Full Stack Engineer II

Full Stack Software Engineer II

Yes Energy, LLC

Join the Market Leader in Electric Power Trading Solutions

The electrical grid is the largest and most complicated machine ever built. Yes Energy’s industry leading electric power trading analytics software provides real time visibility into the massive amount of data that is generated by the North American electrical grid every day. Our unique and innovative view of the data informs real time trading decisions that keep utility prices low and the grid up and running. It’s both challenging work and work with a purpose.

Be a part of our successful, growing business.

We are seeking to fill one full time Software Engineer position immediately in our Chicago, IL office.

In the Engineering group we are accelerating the product vision by building solutions in a fun, collaborative, efficient and adaptive team. As an Engineer you will collaborate with leaders in technology, data, and energy to build solutions and tools for handling the highly complex problems posed by the evolving power grid. You will also work directly on projects to integrate systems and serve energy data to customers. We are curious people who take pride in our work, value high-quality communication, and strive to continuously improve.

• Want to design and implement complex, yet intuitive, ways to query, visualize, and analyze large data sets – We love our customers and we love to give them a high-quality user experience.
• Enjoy working with engineers across experience levels using leadership, mentorship, and followership skills – We have a culture of learning and constantly invest in each other’s growth.
• Have a testing mindset and want to help promote and lead our ongoing journey towards continuous testing – We believe in building quality in from the beginning.
• Are a curious person who likes to learn new things and dive into challenging problems – We can get pretty nerdy about our industry, and it is constantly evolving!
• Are seeking a collaborative, cross-functional team who uses agile software development methodologies – We believe that comradery and collaboration make us better.

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable, reliable systems using the full stack.
• Work closely with operations and infrastructure to build and scale services.
• Participate in all phases of the product life cycle: requirements analysis, design, development, deployment, and support.
• Embrace Agile development methodologies and practices.
• Contribute actively to implementation and architecture discussions, collaborating with the team.
• Support fellow engineers through peer code reviews and constructive discussions.

• 4-7 years of experience working as a software engineer.
• Solid experience with front-end technologies like ReactJS, JavaScript, and HTML.
• Proficiency in back-end languages, especially Java, and web servers like Tomcat.
• Extensive experience designing, building, and consuming REST APIs.
• Familiarity with data integration and ETL tools.
• Working knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Redis, etc.). Experience with Oracle PL/SQL is a plus.
• Understanding of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token (JWT).
• Passion for optimizing system performance and scalability.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills. Passion for sharing knowledge with the rest of your team, building shared tooling, and directly helping customers.
• Self-directed and comfortable supporting the needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.
• Continual learner, engaged in professional development.

• Proven expertise in leading large-scale projects and driving innovative solutions.
• Experience or interest in mentoring and supporting fellow team members.
• Have experience with TDD and/or continuous testing.
• Have a desire to learn the energy industry or experience in equities/commodities trading.

React, Redux, JavaScript, Java, Spring, SQL, REST API, Application Developer, Data Engineer, Single Page Applications, Data Visualization, UX, DX, Agile, TDD / Test-Driven Development.

Yes Energy delivers real-time market data and electric power trading decision solutions. Over 1,000 market participants use Yes Energy solutions daily. The business is a leader in all aspects of information content collection and management, as well as in developing and delivering data and market analytics solutions. Since its inception in 2008 Yes Energy has become a trusted and respected supplier of innovative and reliable solutions focused on the needs of power market analysts, traders and trade managers. Yes Energy has a team of just over 100 amazing professionals located in Boulder, CO (HQ), Boston, MA and Chicago, IL.

At Yes Energy we care about saying “Yes” to customers. We like to listen and learn, and develop our solutions in line with our customers’ needs. We think about customers as business partners and when we help them to be more successful … we are more successful too.

Around the office our culture is driven by some pretty fundamental values that we’re proud of:

• We love innovation and solving tough challenges;
• We are “high standards people” who combine passion and pride with hard work and rewards of all kinds- in an ethic that is consistent across the company;
• We’re team-focused with a flat hierarchy- we work in small teams on well-defined projects that directly impact the success of the business;
• We play to the strengths and experience of each person, while each of us also works along a continuum of roles adjacent to our focus area. This presents a challenge of maintaining a broad set of skills as well as an opportunity to learn and contribute in many ways;
• We are constantly growing. Professional development happens every day and every year.

We offer strongly competitive salaries and real bonuses that are achievable and that you can impact. Our benefits package is also very competitive and it includes medical insurance, 401K Plan with matching, flexible vacation and flexible work schedules. Investment in both formal and informal professional development is encouraged and funded by Yes Energy.

Base Compensation Range: $100,000 - 125,000