In an era where the world is rapidly advancing towards a cleaner future through decarbonization, stakeholders from across the entire energy value chain are having to navigate the complexities of the energy ecosystem. We seek to enable our customers to do so with confidence.

Our mission: Empowering Transformative Energy Decisions.

Founded in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia, Energy Exemplar’s PLEXOS® modeling and simulation software is trusted by innovative organizations across the globe. On one unified platform, stakeholders from across the entire energy value chain are revolutionizing the energy ecosystem and seamlessly planning for the future of energy with unprecedented clarity, speed, and innovation.

Our impact is global and is being recognized across the industry:

Finalist for the 2024 Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards in the 'Technologies of Change' category
Finalist for the 2024 Go:Tech Awards in the 'Most Innovative Use of Technology’ category
2022 USEA/USAID Corporate Volunteer of the Year
2022 Impact Award Winner for our impact on the energy industry and the current energy transition

At Energy Exemplar, we believe in empowering our people by offering flexibility in how, when, and where they work. This flexibility has been a cornerstone of our success, fueling significant growth over the years, with the company expanding at an impressive rate of approximately 30% year over year. We understand that the best results come when our team members can balance their professional and personal lives, so we support various working arrangements that help you thrive.

We don’t just celebrate the excellence of our products but champion the quality of our people. They own their outcomes and perform to their best – every day. whether you're working from home, in the office, or on the go. Our flexible work culture fosters innovation, collaboration, and trust, making it easier to stay engaged and connected, no matter where you are. That’s what makes us who we are and a great place to work. Our core values ‘Customer Success’, ‘One Global Team’, ‘Integrity and Ownership’ and ‘Innovation Excellence’ reflect the way we work and are always at the forefront of everything we do.

About the Role

Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager as a member of the Development team at IDC, the Principal Software Engineer is responsible for delivering quality and performant software and design to handle the vast array of use cases that our customers have today. This role is responsible for Developing Software Solutions by learning information needs, discussing with managers, studying systems flow, data usage, finding problem areas and coming up with solutions & following the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities
• Develop, test and maintain architectures, such as databases and large-scale processing systems using high-performance data pipeline.
• Recommend and implement ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality.
• Identify performant features and make them universally accessible to our teams across EE.
• Work together with data analysts and data scientists to wrangle the data and provide quality datasets and insights to business-critical decisions.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for the development, quality, testing, and production readiness of the services you build.
• Define and evangelize Data Engineering best standards and practices to ensure engineering excellence at every stage of the development cycle.
• Act as a resident expert for data engineering, feature engineering, exploratory data analysis.

Qualifications, Skills & Experiences

5-8 years of experience in Python programming, Data structure & algorithm ETL Data pipeline, SQL

Experience in developing data pipelines for large-scale, complex datasets from varieties of data sources.
Data Engineering expertise with strong experience working with Python, Beautiful Soup, and Web Scraping.
Knowledge with cloud-based data technologies such as Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data Bricks is optionally desirable.
Moderate coding skills. SQL or similar is required. C# or other languages are strongly preferred.
Knowledge of BigData, Data Warehouse, and related technologies.
Good understanding of Apache Spark, implementation knowledge with Java or Python.
Outstanding communication and collaboration skills. You can learn from and teach others.
Strong drive for results. You have a proven record of shepherding experiments to create successful shipping products and services.

Energy Exemplar is an equal opportunities employer and we value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing and fostering a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Bring your authentic self and help us build an inclusive world together! To support you in being the best version of yourself during the application and interview process, please let us know if you have any specific requirements.