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Requisition ID: 95141
At Gexa Energy, a NextEra Energy Resources company, we provide reliable low-cost energy solutions. Focused on customer satisfaction, we offer innovative electricity plans tailored to the diverse needs of Texas homes and businesses. If you're passionate about making a difference in the energy industry and delivering exceptional customer experiences, join our team today.
Position Specific Description
The Principal IT Programmer Analyst within NEER Solutions serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the full stack design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade platforms supporting NextEra Energy Retail's mass market operations. This individual operates at the intersection of technology and business - capable of architecting scalable .NET/SQL solutions and communicating those decisions with clarity to business stakeholders and senior leadership. They lead distributed onshore/offshore teams and champion AI-assisted development as a standard of modern delivery.
Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and deliver full stack solutions using .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API) and Microsoft SQL Server, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Manage and own a customer call center application stack, including telephony platform administration and integration
• Deliver and manage AI chatbot and/or voice bot solutions, including NLP/LLM platform configuration, conversational design integration, and backend API connectivity
• Familiarity with contact center AI capabilities - agent assist, real-time transcription, sentiment analysis, bot containment reporting
• Integrate telephony and chatbot platforms with CRM and billing systems via REST APIs or middleware
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical standards enforcement across enterprise platforms
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT) to accelerate delivery velocity and improve code quality
• Evaluate and recommend architectural patterns, technology upgrades, and integration approaches

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and skills:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field (Master's in MIS or CS strongly preferred)
• 8+ years of progressive software development experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or principal capacity
• Expert-level proficiency in .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, MVC) and Microsoft SQL Server (schema design, stored procedures, query optimization, indexing)
• Proven experience designing and optimizing IVR call flows and queue routing logic in telephony platforms
• Familiarity with contact center AI capabilities - agent assist, real-time transcription, sentiment analysis, bot containment reporting
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling (Azure DevOps, Git)
• Demonstrated, hands-on use of AI coding and productivity tools as a regular part of the development workflow
• Proven experience leading and managing distributed onshore/offshore development teams
• Cloud platform exposure - GCP, AWS preferred
• Exceptional business-facing communication skills - able to present to Directors, VPs, and business leads without relying on technical jargon

Job Overview
This position assesses, designs, develops, integrates and troubleshoots technology to support business processes. Employees provide technical or functional guidance to project or work teams, as needed within specific or multiple disciplines. This position is accountable for ensuring the reliability, performance, security, and continuity of IT systems, as well as ensuring that excellent technical support services are provided.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Analyzes, designs, develops, tests, debugs, implements, maintains, integrates, customizes, and enhances existing or new systems
• Applies appropriate Agile or development methodologies, system development lifecycles, tools, and technology to manage development activities
• Automates the handoff of code releases from development to operations (DevOps)
• Participates in the change management and service ticket management processes including receiving, resolution monitoring, and ensuring customer satisfaction
• Leads projects when needed and builds strong working understanding of the solution being delivered
• Ensures user satisfaction by providing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and timely resolution of more complex problems
• Designs, develops, and tests experimental application work to test new ideas with bounded cost and time frames
• Ensures that applications processes are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, security, compliance, environmental, and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation
• Acts as liaison with regulatory agencies, vendors, and contractors on matters relating to computer systems as required
• Defines metrics and monitors Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for systems being developed
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 6+ years
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's - Information Systems
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Information Technology
Organization: Gexa Energy, LP
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
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