Requisition ID:  96946  NextEra Analytics offers energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis for planning, siting, forecasting and optimizing all forms of energy projects. Our optimization and analytics platforms integrate open-source technologies to leverage massive, diverse sets of utility operating data. This enables rapid development of operational solutions. Applying expertise in advanced mathematics, data and physical sciences, we solve some of the hardest problems facing the energy industry.   Position Specific DescriptionWe are seeking a high-caliber Principal Software Development Engineer to help build customer-centric software solutions that drive business impact. This role is designed for an exceptional engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong product intuition and business acumen. As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will thrive in ambiguous environments, rapidly prototype solutions with stakeholders, and design scalable, secure, and resilient systems. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, serving as the technical bridge between business objectives and software delivery while mentoring engineering teams and raising technical standards across the organization. Key Responsibilities Engineering &amp; System Design<ul><li>Architect scalable, maintainable solutions for complex and loosely defined business problems while proactively identifying edge cases and technical risks.</li><li>Partner directly with stakeholders to rapidly prototype and validate ideas, accelerating product discovery and feedback.</li><li>Own the full software development lifecycle across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and user interfaces.</li><li>Make pragmatic technology decisions that balance speed, quality, maintainability, and long-term scalability.</li><li>Champion modern software architecture patterns and engineering best practices.</li></ul> AI-Enabled Engineering Productivity<ul><li>Leverage agentic AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering velocity while maintaining full ownership of code quality, correctness, and security.</li><li>Design specification-driven workflows, automated quality gates, and deterministic validation processes that improve AI-assisted software development.</li><li>Evaluate emerging AI technologies and development practices, adopting solutions that improve team productivity and engineering outcomes.</li><li>Promote responsible AI usage by establishing standards for reliability, maintainability, and governance.</li></ul> Reliability, Security &amp; DevSecOps<ul><li>Embed security, compliance, and privacy considerations into every stage of software development.</li><li>Build highly reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications supported by comprehensive automated testing.</li><li>Design and maintain modern CI/CD pipelines that enable safe, repeatable, and efficient software delivery.</li><li>Build observability into applications through logging, metrics, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and recovery strategies.</li><li>Ensure production systems are measurable, debuggable, resilient, and operationally ready.</li></ul> Technical Leadership &amp; Business Ownership<ul><li>Take ownership of delivering high-impact business outcomes while proactively managing scope, priorities, dependencies, and technical risks.</li><li>Partner closely with Product Managers, architects, and business leaders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.</li><li>Clearly communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and technical recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.</li><li>Collaborate early with Security, Risk, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering teams to deliver secure and sustainable solutions.</li><li>Influence engineering direction through technical leadership, mentorship, and continuous improvement initiatives.</li></ul> Team &amp; Culture<ul><li>Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving.</li><li>Lead by example through strong ownership, accountability, and sound engineering judgment.</li><li>Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across the organization.</li><li>Promote an environment of trust, autonomy, and shared responsibility while aligning engineering decisions with customer and business goals.</li></ul> Qualifications Required<ul><li>Extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed software systems.</li><li>Expertise across modern software architecture, cloud platforms, APIs, databases, and full-stack application development.</li><li>Strong experience with modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, DevSecOps, and observability.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production.</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.</li><li>Proven ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while delivering measurable business outcomes.</li></ul> Preferred<ul><li>Experience building AI-enabled applications and integrating large language models (LLMs) into production systems.</li><li>Experience designing platforms that leverage agentic AI workflows and developer productivity tools.</li><li>Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, microservices, and event-driven systems.</li><li>Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams.</li></ul>

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns two electric companies in Florida: Florida Power &amp; Light Company, which serves more than five million customer accounts in Florida and is the largest rate-regulated electric utility in the United States as measured by retail electricity produced and sold; and Gulf Power Company, which serves more than 460,000 customers in eight counties throughout Northwest Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world&rsquo;s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included in the S&amp;P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune&rsquo;s 2019 list of &ldquo;World&rsquo;s Most Admired Companies&rdquo; and ranked among the top 25 on Fortune&rsquo;s 2018 list of companies that &ldquo;Change the World.&rdquo;

Prin Software Development Eng

Requisition ID:  96946  NextEra Analytics offers energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis for planning, siting, forecasting and optimizing all forms of energy projects. Our optimization and analytics platforms integrate open-source technologies to leverage massive, diverse sets of utility operating data. This enables rapid development of operational solutions. Applying expertise in advanced mathematics, data and physical sciences, we solve some of the hardest problems facing the energy industry.   Position Specific DescriptionWe are seeking a high-caliber Principal Software Development Engineer to help build customer-centric software solutions that drive business impact. This role is designed for an exceptional engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong product intuition and business acumen. As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will thrive in ambiguous environments, rapidly prototype solutions with stakeholders, and design scalable, secure, and resilient systems. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, serving as the technical bridge between business objectives and software delivery while mentoring engineering teams and raising technical standards across the organization. Key Responsibilities Engineering &amp; System Design<ul><li>Architect scalable, maintainable solutions for complex and loosely defined business problems while proactively identifying edge cases and technical risks.</li><li>Partner directly with stakeholders to rapidly prototype and validate ideas, accelerating product discovery and feedback.</li><li>Own the full software development lifecycle across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and user interfaces.</li><li>Make pragmatic technology decisions that balance speed, quality, maintainability, and long-term scalability.</li><li>Champion modern software architecture patterns and engineering best practices.</li></ul> AI-Enabled Engineering Productivity<ul><li>Leverage agentic AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering velocity while maintaining full ownership of code quality, correctness, and security.</li><li>Design specification-driven workflows, automated quality gates, and deterministic validation processes that improve AI-assisted software development.</li><li>Evaluate emerging AI technologies and development practices, adopting solutions that improve team productivity and engineering outcomes.</li><li>Promote responsible AI usage by establishing standards for reliability, maintainability, and governance.</li></ul> Reliability, Security &amp; DevSecOps<ul><li>Embed security, compliance, and privacy considerations into every stage of software development.</li><li>Build highly reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications supported by comprehensive automated testing.</li><li>Design and maintain modern CI/CD pipelines that enable safe, repeatable, and efficient software delivery.</li><li>Build observability into applications through logging, metrics, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and recovery strategies.</li><li>Ensure production systems are measurable, debuggable, resilient, and operationally ready.</li></ul> Technical Leadership &amp; Business Ownership<ul><li>Take ownership of delivering high-impact business outcomes while proactively managing scope, priorities, dependencies, and technical risks.</li><li>Partner closely with Product Managers, architects, and business leaders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.</li><li>Clearly communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and technical recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.</li><li>Collaborate early with Security, Risk, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering teams to deliver secure and sustainable solutions.</li><li>Influence engineering direction through technical leadership, mentorship, and continuous improvement initiatives.</li></ul> Team &amp; Culture<ul><li>Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving.</li><li>Lead by example through strong ownership, accountability, and sound engineering judgment.</li><li>Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across the organization.</li><li>Promote an environment of trust, autonomy, and shared responsibility while aligning engineering decisions with customer and business goals.</li></ul> Qualifications Required<ul><li>Extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed software systems.</li><li>Expertise across modern software architecture, cloud platforms, APIs, databases, and full-stack application development.</li><li>Strong experience with modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, DevSecOps, and observability.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production.</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.</li><li>Proven ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while delivering measurable business outcomes.</li></ul> Preferred<ul><li>Experience building AI-enabled applications and integrating large language models (LLMs) into production systems.</li><li>Experience designing platforms that leverage agentic AI workflows and developer productivity tools.</li><li>Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, microservices, and event-driven systems.</li><li>Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams.</li></ul>

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