Staff Software Dev Eng WL

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Date: Nov 6, 2025

Location(s): Atlanta, GA, US, 30339

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID:  91300 

 

NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC (NEET) is the leading competitive transmission company in North America. We develop, finance, construct, operate and maintain transmission assets across the continent. We operate through our regional subsidiaries to integrate generation resources and enhance grid reliability. Do you want to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the transmission industry? Join our world-class team today.

 

 Position Specific Description

In this critical role as Staff Software Engineer, you'll play an instrumental part in shaping the future of our technology stack. You will guide the high-level strategy for our software development experience across the enterprise, ensuring developer productivity, sentiment, and environment are all optimized to make building software at NextEra Energy seamless. 
 
What You'll Do
  • Design scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant distributed systems to meet evolving business requirements.
  • Develop and oversee architectural roadmaps and technology strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Lead the design and deployment of automated CI/CD pipelines, promoting swift and reliable code deployments.
  • Mentor engineering teams on software development best practices, design patterns, and coding standards.
  • Advocate for software development lifecycle best practices, including robust code reviews, comprehensive testing, and thorough documentation.
  • Serve as the technical point of contact for cross-functional teams and external clients, facilitating architectural decisions and discussions.
  • Evaluate and adapt new technologies and innovations to keep the architecture and technology stack up-to-date.
 

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in software development and architecture. 
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Proven expertise in designing, building, and maintaining distributed systems.
  • Comprehensive understanding of observability and monitoring tools and best practices.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies.
  • Exceptional leadership and mentoring skills.
  • Outstanding communication abilities, both written and verbal.

 

Job Overview

This position writes and tests software to aid in development and support of products.  Individuals in this role work with Technical Leads on software system architecture and module design and typically gains experience acting as the owner of a complete module in the system.  This position participates in required product development process ceremonies.  Employees in this role are responsible for writing and refining technical requirements and technical design documentation.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Codes in multiple languages in support of software products and the development of software products
  • Leads software system architecture projects
  • Communicates with varying levels within and outside the organization regarding software engineering
  • Leads project-level sized teams including assigning work, answering technical project questions, helping other software engineers overcome challenges and mentoring less experienced software engineers
  • Participates on technical leadership team responsible for selecting and approving software technology used by the company at-large
  • Provides input on software and technology decisions that could affect the entire organization and will likely be active in software engineering industry outside of work
  • Acts as a project kick-starter using knowledge gained through research or prototyping
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Experience: 12+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • None

 

The estimated base pay for this position is $185,600.00 to $278,400.00 per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education/training.

 

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

 

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Science, Research, and Technology
Organization:   
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

 

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

 

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

 

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

 

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.


Nearest Major Market: Atlanta

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