Principal Developer, Platform & Data Services

Vistra Corp.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vistra Corporate Services Company in Irving, TX is seeking a Principal Developer to drive development strategy across multiple platforms. You will work with business and technology users to learn processes and deliver data solutions, architecture enhancements, and improved user experiences.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, code quality through unit tests, ITIL-aligned processes, and mentoring junior engineers while delivering enterprise-wide initiatives and strategic data initiatives.

Qualifications

• 12-15 years professional experience in a technology or business field.
• Experience analyzing code for non-standard practices, errors, and security vulnerabilities and presenting remediation plans.
• Ability to approach development with a test-driven mindset and use well-structured unit tests.
• Experience delivering enterprise-wide initiatives related to the platforms supported by the team.
• Demonstrated ability to be trustworthy and dependable.

Responsibilities

• Drive maintenance of systems, design, development and deployment of front-end and/or back-end systems; integrate data warehouse with enterprise applications; implement user access controls and data security measures.
• Manage creation and implementation of data architecture enhancements; research and recommend new data management processes.
• Identify and implement automation and continuous improvement ideas aligned with ITIL processes to reduce technical debt.
• Engage business users, owners, architecture, and application teams to define data needs and KPIs.
• Lead development of policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to optimize performance and data availability.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile methodologies

System architecture

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology

ITIL

CSM

AWS

Tools

AWS

Job description

Vistra Corporate Services Company in Irving, TX is seeking a Principal Developer to drive development strategy across multiple platforms. You will work with business and technology users to learn processes and deliver data solutions, architecture enhancements, and improved user experiences.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, code quality through unit tests, ITIL-aligned processes, and mentoring junior engineers while delivering enterprise-wide initiatives and strategic data initiatives.