Manager - Data/ Software Engineering - Chicago - Constellation

Description

Who We Are

As the nation's largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, Constellation is focused on our purpose: accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future. We have been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade, and we are cultivating a workplace where our employees can grow, thrive, and contribute.

Our culture and employee experience make it clear: We are powered by passion and purpose. Together, we're creating healthier communities and a cleaner planet, and our people are the driving force behind our success. At Constellation, you can build a fulfilling career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact. By doing our best work and meeting new challenges, we can accomplish great things and help fight climate change. Join us to lead the clean energy future.

Total Rewards

Constellation offers a wide range of benefits and rewards to help our employees thrive professionally and personally. We provide competitive compensation and benefits that support both employees and their families, helping them prepare for the future. In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days; and much more.

Expected salary range of $158,400 to $176,000, varies based on experience, along with comprehensive benefits package that includes bonus and 401(k).

Primary Purpose of Position

The Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to support the successful development and delivery of high-quality software applications. This role is responsible for designing and overseeing software architecture by aligning business requirements, user needs, and technical constraints. The engineer actively contributes to coding and testing efforts, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable, while adhering to internal coding standards. Managing a team of up to five staff members, this position also oversees external development partners in collaboration with internal teams to deliver innovative software solutions that advance Constellation's digital strategy. The Lead Software Engineer utilizes a deep understanding of business needs to set technical direction, guide solution development, and support the ongoing growth of team members by sharing relevant theories, practices, and principles. Operating with a high level of independence, this role is expected to make sound decisions in both familiar and novel situations and contribute to strategic planning.

Primary Duties and Accountabilities

• Leads and manages the full software development lifecycle for new products, including defining requirements, creating technical specifications, designing architecture, writing and testing code, and overseeing development activities
• Provides technical oversight and ensures adherence to best practices, including internal coding standards, SDLC methodologies, and scalable, secure, and maintainable code
• Collaborates with business, technical, and architecture stakeholders to align solutions with strategic goals, communicate technical approaches, incorporate feedback, and ensure compliance with enterprise standards
• Optimizes team performance and workflows to enhance collaboration, efficiency, and delivery while applying business acumen to guide technology decisions that support business outcomes
• Stays current with emerging software development tools, technologies, and trends, and recommends improvements to development processes and DevOps practices within the team and broader IT organization
• Manages and mentors the software development team, overseeing hiring, training, and career development. Assigns work based on skills and team needs, evaluates performance, and fosters a collaborative, diverse team culture. Contributes to employee development and retention strategies

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with 8 to 10 years of experience in application development
• Strong technical background including experience with C#.NET, Angular, CX/UX, REST APIs, Postman, Selenium, and related technologies
• Experience developing Azure cloud-native software
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and digital product development
• Experience in Agile development environments (leading tight sprint planning, standups, retros, etc.)
• Experience leading and managing IT projects or sub teams and knowledge of IT project management
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent solution seeking, teamwork, leadership and communication skills which extend across all organizational. management levels and external partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading data product or data platform teams, delivering enterprise analytics, reporting, or data-driven applications
• Strong knowledge of cloud-based data architectures and platforms, preferably Azure (e.g., Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, Power BI)
• Understanding of data product lifecycles, including data ingestion, transformation, modeling, governance, and consumption
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, high-quality data solutions that drive measurable business outcomes
• Experience partnering with business, analytics, and architecture stakeholders to prioritize and deliver data initiatives in an Agile environment

Constellation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.