Software Engineer III

MidAmerican Energy
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Tech stack

Java
Bioinformatics
Business Software
Python
Linux System Administration
Software Engineering
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
GIT
Information Technology
Software Version Control
Programming Languages

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in management information systems (MIS), computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor's degree.) \n \n A minimum of four years of experience in business software application design, development, integration and/or installation for a software engineer 2. \n, A minimum of five or more years of experience in business software application design, development, integration and/or installation for a software engineer 3.\n, Experience developing software in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Python, or Java, with the ability to read, write, and maintain code in shared codebases\n \n Experience working in Linux environments, including basic scripting and use of commandline tools\n \n Experience using Git or other version control systems as part of a collaborative development workflow\n \n Interest in or early handson experience with automation, infrastructure, or platform engineering concepts\n, MidAmerican Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.\n

Benefits & conditions

n \nLocation: Des Moines, IA, United States\n \n \nDescription: \n This is a multi-level posting. Candidates may be considered for any of the posted levels, depending on their level of experience and depth of expertise.\n \n Our team is building a modern hybrid cloud platform from the ground up to support the next generation of applications across the organization. The platform provides foundational infrastructure, container runtime environments, developer tooling, messaging systems, and observability capabilities required to run reliable and scalable applications.\n \n This is a greenfield engineering opportunity. As a Software Engineer 2 or 3, you will contribute to the development of automation, tools, and workflows that support platform and infrastructure operations. You will work under the guidance of more senior engineers and gain handson experience with modern infrastructure, automation practices, and cloudnative technologies.\n \n Our approach emphasizes softwaredriven infrastructure, infrastructureascode, Gitbased workflows, and modern observability practices. Engineers at this level focus on building strong technical foundations, learning platform concepts, and contributing to production systems in a supported environment.\n \n \nResponsibilities: \n This role supports improvements in how work gets done across the organization by contributing to software and automation that reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and support reliable operations.\n \n You will contribute to tools, services, and workflows that support developer and operational needs, including infrastructure provisioning, deployment pipelines, environment management, and recurring operational tasks. You will collaborate with engineers across platform, infrastructure, and application teams to streamline how applications are built, deployed, and operated. \n \n Under guidance, you will help identify manual or repetitive work and contribute to automation or process improvements. You will use code, scripts, APIs, and integrations to help replace manual tasks with repeatable, scalable solutions.\n \n \nCore Responsibilities\n \n \nPlatform Automation Support\n \n \n

  • Assist in identifying manual operational processes that can be automated \n
  • Contribute to automation that improves consistency and reliability under guidance \n
  • Support to the development of tools used to provision and manage infrastructure \n

\n \nAutomation Development & Tooling\n \n \n

  • Develop automation using modern programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java \n
  • Contribute to internal tools that improve operational workflows \n
  • Integrate automation with existing APIs, platforms, and operational tooling \n

\n \nInfrastructure & Platform Integration\n \n \n

  • Assist with infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle automation using infrastructureascode tools such as Terraform \n
  • Support automation related to Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and Gitbased workflows \n
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams on defined automation tasks \n

\n \nProcess Improvement & Toil Reduction\n \n \n

  • Identify repetitive or manual tasks and raise opportunities for automation \n
  • Contribute to simplifying workflows and reducing operational effort \n
  • Implement improvements following established patterns and guidance \n

\n \nOperational Automation\n \n \n

  • Help develop automated workflows for common operational tasks such as provisioning and environment setup \n
  • Assist with automation that supports operational reliability and incident response \n

\n \nObservability & Reliability\n \n \n

  • Contribute to automation that integrates with monitoring and observability tools \n
  • Learn to use telemetry and system metrics to inform automation improvements \n, Working knowledge of programming concepts in a client/server and/or webbased development environment\n

About the company

MidAmerican Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation.

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