Staff Software Engineer

Job Description Summary

You will be part of the core team at GE Vernova Grid Software Business driving Energy Transition for the planet by designing, building, delivering and maintaining software applications & services for next generation Grid Software that orchestrates the 40% of the world's power today. You will work with a global team to develop and migrate key software modules such as electricity distribution module, network outage management, and renewables orchestration modules to the cloud using Java and related technologies to improve security, performance, flexibility and delivery time of the software. You will be part of scrum team and be responsible for software lifecycle including activities such as requirement analysis, software development and testing, CI/CD, documentation and support.

• Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts.
• Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle.
• Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding.
• Execute in a fast-paced delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal
• Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation
• Seek and provide feedback on design and development
• Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment
• Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module
• Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules
• Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing
• Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project
• Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and applies existing technology to designs
• Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices
• Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and can implement them using language of choice
• Be responsible for providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
• Provide guidance to a team of 5 to 7 developers with either planning and execution and/or design architecture using agile methodologies such as SCRUM
• Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & vision
• Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

• Skillset: C++ (Advanced), SQL (DB), Python or Power shell (Scripting language), Conan (Package manager ), Git (Source Control), Jenkins (CI/CD), Unit test automation
• Hands-on experience in C++ (Mandatory) with knowledge on latest standards and specifications
• Good Experience and working knowledge in Object Oriented Programming, Software Design Principles, Problem Decomposition, STL, Multithreading and Concurrency, Code Optimization Techniques and resource management
• Proficiency in using debugging tools (GDB, Val grind) and performance profilers for identifying and resolving software defects and performance bottlenecks
• Proficiency and understanding in key algorithms and data structures,
• Proficiency working in both Windows/Linux environment
• Working knowledge in databases, SQL preferably
• Hands-on experience in writing Unit test automation
• Hands on experience in a scripting language Python or/And PowerShell and package manager like Conan, Source Control Tools like Git
• Hands-on experience in Microservices & AWS (Added advantage)
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Azure DevOps pipelines
• Ready to work in existing product, strong troubleshooting/debugging skill, resolving complex technical & customer feedback

• Strong problem solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments
• Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems
• Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions
• Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team
• Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

• Able to work under minimal supervision
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
• Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility
• Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work
• Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks
• Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective