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# Senior Software & Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Search Services
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $135,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, Audit Trail, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data as a Services, Data Validation, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Document Management Systems, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, PostgreSQL, Metadata, Neo4j, PostGIS, Scrum Methodology, Software Architecture, Queueing Systems, Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Tools, Standard Sql, TypeScript, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Git, Fastapi, Event Driven Architecture, Build Management, AI Platforms, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Software Coding, Restful APIs, Automation Anywhere, Docker, Web Api
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/use57129b458ed9c00fe5cc94b42a4058e/eaa

## About the Role

* Strong software and platform engineering experience
 * Python
 * FastAPI or similar API frameworks
 * PostgreSQL/PostGIS and SQL
 * REST APIs
 * Git
 * Docker
 * Cloud deployment experience
 * Strong systems thinking and software architecture skills
 * Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

 * Microsoft Azure
 * Neo4j or other graph databases
 * Vector databases
 * GIS and spatial analytics
 * Kubernetes
 * React and TypeScript
 * Message queues and event-driven architectures
 * Experience with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, energy software, infrastructure analytics, engineering software, or asset management

AI & AUTOMATION

 * Experience integrating LLM APIs, agent frameworks, RAG, document processing, prompt orchestration, workflow automation, and AI-assisted quality assurance into production environments
 * This role focuses on production AI integration rather than AI model development or research

## Description

Our Client is seeking a Senior Software & Platform Engineer to lead the development of its next-generation energy intelligence platform.
Reporting to the Acting CTO, this person will serve as the day-to-day technical lead, bringing together cloud infrastructure, data, forecasting, AI-enabled workflows, and customer-facing applications into a secure, scalable platform.
RESPONSIBILITIES

 * Design and build the core cloud platform, APIs, data services, authentication, workflows, and customer workspaces
 * Modernize existing customer-facing applications, analytical products, reporting, and deployment frameworks
 * Develop canonical data models, APIs, ETL pipelines, metadata frameworks, and spatial and graph database integrations
 * Integrate forecasting, grid physics, benchmarking, GIS, AI services, document management, and external APIs
 * Build production AI workflows for data validation, document extraction, automation, quality assurance, and human-in-the-loop review
 * Implement secure authentication, authorization, CEII segregation, audit logging, encryption, secrets management, and secure APIs
 * Lead day-to-day engineering execution, including code reviews, coding standards, CI/CD, Git workflows, sprint planning, and technical estimation
 * Mentor developers and coordinate technical workstreams across product, data, forecasting, and engineering teams, * Modernized customer portal
 * Canonical data platform and production API framework
 * AI-enabled data workflows
 * Secure customer authentication
 * ERCOT forecasting engine integration
 * Benchmarking and data governance infrastructure
 * Beta Due Diligence Portal
 * Scalable production deployment architecture


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