At ERCOT, our diverse and dynamic work environment provides a platform on which employees can work together to build the future of the Texas power grid and wholesale market utilizing the latest technologies and resources. We encourage you to join our talented, dedicated workforce to develop world-class solutions for today and tomorrow’s energy challenges while learning new skills and growing your career.
ERCOT is committed to fostering inclusion at all levels of our company. It is the cornerstone of our corporate values of accountability, leadership, innovation, trust, and expertise. We know that individuals with a wide variety of talents, ideas, and experiences propel the innovation that drives our success. An inclusive and diverse workforce strengthens us and allows for a collaborative environment to solve the challenges that face our industry today and in the future.
The SR/Lead Application Developer designs, codes, tests, documents and maintains applications to meet ERCOT business needs based on the ERCOT defined Software Development Life Cycle. Works closely with customers, business area subject matter experts, team members and other internal technical teams to design, develop and maintain complex ERCOT applications in support of market needs and internal corporate requirements. Uses toolsets that adhere to the frameworks of the technical stack used across the Application Services division and ensures that products and solutions comply with the organization’s architectural standards. The Applications Developer works with ERCOT business partners to design, develop and support complex business applications and tools.
JOB DUTIES
Senior Level
• Serves as a SME providing guidance to other team members.
• May schedule work, train, mentor, and/or coach other employees.
• Conveys team goals effectively through strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Works on moderately complex issues where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Has the ability to resolve issues in creative and effective ways.
• Conducts all phases of product development life cycle, including the analysis, design, testing and integration of products.
• Participates in component and data architecture design, performance monitoring, product evaluation and buy vs. build recommendations.
• Supplies input and insight in development of product user manuals.
• Provides code statistics, development metrics (i.e. development cycle time), and assisting in the implementation and maintenance of a standardized development methodology.
• Conducts component and data architecture design, performance monitoring, and product evaluation.
• Researches, evaluates and incorporates new technology and tools to enhance the product development process.
• Develops and revises product user manuals.
• Gives advice and recommendations to management for the overall technical development goals of the web team.
• Advises and guides several key groups in the company to ensure quality product delivery (example, project managers, application and technical architects, usability engineers, other development groups, business end users, and external users as appropriate).
• Expands technical proficiency in key technical areas.
Lead Level
• Leads projects, schedules work, trains, mentors, and provides coaching for other employees
• Ensures work assignments of team members are completed in a timely manner and reviews work product of team for accuracy prior to submitting for management approval
• Works on the most complex issues where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Has the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
• Maintains knowledge of emerging trends and industry best practices, and serves as the quality assurance and best practices resource within and outside the department
• Serves as the recognized technical expert for the department within and outside the organization
• Builds strong professional relationships both internally and externally. Networks with key contacts within and outside the IT industry
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Work Experience Required
Sr. Level
• Requires minimum 5 years related work experience in excess of degree requirements.
Lead Level
• Requires minimum 10 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirements
Desired Functional Skills:
• Self-starter, motivated individual that enjoys working outside comfort zone
• Team-player with an ability to work collaboratively with other team members
• Strong problem solving and communication skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to identify patterns from problem definition
• Ability to determine the best performance optimization for a given requirement
• Ability to work in an environment that requires quick turnaround when troubleshooting production issues
Required Technical Skills:
• Backend Development
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development
• Strong expertise in building RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and Spring MVC (3+ years)
• Experience with MVC architecture in modern Java frameworks (primarily Spring)
• Proficiency with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate or JPA
• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of JPA/Hibernate implementations, including query optimization and caching strategies
• Messaging & Integration
• Strong experience with publish-subscribe messaging patterns using Apache Kafka and/or ActiveMQ
• Experience in REST-based integration between systems
• Familiarity with legacy and modern APIs including SOAP, XML-RPC, and proficiency in handling XML, XSLT, XPath
• Database & Query Languages
• 3+ years of experience working with relational databases like Oracle or SQL Server
• Proficiency in PL/SQL or T-SQL
• Testing & Quality Assurance
• Hands-on experience with JUnit and Mockito for unit and integration testing
• Tools & Deployment
• Experience deploying applications to Apache Tomcat
• Proficient with Git (e.g., GitHub), Maven, and Jenkins for source control, builds, and CI/CD pipelines
Preferred Technical Skills
• Frontend Development
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery
• DevOps & Automation
• Experience with containerization technologies like OpenShift or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with automation/configuration tools such as Ansible and Liquibase
• Experience building, packaging, and deploying applications in CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud Experience
• Exposure to or experience migrating applications to Microsoft Azure
• Database Platforms
• Development experience with PostgreSQL is a plus
• Frameworks
• Any exposure to Struts v2 (legacy applications) is a plus, but not required
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ERCOT is firmly committed to equal employment for all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, medical condition, religion, age, creed, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected category under federal, state or local law.
Expected Salary Range:
$99,230 - $168,715Top Skills
What We Do
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 27 million Texas customers - representing about 90 percent of the state's electric load. As the independent system operator (ISO) for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects more than 54,100 miles of transmission lines and 1,250+ generation units, including Private Use Networks. ERCOT also performs financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers retail switching for 8 million premises in competitive choice areas. ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature.
ERCOT's members include consumers, cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipal-owned electric utilities.
