Staff Software Engineer User Interface

Consulting Services a part of GE Vernova has offices in multiple countries and offers our global clients (external & internal GE) a wide range of solutions across the entire spectrum of power generation delivery and utilization. Our Power Systems Engineering team utilizes their deep knowledge of connected power grid planning design operation and life-cycle management to offer customized solutions to our global clients. Our Power Economics team offers analyses focused on the understanding and the study of the financial and physical operation of the electric power systems including generation and grid planning system optimization asset valuation competitive power markets and energy policy implications. Our software business plays a critical role in delivering these solutions by developing and maintaining cutting-edge analytics platforms for production cost modeling capacity expansion reliability assessment market simulation and both steady-state and transient stability simulation. These tools are continuously enhanced based on feedback from consulting engagements and evolving industry needs.
The Staff Software Engineer (User Interface) will play a key role in designing developing and maintaining reusable UI components and services that power the PlanOS platform. PlanOS is GE Vernovas next-generation energy planning platform designed to support utilities and system operators in making data-driven future-ready decisions for grid reliability resource adequacy and decarbonization strategies. This role involves working primarily on web-based UI design systems using the React Javascript Framework and backend services using Python. The developer will be responsible in conjunction with the PlanOS UI/UX Design and Devlopment team for the full software development lifecycle including requirement analysis documentation implementation and ongoing maintenance with a strong focus on scalability performance and usability.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders to understand functionality needs for PlanOS.
• Work closely with UX team members to refine user workflows and visual layouts using industry-standard UX tools such as Figma.
• Develop and maintain reusable UI components using ReactJS TypeScript HTML5 and CSS.
• Collaborate with UX designers and product owners to implement user-friendly designs based on specifications and feedback.
• Translate customer and business requirements into clean testable and maintainable front-end code.
• Optimize applications for performance accessibility and responsiveness.
• Integrate with REST APIs and collaborate with back-end developers to deliver full-stack solutions.
• Participate in an Agile scrum team providing technical leadership and peer code reviews.
• Contribute to the improvement of UI development processes tools and standards.
• Support documentation testing and knowledge sharing across the team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or related field from an accredited college or university
• 8 to 11 years software development experience with at least three years front-end development experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in ReactJS TypeScript HTML5 and CSS.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and integrating front-end with backend services.
• Solid grasp of UX design principles and familiarity with modern UX tools such as Figma.
• Solid grasp of the Software Development Lifcycle agile project management and project management tools like Jira Trello or Azure DevOps.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience building responsive applications compatible with modern browsers.
• Familiar with GitHub NPM and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins).
• Excellent problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of Mapbox PostgreSQL and Trello
• Exposure with Python and libraries like Altair and Plotly for data visualization SQLAlchemy and Pyramid.
• Self-starter with the ability to lead development projects
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated application of complex mathematics and engineering to real-world electric power system problems
• Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle and modern software development methodologies (i.e. agile)
• Demonstrated knowledge of software development in modern object-oriented languages (C# Java Python etc.)
• Comfortable collaborating in an Agile sprint planning environment
• Experienced in leading A/B testing efforts and applying analytical thinking to UX design
• Experience in the Power & Energy domain
• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
• Skilled in breaking down problems documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends.
• Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices.