What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Engineer position at Yes Energy?
Join the Market Leader in Electric Power Trading Solutions
The electrical grid is the largest and most complicated machine ever built. Yes Energy’s industry-leading electric power trading analytics software provides real-time visibility into the massive amount of data generated by the North American electrical grid every day. Our unique and innovative view of the data informs real-time trading decisions that keep utility prices low and the grid up and running. It’s both challenging work and work with a purpose.
Be a part of our successful, growing business.
Position Summary
In the Engineering group, we are accelerating the product vision by building solutions in a fun, collaborative, efficient, and adaptive team. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate with leaders in technology, data, and energy to build solutions and tools for handling the highly complex problems posed by the evolving power grid. You will also work directly on projects to integrate systems and serve energy data to customers. We are curious people who take pride in our work, value high-quality communication, and strive to improve continuously.
Position Details
C#, .NET, Cloud, AWS, Containerization, SQL, REST API, Application Developer, Application Integration, Data Engineer, ETL, Agile, TDD / Test-Driven Development
Overview
ABOUT YES ENERGY
Yes Energy delivers real-time market data and electric power trading decision solutions. Over 1,000 market participants use Yes Energy solutions daily. The business is a leader in all aspects of information content collection and management, developing and delivering data and market analytics solutions. Since its inception in 2008, Yes Energy has become a trusted and respected supplier of innovative and reliable solutions focused on the needs of power market analysts, traders, and trade managers. Yes Energy has a team of 300 amazing professionals in Boulder, CO (HQ); Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Glendora, CA; Richmond, VA; London, United Kingdom; Auckland, New Zealand; and Bucharest, Romania.
Culture
Yes Energy has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Colorado, and we have the culture to prove it. At Yes Energy, we care about saying “Yes” to customers. We like to listen, learn, and develop our solutions in line with their needs. We think about customers as business partners, and when we help them be more successful … we are more successful, too.
Around the office, our culture is driven by some pretty fundamental values that we’re proud of:
We offer highly competitive salaries and real bonuses that are achievable and that you can impact. Our benefits package is also very competitive, including medical insurance, a 401 (k) Plan with matching, flexible vacation, and flexible work schedules. Yes Energy encourages and funds investment in both formal and informal professional development.
At Yes Energy, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
In accordance with Colorado law, the range provided is Yes Energy’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower based on non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Yes Energy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Yes Energy complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The electrical grid is the largest and most complicated machine ever built. Yes Energy’s industry-leading electric power trading analytics software provides real-time visibility into the massive amount of data generated by the North American electrical grid every day. Our unique and innovative view of the data informs real-time trading decisions that keep utility prices low and the grid up and running. It’s both challenging work and work with a purpose.
Be a part of our successful, growing business.
Position Summary
In the Engineering group, we are accelerating the product vision by building solutions in a fun, collaborative, efficient, and adaptive team. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate with leaders in technology, data, and energy to build solutions and tools for handling the highly complex problems posed by the evolving power grid. You will also work directly on projects to integrate systems and serve energy data to customers. We are curious people who take pride in our work, value high-quality communication, and strive to improve continuously.
Position Details
- Salary range: $150,000 - $170,000 depending on experience and location
- Location: Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Boulder, CO
- Full-time
- Hybrid - Will be required to work in the office 2-3 days a week
- Reporting to: Senior Director, Engineering
- Lead in developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, reliable systems using the full stack.
- Provide architectural guidance and vision, ensuring alignment with the overall company strategy.
- Work closely with operations and infrastructure to build and scale services.
- Engage actively in all product life cycle phases, emphasizing design and strategic planning.
- Embrace Agile development methodologies and practices.
- Facilitate and lead implementation and architecture discussions.
- Coach, mentor, and guide peers, driving an excellence and continuous learning culture.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- Minimum of seven years of experience working as a software engineer, with demonstrated leadership abilities.
- Solid experience in C#, .NET experience a plus.
- Working knowledge of relational database management systems such as SQL Server.
- Extensive experience developing for and working in cloud environments, AWS preferred
- Ability to create and optimize queries and understand relational data structures.
- Extensive experience designing, building, and consuming REST APIs.
- Understanding of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token (JWT).
- Familiarity with data integration and ETL tools.
- Passion for optimizing system performance and scalability.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills. Passion for sharing knowledge with the rest of your team, building shared tooling, and directly helping customers.
- Self-directed and comfortable supporting the needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.
- Continual learner, engaged in professional development.
- Proven expertise in leading large-scale projects and driving innovative solutions.
- Have experience with TDD and/or continuous testing
- Have a desire to learn the energy industry or expertise in equities/commodities trading
C#, .NET, Cloud, AWS, Containerization, SQL, REST API, Application Developer, Application Integration, Data Engineer, ETL, Agile, TDD / Test-Driven Development
Overview
ABOUT YES ENERGY
Yes Energy delivers real-time market data and electric power trading decision solutions. Over 1,000 market participants use Yes Energy solutions daily. The business is a leader in all aspects of information content collection and management, developing and delivering data and market analytics solutions. Since its inception in 2008, Yes Energy has become a trusted and respected supplier of innovative and reliable solutions focused on the needs of power market analysts, traders, and trade managers. Yes Energy has a team of 300 amazing professionals in Boulder, CO (HQ); Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Glendora, CA; Richmond, VA; London, United Kingdom; Auckland, New Zealand; and Bucharest, Romania.
Culture
Yes Energy has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Colorado, and we have the culture to prove it. At Yes Energy, we care about saying “Yes” to customers. We like to listen, learn, and develop our solutions in line with their needs. We think about customers as business partners, and when we help them be more successful … we are more successful, too.
Around the office, our culture is driven by some pretty fundamental values that we’re proud of:
- We love innovation and solving tough challenges;
- We are “high standards people” who combine passion and pride with hard work and rewards of all kinds-- in an ethic that is consistent across the company;
- We’re team-focused with a flat hierarchy-- we work in small teams on well-defined projects that directly impact the success of the business;
- We play to the strengths and experience of each person while each of us also works along a continuum of roles adjacent to our focus area. This presents the challenge of maintaining a broad set of skills as well as an opportunity to learn and contribute in many ways;
- We are constantly growing. Professional development happens every day and every year.
We offer highly competitive salaries and real bonuses that are achievable and that you can impact. Our benefits package is also very competitive, including medical insurance, a 401 (k) Plan with matching, flexible vacation, and flexible work schedules. Yes Energy encourages and funds investment in both formal and informal professional development.
At Yes Energy, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
In accordance with Colorado law, the range provided is Yes Energy’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower based on non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Yes Energy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Yes Energy complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Salary : $150,000 - $170,000
