SEL has ambitious goals for developing products that make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. When open-source or off-the-shelf development tools don't meet the unique needs of our engineering domains, we’ll call on you to rapidly create and scale high-quality, custom solutions. As a Lead Software Engineer joining a new productivity tools team, you'll be responsible for improving existing tools, collaborating on a roadmap of new tools, training users, and shaping team culture. In 6-12 months, you'll be exceeding the expectations of internal customers and improving their productivity by 2-10x.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Drive R&D quality and productivity through innovative, custom software tools.
- Define, collect, and report on measures aligned with productivity outcomes.
- Lead the full application lifecycle of those tools and document its artifacts.
- Strategize automated test, release readiness, and post-release support.
- Define, adopt, and continuously improve development processes.
- Mentor software engineers, associate engineers, and interns.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
- Six years of full-stack development experience
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
- Excellent writing, documentation, and speaking skills
- Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Enterprise systems and data pipelines
- AI assistants, such as GitHub Copilot
- AI-powered tool/workflow integration
- CI/CD automation tools, like Jenkins
- Windows development frameworks
- Python or other scripting languages
- Database design and administration
- Open-source software development
Location: Pullman, WA
Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.
People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.
We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.
Pay Range Data:
Lead Software Engineer - $115, 290 - 170,349
We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the pay range may differ if filled at a different level. Our pay ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location. We base our starting pay offer and title on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.
Communication with Applicants
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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.
What We Do
SEL serves the power industry worldwide through the design, manufacture, supply and support of products and services for power system protection, monitoring, control, automation, communications and metering. For more than 30 years, SEL has offered unmatched local technical support, a 10‐year, worldwide warranty and a commitment to making electric power safer, more reliable and more economical.
