Staff Software Engineer

About Us:
GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Role Summary:
You will be responsible for designing and programming a small module or a large component and designing a feature, set of features, or whole feature area. You will work independently and contribute to the immediate team and to other teams across the business. You will also lead design discussion in a limited manner.

Essential Responsibilities:
Capture system level requirements by brainstorming with Sr. Architects, Data Scientists, Business & Product Managers

Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts

Develop high performing, scaling and innovative end-to-end web applications using Java

Demonstrate the understanding of the Agile software development lifecycle and be able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle.

Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through whiteboarding

Work closely with peers and keep engaging in a fast-paced technical design and development team

Execute in a fast-paced delivery mode and focus on delivering tasks to meet the product release goals

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 the whole product, its modules and the interrelationships between them while acting as an expert in the assigned component or module

Assist with designing interfaces and contributing to information exchange between modules

Possess advanced domain knowledge and show great customer focus.

Show expertise in processes / methodologies and skills in build, release & deployment processes

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 have the ability to 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

Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in in software application development OR a Master’s degree with 6 years of experience in software application development OR PhD with 3 years of experience in in software application development

Eligibility Requirements:
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen

Desired Characteristics:Technical Expertise:
Master’s Degree/ PHD in Computer Science

Experience with Windows and Unix / Linux-based programming

Experience working on software projects in the Energy domain (Energy Management, Oil & Gas, Power & Water)

Certified Scrum Master and/or Product Owner

Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and Java coding principles

Hands-on experience in web services (REST, SOAP, WSDL etc.), using Apache Commons Suite & Maven, SQL Database such as Oracle MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.

Business Acumen:
Strong problem-solving abilities; capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments

Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks

Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective

Leadership:
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

Personal Attributes:
Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

Strong interpersonal skills

Effective team-building and problem-solving abilities

Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks.

Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit

Able to work under minimal supervision

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

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Locations: United States; Colorado; Longmont

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion​ of a background investigation and drug screen.