Staff Software Engineer - Electricity Markets
GE VernovaBase Salary
$132k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and architect modules and feature areas for Wholesale Electricity Market Management applications.
- Lead technical design discussions, whiteboarding sessions, and design reviews.
- Collaborate with engineering, project, customer, and internal stakeholder teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Define scope, estimate effort, and coordinate timelines with the Project Manager.
- Evaluate technology options and make decisions based on technical fit, risk, and analysis.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with product architecture and standards.
- Develop subject-matter expertise in the overall MMS solution and module interactions.
- Design interfaces and information exchange between modules and systems.
- Own code quality, performance, and technical deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide technical leadership and guide a team of 5–7 developers as needed.
- Promote standardization, reuse, and limited customization of product capabilities.
- Mentor team members and support complex customer implementations.
- Document technical solutions, troubleshoot issues, and resolve defects and production concerns.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field from an accredited university or college.
- At least 8 years of professional experience in Market Management Systems, Energy Management Systems, or a technical lead role in the electric utility industry.
- At least 6 years of experience working with or for an Independent System Operator, market participant, or wholesale electricity market vendor.
- Strong understanding of Market Management Systems, including Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch.
- Experience analyzing, troubleshooting, and resolving issues in Market Management System applications.
- Knowledge of power system applications and/or optimization techniques.
- Familiarity with Oracle RDBMS; PostgreSQL experience is a plus.
- Experience deploying applications in on-premises and/or cloud environments.
- Working knowledge of DevOps practices, GitOps, CI/CD, and source control management.
- Experience with Git, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible.
- Exposure to Kafka, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies is a plus.
- Familiarity with Splunk, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus, and Jaeger is a plus.
- Understanding of Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript or JavaScript, and RESTful APIs is a plus.
- Strong ownership, accountability, analytical, debugging, communication, collaboration, and customer-focus skills.
Benefits
- Remote position.
- Relocation assistance is provided.
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Access to a 24/7 nurse-based Health Coach and a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Program.
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with 401(k) matching and company retirement contributions, plus Fidelity and financial-planning resources.
- Tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
- Discretionary annual bonus eligibility.
- Application deadline is September 30, 2026.
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About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world. It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Electrification, and Wind -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come. GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have the energy to change the world.