Principal Software Engineer – AI-Driven Energy

NextEra Energy, Inc.; Juno Beach (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to lead a team building customer-centric energy analytics solutions.

You will define system architecture, guide software design, and mentor engineers, acting as a technical bridge between business strategy and execution. You will own projects end-to-end, partner with product and security teams, and translate complex decisions into actionable plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience: 9+ years

Responsibilities

• Execution & Business Ownership
• Drive Outcomes: Take ownership of delivering meaningful business results, managing scope responsibly, and communicating technical risks early.
• Technical Translation: Partner closely with business leaders. Articulate complex architectural decisions and tradeoffs in clear, outcome oriented terms.
• Cross Functional Partnership: Engage security, risk, compliance, and platform teams early, communicate technical tradeoffs clearly, and advocate for alternative approaches when a project requires them.
• Strategic Technology Advisor: Build trusted relationships with business leaders by translating technical possibilities into business capabilities and clearly communicating tradeoffs, risks, and investment decisions.
• Engineering & System Design: Solve Business Problems, Architect in Ambiguity, Rapid Delivery, Full Stack Delivery.
• Engineering Productivity with AI: AI Assisted Development and quality gates in SDLC.
• Reliability & DevSecOps: Security first, CI/CD, production readiness, observability and recovery.
• Culture: Customer Obsession, High Performance, Ownership & Accountability, Collaborative Autonomy.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Bachelor's - Engineering

Job description

NextEra Energy, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to lead a team building customer-centric energy analytics solutions.

You will define system architecture, guide software design, and mentor engineers, acting as a technical bridge between business strategy and execution. You will own projects end-to-end, partner with product and security teams, and translate complex decisions into actionable plans.