Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products. Responsible for the development, design, test, maintenance, and enhancement of Aclara's Sensor Management System (SMS) and Cellular Headend for their Aclara Grid Monitoring (AGM) & Aclara One Platform.

The position will actively contribute to all facets of the software development life cycle as needed.

Analyze requirements for feasibility and implementation strategy.

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java or C# code.

Containerize services (Docker) and deploy to Red Hat OpenShift; create/maintain manifests (Helm/Kustomize) and Argo CD applications

Perform all aspects of software development. This includes specification, design, coding, debugging, testing, integration, deployment, operation, and maintenance of software systems. Work outcomes must meet quality objectives, engineering standards, and company guidelines.

Instrument and operate your services (OpenTelemetry/metrics/logs/traces); define SLOs, dashboards, alerts, and runbooks.

Collaborate with team to ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.

Escalate issues in a timely manner and provide mitigation recommendations for the same.

Respond to customer escalations and maintain existing code, refactoring as needed to provide highly reliable solutions.

Take initiative and work independently under minimal supervision to plan and accomplish goals.

Work closely with cross functional team including quality assurance and documentation with a focus on team success.

Continuously strive to make the process better through regular retrospectives and application of findings.

Lead technical design and development of large or complex solution components or features

A Master's Degree with at least 5 + years of software development experience and a Bachelor's degree. Experience and/or degree must be directly relevant to Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline.

Proficiency in Java / C#, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems.

Fluency with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift, including building, packaging, and deploying services.

API engineering: REST and/or gRPC, API versioning, contract-first design, and backward compatibility

Proficient with relational databases (SQL / NoSQL), schema design, and ORMs (EF Core, Dapper).

Proficient understanding of Micro Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Applications.

Experience with popular application frameworks (such as Spring, Hibernate).

Ability to work on software with intermediate to advanced complexity.