Sr Software Engineer - Electricity Market Optimization

GE Vernova; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 127,880 - 191,820; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

12 paid holidays

Job summary

GE Vernova in Bellevue, WA seeks a Senior Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize power systems software for a large on-premise MMS used by utilities and ISOs.

You will lead projects, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while applying Lean/Agile practices to ensure on-time delivery, robust testing, and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering in power systems or optimization.
• Two+ years of experience in power systems analysis with focus on electricity market optimization application development.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and evolve software in a fast-paced, agile environment using modern technologies and infrastructure.
• Provide domain knowledge and technical leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers.
• Lead development of electricity market applications to deliver on schedule, within budget, and meeting customer expectations.
• Write design notes, testing procedures, and related documentation.
• Provide budget estimates for new project tasks to leads and managers.
• Collaborate with customers throughout the project lifecycle to ensure quality and functional requirements.

Skills

Power systems knowledge

Unit commitment & economic dispatch

MIP (Mixed-Integer Programming)

GitHub

Testing and test automation

SDLC/Lean/Agile practices

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer interaction

CI

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (power systems or optimization)

PhD in Electrical Engineering (power systems or optimization)

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Job Description Summary

In this role, you will work closely with a team of 8-15 people who are responsible for enhancing, evolving, and supporting a large on-premise highly-available Electricity Market Management System (MMS). The team includes power systems, database, software, and optimization engineers.

As a Senior Electricity Market Optimization Software Engineer, you will contribute to and lead advanced Power Systems Application software design, development, testing, integration, and tuning to meet project and/or product commitments. The projects mainly consist of developing power system features for Electric Utilities, Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs).

Essential Responsibilities

• Be responsible for defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
• Provide domain knowledge and/or technical leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers
• Lead and contribute to electricity market application development and ensure software delivery is on schedule, within budget and meets or exceeds customer expectations
• Write documents such as design notes, testing procedures, etc.
• Provide budgetary estimate for new project tasks to project leads and project managers
• Work with customer throughout the project life cycle to ensure the software meets customer’s quality standards and functional requirements
• Mentor junior team members
• Interact with Product Development Team, Customers, Solution Providers (Partner / Integrators), and other cross-functional teams as required
• Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, software and product security, scalability, documentation practices, refactoring, and testing techniques

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering in power systems or Optimization
• A minimum of Two (2) years of experience in Power systems Analysis with focus on Electricity Market Optimization application development

Desired Characteristics

• PhD in Electrical Engineering in power systems or Optimization

Technical Expertise

• Strong business knowledge of Wholesale Market Management System, especially PJM, Midwest ISO, Southwest Power Pool, ISO New England or Alberta Electric System Operator
• Hands‑on experience in developing optimization software designed to manage large scale systems for Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch problems
• Continuous improvement oriented; actively generates process improvements, champions and drives change initiatives
• Highly organized and efficient; able to balance competing priorities and execute accordingly
• Strong understanding of Mixed‑Integer Programming (MIP)
• Experience with testing and test automation
• Strong knowledge of source control management and GitHub in particular
• Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, languages, and tools
• Self‑starter; comfortable pulling together information from multiple resources

Leadership

• Serves as a mentor to newer team members in support of business goals and objectives
• Continuously measures the completion rate of personal deliverables and compares them to the scheduled commitments
• Provides transparency into problem solving approach and options. Demonstrates ability to determine fair and reasonable outcomes with shared tradeoffs
• Demonstrates ability to define requirements and collaborate on solutions, leveraging personal technical knowledge and network of experts. Communication style encourages effective interaction with customer and cross‑functional teams. Leverages knowledge of product capability to mitigate risk and drive desired outcome

Personal Attributes

• Great at helping others understand and adopt new DevOps skills and practices – both within your work team and with the customer
• Detail oriented and expect software systems to be organized and automated
• Curiosity drives your learning. You naturally work to extend your sphere of knowledge of the greater system within which your components are a part
• Comfortable planning and completing your own work. You can run with a list of tasks to be done, but also know when to ask questions
• Influences and energizes others toward the common vision and goal. Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal even when odds and setbacks render one path impassable
• Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GEV. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems

Eligibility Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GEV may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills
• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen
• Must be willing to travel 10-20% of the time
• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Bellevue, WA if the need arises

GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Relocation Assistance

Yes

Compensation and Benefits

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $127,880.00 and $191,820.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse‑based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax‑advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs. GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.