Principal Technical Lead - Foundry

Requisition ID # 167479 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Data Solutions Architecture Team at Pacific Gas & Electric Company is responsible for driving long-term, enterprise-wide data solutions, target state architecture, and overall excellence with the application of data, analytics and information to critical business challenges and opportunities. This team is chartered to develop the strategy, roadmap, and accompanying standards that will enable better use of data and information and to develop analytics maturity at PG&E. The Team also contains technical and development leads who lead teams outside DSA.

Position Summary

We are looking for a Principal Technical Lead to be a part of our exciting and growing team. Your primary focus will be to lead a team of developers working in Foundry on an important mission-critical application based on data streaming workflows. You will be responsible for upgrading and improving the application, leading architecture discussions, and managing the work of a team of developers, testers, and business analysts. You will work directly with business stakeholders up to the Director level, and be responsible for key communications about feasibility, deliverables, and challenges.

This role involves both team leadership and direct hands-on coding work. You will be expected to learn and understand the nuances and edge cases of the application you will be responsible for, and mentor junior developers on the team regarding its complexities. In this role you will perform regular and thorough code reviews which, together with architecture discussions, will require a thorough knowledge of the Foundry platform.

Additionally, the application involves significant Java code. You will need a working familiarity with Java in order to support specialized Java developers on the team, including reading and understanding existing functionality, meaningfully contributing to Java code review, and implementing simple bugfixes and features.

We strive for a team that will make a difference in the new PG&E. As Principal Tech Lead, you will be owning a key 24/7 mission critical application that makes a difference in the lives of millions of customers.

The Principal Tech Lead will report to a Manager of Data Solutions Architecture in the Data Analytics & Insights department of Information Technology, and work closely with the Business Technology team.

This position is hybrid, remote and in-person at the Oakland General Office (OGO) based on business needs. You will be expected to be available for travel to California for workshops, and other key team events as circumstances dictate.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

Pay range is:​ $155,000.00 - $231,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a complex mission-critical software application in Foundry with Flink and Spark as the underlying technologies
• Reason effectively about complex streaming-based edge cases and detailed business logic
• Directly implement features and bugfixes in the application
• Provide operational support, including on-call rotations, for the application
• Lead architecture discussions with product owners, business analysts, software developers, and other stakeholders
• Have a comprehensive understanding of Foundry platform capabilities and limitations, and use that knowledge to inform short- and long-term decision-making
• Mentor more junior developers in streaming logic, Foundry usage, and edge case troubleshooting
• Create and assign tasks and feature work to a team of developers, testers, and analysts
• Perform effective code review for engineers in the team
• Guide testers and testing scenarios for the application
• Communicate with stakeholder clearly, including at the Director level, and with accountability for the entire development team
• Help with architecture, mentoring, and advice for Foundry-based applications outside your direct area of responsibility
• Support specialized Java developers on the team with code reviews, algorithmic business logic, and implementing minor Java bugfixes and features

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BA/BS in Computer Science/ Information Systems, Engineering, etc. or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 7 or more years of relevant work experience in Information Technology, Software Development, as well as Data Platforms, Pipelines, and Analytics, to include experience in both IT and line of business departments.

Desired:

• Experience working directly with line of business stakeholders demonstrating job-related skills.
• 5 or more years experience with Data Engineering, including integration, pipelines, and analytics.
• 3 or more years experience building data pipelines, applications, and analytics within the Palantir Foundry data platform
• Experience with analytics and data management principles such as: data acquisition and modeling, data warehousing, business intelligence, metadata management, master data management, advanced analytics and data science, “big data” techniques, public/hybrid/private cloud data management and analytics services data security, and data and analytics governance.
• Ability to achieve a deep understanding of line of business strategies, priorities, needs, and current capabilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively to engage and influence business and IT stakeholders, senior leadership and external partners.
• Customer management and negotiation skills that enable the ability to mediate opposing viewpoints and articulate the advantages of a preferred solution.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills across all levels; ability to communicate complex technical concepts to leaders, business sponsors and stakeholders in clear, concise language that inspires confidence and earns trust.
• Strong leadership skills in the technology and operations domain and a high level of drive, initiative and assertiveness.
• Familiarity with at least two or more of: Scaled Agile, Scrum development methodology, DevOps/DevSecOps, LEAN, Six Sigma or ITIL practices.
• Experience with any of the following: Data Architecture, Data Streaming, Flink, Java, Palantir Foundry, Spark, data access languages such as SQL, SAS, R, Python, Scala, etc.
• Experience working in the Utility Industry and a working knowledge of Utility concepts and challenges a plus.