Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Energy Solutions - USA•Boston, MA

7d•$140,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Information Systems (IS) team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical direction and establish complex software solutions that support critical business applications and long-term technology objectives. As a senior individual contributor, this role leads software architecture, technical design, and engineering decisions that other teams and projects utilizing the Mendix platform rely on. Solutions must be scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with business and client needs. Operating with a high degree of independence, the Senior Software Engineer evaluates technical requirements, sets direction on solution alternatives, and contributes to technical strategy within their domain. In addition, this role will mentor junior level engineers, through code reviews, technical guidance, solution design discussions, and knowledge sharing, while supporting engineering best practices, technical standards, and continuous improvement initiatives across the development team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
10 years of experience developing, supporting, and enhancing complex software systems and applications.
Advanced proficiency in full-stack software development and one or more programming languages or technologies such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, or equivalent technologies.
Advanced knowledge of software architecture, system design, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, APIs, integration practices, and application modernization techniques.
Strong understanding of cloud platforms, deployment practices, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, automation, and production support.
Experience contributing to architectural and technical design decisions across applications, systems, platforms, or codebases.
Experience evaluating technical trade-offs and recommending solutions that balance business requirements, delivery timelines, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
Experience collaborating with engineering teams and stakeholders to support technical direction across multiple projects or shared technology platforms.
Experience mentoring engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, solution design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
Experience partnering with Product, Quality Assurance, Project Management, DevOps, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver software solutions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong mentoring, coaching, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
Ability to manage multiple technical priorities and operate effectively in complex and evolving environments.
Ability to work independently while maintaining alignment with established engineering standards, architectural direction, and organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of complex software systems, features, services, and integrations across all projects and multiple teams utilizing the Mendix platform.
Design scalable, secure, modular, and maintainable software solutions that support current and anticipated business and client needs.
Develop full-stack software solutions and technical designs that align with platform architecture, engineering standards, and business requirements.
Establish architecture and technical design standards adopted across multiple applications, systems, projects, and shared technology platforms.
Serve as a technical subject matter expert and escalation point for complex software engineering questions and decisions across multiple teams utilizing the Mendix platform.
Review code changes by other engineers regularly to ensure alignment with engineering, architecture, security, testing, documentation, and quality standards.
Mentor and coach engineers across multiple teams and Mendix projects through technical guidance, solution design discussions, pair programming, code reviews, and constructive feedback.
Lead technical strategy within their domain and establish engineering standards, technical approaches, system design decisions adopted across multiple projects and shared technology platforms.
Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple teams involving system integration, APIs, data exchange, platform modernization, and performance optimization.
Partner with business stakeholders to understand operational objectives, translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable software solutions.
Lead the Identification and communication of technical risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and mitigation strategies to project teams, engineering leads, and senior leadership as needed.
Lead technical discussions during sprint planning, backlog refinement, architecture reviews, and retrospectives across teams.
Recommend and implement improvements to engineering processes, workflows, tools, and delivery practices adopted across teams.
Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and implementation of sustainable corrective actions across teams.
Evaluate application performance, reliability, scalability, capacity, and operational effectiveness and lead the implementation of proactive improvements.
Ensure software systems and changes align with established security, privacy, data protection, and compliance requirements.
Guide and implement release planning, deployment validation, production readiness, and operational monitoring activities across teams.
Participate in on-call rotations and provide advanced technical direction for complex production incidents.
Lead automation, monitoring, and operational improvements that reduce recurring issues and strengthen system resilience across teams.