams as needed. Independence level: Works independently with minimal guidance. Works closely with scrum masters, project managers, QA, Creative, and UX team members to ensure compliance with project needs. Your role will be centered on the development and improvement of new and existing features. Additionally, you will be reviewing the code of your peers, advocating for standard development methodologies, and participating in an inclusive, energetic and highly cross-functional team. The role encompasses architect, design, implementation, and testing to ensure building products right and to release them with high quality.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Engage with business partners to gather information, analyze requirements and deliver practical, efficient and cost-effective solutions that satisfy business needs. Writes product specifications and design documentation for assigned system components.

Design, develop and/or review complex code to ensure solutions meet the requirements of functional and technical specifications. Develop and/or review project technical architecture design and development. Solutions may include but are not limited to the development of various types of applications, web, mobile app, full stack or integrations hosted on premises data centers or in the cloud. Develop automated Unit tests and/or automated UI tests.

Lead engineering team and provide oversight for less experienced engineers; Stay on top of latest technologies and trends. Using error reports, establish priorities and assign out bugs to relevant team members for resolution. Support development of version control principles (e.g. Git and working within an agile environment), CI/CD pipeline and various automations.

Ensure all risks and issues that affect the project are captured following set process and are actioned appropriately.

Enhance knowledge of and compliance with preferred technologies, methodologies, standards and policies. Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen within own discipline or function. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; lead peer code reviews.

Provide IT teams and business personnel with technology solutions by weighing advantages of technology trends, market availability of products, risks and benefits of technology to meet business/IT needs. Participate in IT architecture review and standards setting. Assist in the development of white papers, conducting presentations as needed to explain why a technology is being recommended by IT.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree (ex: Computer Science or related discipline) and 5 – 8 years of relevant experience (programming technologies) or minimum 9-12 years of relevant combination of education and work experience

Demonstrated ability to lead small to medium teams in delivering software solutions

Demonstrates strong software development capabilities coupled with the ability to work under tight deadlines.

Demonstrated strong teamwork skills with self-motivation to achieve success in a rapidly evolving environment.

Excellent communications skills – Able to effectively communicate highly technical information in non-technical terminology (written and verbal).

Strong knowledge of Operating Systems – Windows, Solaris or Linux; or strong knowledge of cloud platforms: Azure, Amazon or Google

Strong knowledge of software development languages specific to your domain. Examples include Python, Perl, C#, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, .NET, HTML, AngularJS, iOS Swift and/or Objective-C, Android Mobile, Xamarin

Strong knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases – Oracle, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, MySQL, Redis, Splunk

Strong understanding of advanced programming concepts, data structure and algorithms

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Prior experience in leading software development efforts, designing conceptual data models & system architecture, and user interfaces, is a major plus

Masters degree in CS (or equivalent field) plus 3 years of relevant experiences

Experience with Agile software development and test-driven development

Experience in automated testing including unit testing, UI testing and functional testing

Demonstrated understanding of what makes good software design, a deeper understanding of programming languages, and an ability to solve engineering problems of increasing difficulty. Shows initiative beyond pure implementation.

Experience building highly scalable applications

Experience working with SCRUM, Kanban or other Agile development environments

Self-motivated and able to prioritize and manage workload and meet critical project milestones and deadlines

Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and collaboration skills

Constellation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.