Associate Software Developer

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

The need for more sophisticated transmission grid management tools is rapidly expanding across the utility industry. Come join Digital Grid Management (DGM), whose work makes a direct impact on all energy consumers, is actively working to address the challenges of climate change, and who’s positioned in the market to grow at a rapid pace over the next decade with massive opportunities for career growth.

We are looking for individuals to contribute to the development of the company’s industry-leading Energy Management System (EMS) in the role of Associate Software Developer. In this role, you will be a member of an Agile development team building integrated real-time solutions used to optimize, manage, and control the operation of the electrical transmission grid. This role’s contributions will make a highly visible impact on software that has a direct impact on thousands of grid operators, as well as the millions of utility customers whose reliability of service depends on these applications.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have a strong fundamental understanding of programming and software development techniques while possessing passion to learn and excel your expertise to the next level. You will also need to have self-motivation and management to plan and execute moderate complexity development projects to successful completion.

Your Impact

• Collaborate with other developers, product managers, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to design and implement best-in-class software to meet our customers’ complex needs. 
• Maintain existing power system software applications and internal tools. 
• Assist in code and design reviews. 
• Train and mentor other team members in your area of expertise. 
• Take part in agile team ceremonies such as scrum, sprint planning, and retrospective. 
• Identify areas of improvement within the current software solution. 

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related technical field.  
• Experience coding in C and/or other similar coding languages. 
• Solid understanding of algorithms and complex data structures. 
• Ability to adapt to feedback and changing requirements. 
• Understanding of the utility industry and power grid operations. 
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git). 
• Experience working in agile environments and familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins is a plus. 
• Experience with APIs and daemon processes. 
• A passion for learning and working on complex problems. 
• Strong time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once. 
• Strong self-awareness. Able to know one’s abilities, commit to due dates, and hold oneself accountable. 

The salary range for this role is $70,700.00 - $88,400.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.