Renewable Energy Software Developer

Veolia North America is seeking a Renewable Energy Software Developer in Garnet Valley, PA. The role involves creating efficient software for renewable energy integration, managing databases, and developing web applications and APIs. Candidates should have a background in software engineering, experience in web development, and a passion for renewable energy. Collaboration within a small team is essential, along with a willingness to learn and adapt.
Company Description


A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country's largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.


Job Description


Position Purpose:


Seeking an experienced Software Engineer who is passionate about renewable energy, carbon reduction, and operational reliability. You will play a pivotal role in our mission by contributing to our innovative energy dispatch engine, integrating battery storage, on-site load, solar PV, and other renewable resources. This position requires a self-starter comfortable with small multidisciplinary team dynamics and collaboration, who can work independently and bring creativity to our group. The candidate will work alongside other developers, project managers and business stakeholders to collect requirements, provide feedback, make decisions and ensure priorities are met. Willingness to learn and adapt is a must.


Primary Duties/Responsibilities:




Use your expertise in object-oriented and functional style languages to create efficient, scalable, and maintainable code.




Work with data frame technologies, like Polars, to deliver better solutions to complex problems.




Manage complex databases and apply data analytics to optimize energy generation and distribution.




Develop customer facing web applications as well as backend APIs.




Develop API bridges between companies and services.




Participate in DevOps tasks to ensure seamless deployment and operation of our software solutions.




Develop control logic designs for integrating renewable energy sources into our systems.




Work collaboratively with a small, dynamic team to drive product development and implementation.




Manage software development projects from conception to completion.




Qualifications


Education/Experience/Background:




Bachelor in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or the equivalent in demonstrable work experience.




Some experience in building and deploying web applications.




Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:




A generalist with deep knowledge in an area or two.




Comfortable failing fast and passionate about both code quality and shipping on time.




Experienced as both a producer and consumer of services and APIs.




Passionate about software as a craft and teaching what you know.




Eager to review peer code and have your code reviewed.




Ready to be faced with both new projects as well as existing code to analyze, fix, or replace.




Proficiency in at least one mainstream compiled language (Elixir, Kotlin, Java, etc.)




Proficiency in at least one mainstream interpreted language (Ruby, Python, PHP, etc.)




Proficiency in SQL and database design.




Proficiency in Git and source control in a team environment.




Strong understanding of Object Oriented and/or Functional Programming patterns and principles.




Strong Understanding of JavaScript, HTML/CSS and cross browser support.




Some data science/data processing experience using Pandas and/or Polars.




Willingness to learn and understand the science behind industrial processes.




Additional Information


Benefits: Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.


We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.


Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.