Principal Software Engineer

Concord USA•Multiple Cities/States, MN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a team building the analytical and optimization software that powers one of North America's largest renewable energy operations. You'll be architecting platforms that process tens of billions of data points daily, directly influencing how energy assets are planned, forecasted, and optimized. You'll work directly with business stakeholders, own features end-to-end, and make real architecture decisions.

Requirements

Must be authorized to work legally in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future.
9+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated architecture ownership across multiple languages and paradigms.
Hands-on GCP experience, particularly around data-intensive workloads using BigQuery, Dataflow, or Dataproc.
Comfort working across the full stack, including backend services, data pipelines, and user interfaces.
Track record of using AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor, or similar agentic tools) critically and effectively.
Ability to engage directly with non-technical stakeholders and translate ambiguous business problems into engineering solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience in energy, utilities, or similarly data-heavy regulated industries (helpful but not required).

Responsibilities

Translate complex, ambiguous energy industry problems into scalable technical solutions
Design and own end-to-end systems spanning backend services, data pipelines, and user interfaces
Build rapid prototypes to validate concepts directly with business stakeholders
Lead architecture decisions and mentor engineers across the team
Integrate and govern agentic AI tools into engineering workflows, including designing quality controls, specification-driven development, and deterministic validation checks
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with observability, alerting, and production support readiness
Apply secure-by-design principles throughout the development lifecycle
Communicate technical direction to executive and business audiences

Benefits

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Employer Contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)
Disability Insurance: Short-term (up to 12 weeks) and long-term coverage, fully paid by the employer.
Life and AD&D Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(k) Retirement Savings: 1% employer match.
Career Growth Opportunities
Team Engagement Activities