WHO WE ARE
As the nation's 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, we're 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 $154,800 to $172,000, varies based on experience, along with comprehensive benefits package that includes bonus and 401(k).
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION
The Lead software engineer provides technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to ensure the successful development and delivery of high-quality software applications. Responsible for creating and overseeing the architecture and design of software solutions by understanding the business requirements, the technical constraints, and the user needs. Involved in the coding and testing of software solutions following internal coding standards and conventions. Ensures that the software solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable.
Total Staff Managed: up to 5. Responsible for advancing Constellation's Digital Strategy and managing technical resources to build solutions that will benefit Constellation's customers.
Managing external development partners in coordination with internal team members to build software solutions.
Developing software solutions in conjunction with team members and external development partners.
Utilize understanding of business needs to determine requirements, set technical direction and develop solutions to meet these needs.
Determine and help others learn appropriate theories, practices, and principles that relate to their skill set portfolio and related sciences and disciplines.
Make judicious decisions in familiar and new situations and contributes to strategic decisions.
Operate independently with little or no supervision.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Leading and managing the software development process for new products including defining project requirements, creating technical specifications, designing software architecture, writing code and overseeing the development and testing of custom developed software applications.
Coding and testing of software solutions following internal coding standards and conventions (40%)
Responsible for providing technical oversight to a high performing development team, ensuring that best practices are followed and that code is written in a scalable, secure, and maintainable way. Ensures software solutions adhere to the quality standards and best practices of the industry and the organization by following and enforcing the software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies. (10%)
Collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to ensure that software development aligns with business goals and objectives. Present and explain software solutions, solicit feedback, and implement changes to business and technical stakeholders. (10%)
Plans and optimizes the work of the team to maximize collaboration and team efficiency (10%)
Acquiring business knowledge/acumen and applying that to the application of technology solutions to deliver business results. (5%)
Collaborates with architecture teams to ensure solutions align with technical standards (5%)
Staying current with the latest software development tools, technologies, and trends, and be able to evaluate and recommending new technologies and approaches to improve software development processes, including devops, both within the team and within the broader IT organization. (10%)
Managing and mentoring the team including hiring, training, and managing software developers, as well as providing mentorship and guidance to help team members grow and develop their skills. Assigns work to resources that best fit skillset and team needs. Evaluate performance and provide coaching for IT personnel. Participate in career development and succession planning processes. Promote diversity and foster teamwork, collaboration, and a learning organization. Provide input on development and retention processes for IT employees (10%)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline and 8 to 10 years experience in application development
Strong technical background including C#.NET, Angular, CX/UX, REST APIs, Postman, and Selenium, among others
Experience Developing Azure Cloud native software
Strong knowledge of SDLC and Digital product development
Experience working in an Agile delivery team environment
Experience leading and managing IT projects or sub-teams and knowledge of IT project management
Experience mentoring and informal leadership of technical personnel
Strong judgment and excellent analytical ability
Excellent communications skills and ability to work effectively with all levels of IT and business management and with vendors.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in new product software development
Experience leading small digital teams and guiding teams
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.
