Developer I, Commercial Trading Technologies

Pilotcompany; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilotcompany is seeking a technically capable contributor to design, develop, and support commodity trading and pricing platforms. You will work with senior developers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in on-prem and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes translating business needs into technical tasks, contributing to CI/CD, and providing production support with a proactive mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or demonstrated technical proficiency in a related field.
• 1+ years developing or supporting enterprise applications.
• 1+ years supporting commodity/energy trading, retail pricing, or related apps.
• Foundational ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Basic incident/change/release management and production support knowledge.
• Foundational knowledge of cloud, DevOps, and CI/CD concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and support low-complexity enhancements for trading, risk, and pricing apps.
• Serve as a technical contributor on defined projects with design input.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications and tasks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and technology teams to deliver reliable solutions.
• Provide production support, troubleshooting incidents and deployments with guidance.
• Contribute to modernization efforts including cloud adoption and CI/CD.
• Follow coding standards, testing, documentation, and secure practices.
• Support vendor-delivered solutions and long-term production support.

Skills

.NET/C#

Java

AngularJS/Angular

SQL

APIs

Integration frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Jenkins

DB Maestro

ActiveBatch

DevOps tools

Job description

The purpose of this job is to serve as a technical contributor within the Energy Technology space, designing, developing, supporting, and enhancing commodity trading and risk management platforms as well as retail pricing applications operating in both on-premise and cloud implementations. This role partners closely with senior developers and team members to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure technology solutions that support commercial trading operations.

• Develop, test, deploy, and support low-complexity enhancements for commercial trading, risk management, credit, and retail pricing applications.
• Serve as a technical contributor on low-complexity projects and defined workstreams, providing technical analysis, design input, and implementation support.
• Translate low-complexity business requirements into technical specifications, development tasks, integrations, and design input within assigned scope.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, scrum masters, functional analysts, infrastructure, security, and other technology teams to deliver reliable solutions within assigned scope.
• Perform production support activities, including troubleshooting production incidents, participating in deployments, and occasional after-hours support as needed with guidance.
• Contribute to modernization efforts, including cloud adoption, automation, DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability improvements within assigned scope.
• Follow development standards, reusable patterns, documentation, automated testing, peer reviews, and secure coding practices.
• Support vendor-delivered solutions by aiding implementation and providing long-term production support within a defined scope.
• Model behaviors that support the company's common purpose and ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related scientific or technical discipline required; or demonstrated technical proficiency may be substituted for education requirements.
• 1+ years of experience developing, supporting, or integrating enterprise applications.
• 1+ years of experience supporting commodity/energy trading, retail pricing, or related commercial applications.
• 1+ years of experience contributing to technical projects, delivery priorities, or production support activities.
• Basic ability to analyze business processes and translate business needs into technical requirements, designs, and system changes.
• Basic understanding of incident management, change management, release management, service requests, and production support practices.
• Foundational proficiency in one or more development technologies such as .NET/C#, Java, AngularJS/Angular, SQL, APIs, or integration frameworks required.
• Foundational proficiency with relational databases required; Microsoft SQL Server preferred.
• Foundational proficiency with AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, DB Maestro, ActiveBatch, or similar cloud, source control systems DevOps, release management, and automation tools preferred.
• Foundational proficiency with Agile/Scrum delivery practices preferred.
• Foundational understanding of commodities trading, front/middle/back-office processes, and experience supporting business environments requiring rapid context switching and demanding timelines strongly preferred.
• Foundational proficiency in building, enhancing, integrating, and supporting CTRM/ETRM systems such as RightAngle, Endur, Allegro, or similar platforms strongly preferred.
• Basic ability to assess system impact across small- and large-scale changes preferred.
• Basic ability to balance project delivery, production support, technical debt, and operational priorities required.
• Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Commitment to secure, reliable, maintainable, and well-documented solutions.
• Ability to own assigned technical work and drive it to completion with guidance from more senior developers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to set priorities, multitask, meet deadlines, and resolve problems with a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to share knowledge with peers through documentation, troubleshooting support, and informal guidance.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

Travel required: less than 5%.