Within our Texas mass markets retail business, which includes Reliant Energy, we aim to promote customized offerings: the right product offered through the right channel, with the right message at the right time for each current or prospective customer. To accomplish this, we leverage our data via predictive modeling, statistical analyses, and optimization. We are looking for a talented software developer to develop Python packages to streamline our analytics work; enable common, scalable analytical computing environments on demand; and deploy our reports and predictive models into production. This position is part Software Engineer, part DevOps Engineer, and part Data Engineer. If you like variety and starting projects from scratch, this is the job for you!Â
Responsibilities:Â
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:Â
Develop custom Python packages to help our analysts connect to various data sources; provide convenient methods of joining and transforming data in ways common to our workflowÂ
Prepare a common analytics environment that analysts can deploy on demand via internal cloud or Amazon Web Services, and access via Jupyter NotebooksÂ
Mentoring code development best practices.Â
Automate data pipelinesÂ
Deploy predictive models and reports into productionÂ
Manage Git RepositoriesÂ
Education:Â
Degree (BS, MS, or PhD) in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Information Systems preferred; any STEM BS, MS or PhD with appropriate work experience will be considered.Â
Experience:Â
0-5 years of professional Python software design and developmentÂ
Experience with Amazon Web Services a plusÂ
Experience with administering an open source database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL a plusÂ
Experience with Hadoop/Spark a plusÂ
Linux administration experience a plusÂ
Technical Skills:Â
Expert-level Python programmingÂ
Test-driven developmentÂ
Monitoring systems and data pipelinesÂ
Proficient with the following Python packages: SQLAlchemy, flask, pandas, sphinx, and pytestÂ
Linux server administrationÂ
GitÂ
SQLÂ
Continuous Integration Deployment (Gitlab-ci, Ansible, Jenkins, or equivalent)Â
Containerized Environments (Docker, LXC)Â
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Â
Ability to design Python software from scratchÂ
Desire to automate everythingÂ
Good communication skillsÂ
Independent and self-driven workerÂ
Creative problem solver