Senior Software Engineer

Itron, Inc.; Bengaluru; Ibrido; INR 1.800.000 - 3.200.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Itron, Inc. is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Emergency Preparedness & Response platform. You will shape technical direction, design scalable systems, and collaborate with product and operations to deliver resilient software.

The role emphasizes mentoring, architecture ownership, and strong backend development across distributed systems, with a focus on availability, security, and cost efficiency. Hybrid work is offered.

Competenze

• 6-8 years of professional software engineering with technical leadership experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or JavaScript with backend-focused development.
• Experience designing, building, and operating highly available, scalable production systems.
• Strong understanding of architecture, NFRs, availability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Experience using data and metrics to guide technical and business decisions.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and initiative in delivering outcomes.

Mansioni

• Own the technical vision and architecture of EP&R systems for reliability and resilience.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to deliver value.
• Lead design, development, review, and support across the technology stack, focusing on backend systems.
• Mentor engineers and foster an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.
• Promote engineering excellence through metrics, observability, and best practices.

Conoscenze

Python

Java

JavaScript

Backend development

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Distributed systems

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Observability

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Strumenti

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Observability tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

Itron Resiliency Solutions is an innovative business unit within Itron focused on solving mission critical problems for utilities through software and AI. Resiliency Solutions offers unique, market leading solutions for front-line worker safety, storm response, excavation damage prevention, construction management, and many more. These software and AI solutions solve end-to-end challenges for the utilities that power our society and are used by the largest and most complex organizations in the world such as National Grid, Southern Company, and Exelon.

Itron Resiliency Solutions is a global, diverse team of builders and innovators who tackle previously impossible challenges for our customers. If you have a desire to challenge yourself, solve impactful problems, and work with a passionate and talented team, this is the place.

Position Summary

The Emergency Preparedness & Response (EP&R) team develops systems that support critical operations during times of greatest need. When severe weather and storm events impact communities and infrastructure across the United States, our platform helps customers rapidly procure, mobilize, and manage the workforce required for response and recovery efforts.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with a strong customer-centric mindset. This individual will help shape the technical direction of the EP&R platform, working closely with engineering, product, operations, and business teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and impactful solutions. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex challenges, balancing technical and business trade-offs, mentoring others, and helping teams achieve meaningful outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the technical vision and architecture of EP&R systems, ensuring solutions are highly available, resilient, scalable, and operationally effective during peak-demand emergency events.
• Partner with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to understand challenges and identify opportunities that deliver meaningful business and customer value.
• Lead the design, development, review, and support of software solutions across the technology stack, with a strong focus on backend systems and platform reliability.
• Break down complex and ambiguous challenges into achievable, well-defined deliverables that enable teams to execute effectively.
• Mentor, coach, and support engineers at various career stages while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture.
• Promote accountability for engineering excellence by considering availability, reliability, scalability, latency, cost efficiency, security, and maintainability throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Define, measure, and use meaningful metrics to evaluate system health, customer impact, and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborate closely with product, operations, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with customer and organizational priorities.
• Anticipate risks and potential failure scenarios, designing systems and operational processes that support business continuity during critical events.
• Champion innovative practices and AI-enabled tools that help improve productivity, quality, collaboration, and engineering effectiveness.
• Contribute to a culture that values continuous learning, agility, authenticity, innovation, and customer success.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6-8 years of professional software engineering experience, including experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers.
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript, with backend-focused full-stack development experience.
• Demonstrated success designing, building, and operating highly available, scalable, and maintainable production systems.
• Strong understanding of system architecture and non-functional requirements, including availability, scalability, reliability, security, performance, cost optimization, and maintainability.
• Experience using data, metrics, and analytical thinking to guide technical and business decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills, with the ability to evaluate trade-offs in complex systems.
• Experience influencing technical direction, driving alignment, and delivering results through collaboration with others.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and transform complex problems into actionable plans and deliverables.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and initiative in delivering business-critical outcomes.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve effectiveness and accelerate delivery.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams and perspectives.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience developing solutions that operate in high-impact, time-sensitive, or surge-demand environments, such as emergency response, logistics, workforce management, staffing, marketplaces, or critical infrastructure systems.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, incident response, and operational excellence practices for mission-critical services.
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical strategy across multiple teams.
• Exposure to workforce management, procurement, utility operations, or supply-and-demand optimization domains.
• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience working within the Utilities, Energy, or Critical Infrastructure sectors.

Working Model

Hybrid: In-office collaboration 1-3 days per week with engineering and cross-functional partners.

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidate’s starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email [e-mail].

Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join us as we create a more resourceful world: www.itron.com