Senior Java Engineer - AI-Driven Grid Systems

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO); Minneapolis, Saint Paul (MN, MN); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Vacation time

Sick time

Safe time

Job summary

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) is hiring a Software Engineer III to design, build, and modernize mission-critical Java/Spring Boot systems. You’ll drive high-quality engineering practices across data-intensive environments and collaborate with product, architecture, and data teams.

The role emphasizes AI-native development, security and compliance, cloud-native platforms, and end-to-end SDLC ownership. A base salary reflects market norms for Minnesota and the power grid domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of experience.
• Java/Spring Boot: Demonstrated ability to independently design, develop, debug, test, deploy, and support production applications.
• AI-native engineering: Experience applying tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar AI-assisted development platforms across implementation, testing, review, documentation, and troubleshooting workflows.
• Demonstrated judgment in validating AI-generated output and applying applicable security, privacy, intellectual-property, and governance practices.
• Git and CI/CD: Proficiency with collaborative branching, pull requests, code reviews, conflict resolution, automated builds, testing, and deployment workflows.
• APIs and integration: Experience designing, consuming, testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting service contracts and system integrations.
• Databases/data: SQL, schemas, data quality, and transaction/integration concepts matter more than one specific product
• Technical decision-making: Experience evaluating technical alternatives and non-functional requirements to determine an appropriate implementation approach for complex features.
• Delivery: Ability to estimate complex engineering work and understand the components required to deploy, release, monitor, and support production software.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and engineering platforms such as Azure, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, containerization, observability tooling, or infrastructure-as-code is preferred.
• Understanding of secure software development practices in a compliance-driven environment is preferred; experience with standards such as NERC CIP or SOC 1 is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, operate, and modernize reliable Java/Spring Boot applications in data-intensive, mission-critical, and compliance-driven environments, including legacy systems, APIs, databases, cloud and container platforms, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Determine the technical approach for complex features, accounting for functional and non-functional requirements such as security, reliability, performance, maintainability, data integrity, and operability.
• Serve as the technical lead for assigned features by refining requirements and acceptance criteria, estimating complex work, coordinating implementation, and supporting successful deployment and release.
• Partner within cross-functional product teams including engineering, product management, architecture, business subject-matter experts, data teams, and external partners to clarify evolving requirements, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and move valuable work forward.
• Apply generative AI throughout the software development lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, code review, documentation, and troubleshooting to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AI-native engineering

Git & CI/CD

APIs & integration

Cloud-native

SQL databases

Security & compliance

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Azure

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) is hiring a Software Engineer III to design, build, and modernize mission-critical Java/Spring Boot systems. You’ll drive high-quality engineering practices across data-intensive environments and collaborate with product, architecture, and data teams.

The role emphasizes AI-native development, security and compliance, cloud-native platforms, and end-to-end SDLC ownership. A base salary reflects market norms for Minnesota and the power grid domain.