Principal Software Engineer

The Opportunity

Join our Software team as a Principal Software Engineer with a focus on high performance data acquisition, analytics, and exceptional user interface design and implementation.  You will contribute to the design and architecture of our data acquisition application, provide solutions to complex algorithmic and architectural problems, help with creating implementations of new features, maintain existing components, participate in the Agile development methodology, actively help your team meet project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, and perform code reviews to ensure readability and reliability.

The Team

You will work alongside our distributed software development team, System Integration team and our bi-coastal support team.  

The Environment

This role can be successfully performed in Office-Based, Home-Based (US only), or Flex-Based work locations.  You will work in a controlled office environment or from your Home-Based worksite, as well as virtually with your team members.  Occasional travel to our corporate headquarters in Folsom, CA may be required for collaboration, training, and team building.

Growth & Development

You will have the opportunity to work alongside our subject matter experts to further develop your knowledge of software development and energy resource management.

Your Key Contributions

• Function autonomously in a distributed team using SCRUM methodology
• Design, Develop, and maintain sound, secure, modular, component-driven software applications using C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular or Blazor, PowerShell.
• Deploy applications using containers (Docker or Kubernetes).
• Play an active role in the definition and evolution of data analytics applications.
• Participate in interviews with employees, business partners, and clients to understand and define requirements. Assist in driving to architectural solutions from requirements.
• Work with other team members to determine solutions that promote extensibility, usability, scalability, and adaptability, while maintaining compliance and security controls.
• Stay abreast of advances in big data, messaging systems, AI, machine learning and best practices.
• Effectively explain technically complex issues to non-technical management and stakeholders.
• Assist in determining overall hardware and software configurations within an enterprise and assist in formulating common approaches to DevOps, configuration management, and system administration.
• Independently investigate modern technologies as needed to provide solutions to complex issues.

Traits for Success

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Master's degree preferred; or related education/experience.
• Minimum 10 years in software development in the following areas with growing responsibility:
  • C#, specifically .Net Framework 4.7+ and .NET Core and later
  • Framework and Dapper
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or Timescale DB
  • Fluency with Git, GitFlow and Azure DevOps
• Experience using and designing JSON-based RESTful APIs
• Experience with implementing serverless functions, specifically Azure functions
• Experience using Redis or Memcached
• Strong object-oriented programming and design skills, both at code and architectural level
• Containerized services design and development of applications
• Experience in streaming architecture and development.
• Experience with Azure EventHub or Kafka is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of algorithm complexity, parallel/distributed systems, advanced data structures
• Understanding of development tools and processes, including source code control, versioning, branching, defect tracking, and release management
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
• Solid understanding of asynchronous/parallel programming practices such as: task synchronization, producers/consumers design pattern
• Working knowledge of building distributed networked applications
• Comfortable with Linux environment
• Preferred: experience with DNP3, Modbus, and OPC protocols and similar control system network protocols

Getting to Know Us

Trimark understands that career transitions can be both exciting and overwhelming.  We practice a comprehensive approach to introducing candidates to our Trimark team to ensure that you can be confident in your decision to join us in our mission to green the grid.  Here's what you can expect during our introductory process:

Trimark

Trimark is an industry leader in the movement towards a greener grid and a cleaner future.  We enable a carbon-free electric power system by securely delivering control, metering, communication and revenue/performance optimization solutions for independent power producers and utilities.

Our products and services are at the forefront of generating dispatchable power from renewable plants by combining the intermittent renewable resource with energy storage. Our team designs systems from concept to commissioning, including system and network architecture, software development, component assembly, technology configuration, installation, testing, certification, ongoing support, and maintenance.

Our Community

We are passionate about creating a sustainable future through advanced technology and innovative ideas.  Our teams are collaborative, dedicated, and approach each challenge with curiosity and a sense of humor.

INTEGRITY • INTELLECTUAL CURIOUSITY • TRANSPARENCY

INNOVATION, COMPETENCE, & ONTIME DELIVERY

MAINTAINING WORK LIFE SYNERGY • EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Employee Support & Benefits

• Work-Life Synergy
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Long Term Disability
• Short Term Disability
• Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• 401K with employer match
• Student Loan Assistance
• 529 Saving Plan
• Open Paid Time Off
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Referral Program
• Lunch & Learn Sessions
• Onsite Gym & Snacks
• Employee Events

Legal Notes

Trimark is committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in Company operations and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and coworkers.

Trimark will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.

This role is Not Eligible for sponsorship by Trimark, including future sponsorship.  Candidates must reside in the United States.

This announcement is open to Principal job levels.  The base pay range for this position is $135,000-168,000 annually.  This is an overtime Exempt position.  Compensation is based on market rate, job level, job related knowledge, skills, experience, education, and certifications.  This is a Full Time opportunity.

Trimark engages in structured hiring process during which you will meet with multiple team members.  We do not issue offers based on email contact and will not ask for your personal or sensitive information prior to an accepted offer.  Communications from our talent team will come from the trimarkassoc.com or greenhouse.io domains.  

Trimark values our strategic partnerships with our agency partners who may supplement our internal recruitment team’s efforts from time to time.  To submit candidates for consideration, agency partners must have an executed agreement signed by Trimark’s president and a job specific requisition.  Without such agreements in place, Trimark will not pay a fee to any agency.  Unsolicited referrals from any source other than directly from a candidate will be considered Trimark property and will be considered to have been referred by the agency free of any charge or fee.  This includes resumes, partial resumes, candidate profiles, and candidate details or information.