Software Development Engineer II

Key Responsibilities & Expectations

• Architect in Ambiguity: Translate loosely defined business problems into clean, robust architectures while anticipating edge cases.
• Rapid Prototyping: Where applicable, build functional prototypes with stakeholders to validate ideas instantly and accelerate the feedback loop.
• Full-Stack Delivery: Own features end-to-end across services, data, and UI, making pragmatic technology choices and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
• AI-Assisted Development: Use agentic AI tools throughout the SDLC to move faster, while maintaining full accountability for code quality, correctness, and security.
• Feedback Loops for Coding Agents: Design quality gates, spec-driven workflows, and deterministic checks that catch agent errors before humans do.
• Critical Adoption: Evaluate AI tools and patterns critically, adopting what improves the team's output and discarding what doesn't.
• Reliability & DevSecOps: Security-First Mindset: Embed security and compliance into the core of the development lifecycle, proactively mitigating vulnerabilities through secure design.
• Production Standards: Build well-tested, maintainable software. Implement CI/CD pipelines to ensure systems are resilient, scalable, and optimized for an exceptional end-user experience.
• Operational Readiness: Make production behavior measurable, debuggable, and recoverable by building observability, alerting, runbooks, and recovery paths into systems from the start.
• Execution & Business Ownership: Drive Outcomes: Take ownership of delivering meaningful business results, managing scope responsibly, and communicating technical risks early.
• Technical Translation: Partner closely with Product Managers and business leaders. Articulate complex architectural decisions and tradeoffs in clear, outcome-oriented terms.
• Partnering Across Functions: Engage security, risk, compliance, and platform teams early, communicate technical tradeoffs clearly, and make the case when a project calls for a different approach.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s - Engineering

Job Overview

• Writes and tests software to aid in development and support of products.
• Works with Technical Leads on software system architecture and module design.
• Participates in required product development process ceremonies.
• Writes and refines technical requirements and technical design documentation.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Codes in multiple languages in support of software products and the development of software products.
• Conducts system testing and codes unit tests and support features.
• Documents technical requirements and other technical documentation.
• Works with product team to refine product requirements.
• Collaborates on high level software design projects.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s - Engineering preferred

Pay & Benefits

The estimated base pay for this position is $103,200.00 to $154,800.00 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.

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Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Science, Research, and Technology
Organization: NextEra Analytics, Inc