Developer I, Commercial Trading Technologies

Pilot Company • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The purpose of this job is to serve as a technical contributor within the Energy Technology space, designing, developing, supporting, and enhancing commodity trading and risk management platforms as well as retail pricing applications operating in both on-premise and cloud implementations. This role partners closely with senior developers and team members to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure technology solutions that support commercial trading operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related scientific or technical discipline required; or demonstrated technical proficiency may be substituted for education requirements.
• 1+ years of experience developing, supporting, or integrating enterprise applications.
• 1+ years of experience supporting commodity/energy trading, retail pricing, or related commercial applications.
• 1+ years of experience contributing to technical projects, delivery priorities, or production support activities.
• Basic ability to analyze business processes and translate business needs into technical requirements, designs, and system changes.
• Basic understanding of incident management, change management, release management, service requests, and production support practices.
• Foundational proficiency in one or more development technologies such as .NET/C#, Java, AngularJS/Angular, SQL, APIs, or integration frameworks required.
• Foundational proficiency with relational databases required; Microsoft SQL Server preferred.
• Basic ability to balance project delivery, production support, technical debt, and operational priorities required.
• Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Commitment to secure, reliable, maintainable, and well-documented solutions.
• Ability to own assigned technical work and drive it to completion with guidance from more senior developers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to set priorities, multitask, meet deadlines, and resolve problems with a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to share knowledge with peers through documentation, troubleshooting support, and informal guidance.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

Nice To Haves

• Foundational proficiency with AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, DB Maestro, ActiveBatch, or similar cloud, source control systems DevOps, release management, and automation tools preferred.
• Foundational proficiency with Agile/Scrum delivery practices preferred.
• Foundational understanding of commodities trading, front/middle/back-office processes, and experience supporting business environments requiring rapid context switching and demanding timelines strongly preferred.
• Foundational proficiency in building, enhancing, integrating, and supporting CTRM/ETRM systems such as RightAngle, Endur, Allegro, or similar platforms strongly preferred.
• Basic ability to assess system impact across small- and large-scale changes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and support low-complexity enhancements for commercial trading, risk management, credit, and retail pricing applications.
• Serve as a technical contributor on low-complexity projects and defined workstreams, providing technical analysis, design input, and implementation support.
• Translate low-complexity business requirements into technical specifications, development tasks, integrations, and design input within assigned scope.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, scrum masters, functional analysts, infrastructure, security, and other technology teams to deliver reliable solutions within assigned scope.
• Perform production support activities, including troubleshooting production incidents, participating in deployments, and occasional after-hours support as needed with guidance.
• Contribute to modernization efforts, including cloud adoption, automation, DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability improvements within assigned scope.
• Follow development standards, reusable patterns, documentation, automated testing, peer reviews, and secure coding practices.
• Support vendor-delivered solutions by aiding implementation and providing long-term production support within a defined scope.
• Model behaviors that support the company’s common purpose and ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level