Principal AI-Driven Software Architect

NextEra Energy; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to architect scalable software solutions and mentor teams in a fast-paced environment. You will drive end-to-end delivery across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and user interfaces while balancing velocity and reliability.

The role emphasizes championing modern architecture, security, and observability, with a focus on AI-enabled workflows and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 9+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed software systems.
• Strong experience with modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, DevSecOps, and observability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Codes in multiple languages in support of software products and the development of software products.
• Leads software system architecture projects.
• Mentors others in efficient software design.
• Leads project-sized teams including assigning work, answering technical project questions, helping other software engineers overcome challenges and mentoring less experienced software engineers.
• Communicates with varying levels within and outside the organization including clearly reporting status in meetings and in other forums, describing systems to audiences of all technical abilities, communicating task assignments to team members, refining requirements and helping to facilitate project planning with the product team, assisting with software project demos and reporting results.
• Provides input on software and technology decisions across an entire project and potentially participates in higher level meetings concerning software and IT architecture.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Skills

Distributed systems design

Cloud platforms

APIs & full-stack

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

NextEra Energy is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to architect scalable software solutions and mentor teams in a fast-paced environment. You will drive end-to-end delivery across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and user interfaces while balancing velocity and reliability.

The role emphasizes championing modern architecture, security, and observability, with a focus on AI-enabled workflows and governance.