Developer

Western Electricity Coordinating Council•Salt Lake City, UT

4d•$96,700 - $120,900•Hybrid

About The Position

At WECC, we enhance the lives of 90 million people by identifying and mitigating risks to the bulk power system in the West. We are seeking a Senior Developer to join our WREGIS team and to help us further our mission and achieve our business goals. WREGIS is an independent, web-based tracking system for renewable energy certificates (REC), predominantly in the West. The WREGIS team is working with a vendor to develop proprietary software to replace an existing third-party system. In this role, you will serve as a hands-on developer who bridges business needs and software solutions, participating in work from concept through delivery. You'll support the WREGIS development team by informing technical direction, supporting a collaborative environment, and contributing to projects across the full development life cycle, by writing, clean and reliable code. Travel for the first 12-20 months after hire is expected to be a minimum of 20%. After the first 20 months, travel will become an estimated 5-15%, though business needs may require additional travel on occasion.

Requirements

Hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or have an equivalent combination of education and work experience resulting in demonstrated ability to perform major duties.
Have a minimum of four years’ experience working as a professional software developer.
Can work productively with an internal team and strategic partners.
Are comfortable with collaborative development practices including code review, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
Understand and adhere to sound principles of cybersecurity, including protecting sensitive information, using secure passwords, and following organizational cybersecurity protocols.
Have experience in full stack web development with TypeScript monorepo architectures.
Have a track record of developing software applications and leveraging automated testing.
Have experience with TypeScript across the full stack (frontend and backend).
Have experience with React (v18+) and modern React ecosystem libraries (TanStack Query, TanStack Router, React Hook Form).
Have experience with NestJS or similar server-side TypeScript frameworks.
Have experience with PostgreSQL and an ORM (Drizzle, Prisma, or TypeORM).
Have experience with containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes (Helm charts, EKS).
Are familiar with AWS services (Cognito, S3, SES, RDS, Secrets Manager, ECR).
Have experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Are familiar with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
Have experience with authorization frameworks (RBAC/ABAC, CASL preferred).

Nice To Haves

Experience with event sourcing and CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct hands-on coding.
Work with business and technical staff to plan, develop, document, and support custom in-house developed software.
Write clean, logical, high-quality code and adopt test-driven development and Agile practices.
Stay up to date on new technologies and approaches to software development.
Support projects from planning through final delivery and contribute to unit and regression testing, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
Follow and support company testing and development processes.
Work to minimize risk by identifying, communicating, and escalating issues to management.
Develop reusable software in a manner consistent with industry best-practice.
Contribute to the maintenance of cloud infrastructure (AWS/Terraform/Kubernetes) during application development and post-development.