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GE Vernova Senior Lead Engineer - Software in Markham, Ontario
Job Description Summary
The energy transition, and more in particular the decarbonization of power, leads to an increasing share of distributed renewables in the generation mix. This comes with an increasing amount of flexibility, which greatly challenges grid operators to support secure and resilient transmission system operation. Hence, one of the main levers for the energy transition is the digital transformation of the electricity grid, and more in particular the digitization of the automated protection and control functionalities. Managing the fleet of products more and more flexible with more and more predictive maintenance features have a strong impact on all software for the management of the electrical network (hardware agnostic & OS agnostic & virtualization).
The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge of, and hands-on experience with complex software architectures which integrate multiple software components. She or he will be capable of addressing technical issues with the R&D teams, while keeping the overall systems view and customer engagements.
Reporting to the Software Tools Team Manager, the Software Engineer is a team player who will help to drive the development for new products and development teams. This role is to be an experienced software developer for a set of Web application for products based on micro-services and containers. Contribute, review, approve software design with developers.
The role also contributes to improve DevOps KPIs on code quality & security, test automation, coverage, traceability and CI/CD.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
Work efficiently as part of an international team located in multiple time zones.
Work with a cross-functional team to review technical specifications and understand needs of non-technical engineering users.
Work with Product Leaders to understand product requirements.
Contribute and approve product software design.
Review and approve software breakdown per UI component.
Estimate and implement HMI components.
Implement features and fix bugs in the back-end code, manage and test APIs and optimize code in terms of speed and memory usage.
Execute and automate operational processes fast, accurately and securely. Provide solutions to increase visualization, reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience. Use an automatic build and test environment.
Be part of the implementation, testing and integration processes, and create specifications, test plans and documentation.
Acting efficiently within a team, eliminating duplications and taking advantage of the reuse of products and technology.
Be a reference of quality in product development and support.
Develop coding that meets standards and offers the desired functionality using the technology chosen for the project.
Share information with the team with the appropriate level of detail; your collaboration with other developers is expected to be impeccable.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related areas, with a proven Web application professional experience.
Eligibility Requirements
Must be willing to comply with pre-employment screening, including but not limited, reference verification and background check.
Must have unrestricted Canadian work authorization or obtain work authorization in the short term.
Must work from our Markham office.
Required Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience implementing web applications
Minimum of 5 years of experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS/SCSS.
Minimum of 5 years of experience with Angular, expertise with the Angular 14 framework ideal
Minimum of 5 years of C# with ASP.NET Core.
Minimum of 5 years using NodeJS, in the context of a micro-service based architecture.
Experience working UI/UX design systems and with Docker.
Ability to identify and apply software design patterns.
Understanding of web application security best practices
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
Desired Skills
Versatility with Visual Studio Code and GIT
Proficiency in RESTful API design principles
Demonstrate initiative to explore alternative technologies and have great problem-solving skills
Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools, such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
NestJS, RxJS, NgRx, Karma; Agile software development.
Experience developing database applications, experience with Postgres.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No