Software Engineer Energy Grid Data Platform.

Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in analytics insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape.

For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the worlds most influential energy producers utilities companies financial institutions and governments.

Now with the worlds energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before sector-specific views are no longer enough. Thats why weve redefined whats possible with Intelligence Connected.

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• Inclusive we succeed together
• Trusting we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused we accelerate change
• Curious we turn knowledge into action

Company
Wood Mackenzie is a global research analytics and consultancy business serving the natural resources industry.

We provide data analytics and insights that help customers make informed decisions across oil gas and LNG power and renewables chemicals metals and mining.

Our sector teams are located around the world and support customers with intelligence on assets companies and market indicators. Together we help customers address complex challenges and support the transition to a more sustainable future.

LandGate a Wood Mackenzie business is a fast-growing vertical intelligence platform specialising in energy infrastructure and data centre site selection.
Through proprietary datasets and market intelligence it helps customers identify evaluate and develop energy and infrastructure opportunities across the United States.

Role Purpose
Join a small engineering team building a platform that supports modelling and analysis of the U.S. electric transmission grid. The platform manages large geospatial datasets ETL workflows and engineering tools used for power-system planning transmission infrastructure interconnection queue analysis and Available Transfer Capability studies.

This is an individual-contributor role focused on backend engineering data processing database development and Linux-based application infrastructure. Frontend development is a useful additional capability but it is not central to the role.

Main Responsibilities
Develop test and maintain Python applications backend services and data-processing pipelines.
Design write and optimise PostgreSQL queries database schemas and data-access patterns.
Build and maintain reliable ETL processes for large geospatial and energy-infrastructure datasets.
Support engineering applications used for transmission modelling electrical-infrastructure management and power-system analysis.
Administer monitor and troubleshoot Linux-based application environments and deployments.
Investigate defects and performance issues across application database and infrastructure layers.
Collaborate with power-systems analysts to translate engineering requirements into maintainable software solutions.
Contribute to technical documentation code review and pragmatic improvements to engineering practices.

About You
Strong practical experience developing production-quality software in Python.
Advanced PostgreSQL and SQL capability including query optimisation and database design.
Solid Linux administration and troubleshooting experience including services networking permissions process management and scripting.
Experience working with large datasets and building or operating data-processing pipelines.
Strong analytical problem-solving and debugging skills with the ability to work with limited day-to-day direction.
Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical and domain-specialist colleagues.
Experience with one or more of the following would be beneficial: TypeScript REST APIs Angular or another modern frontend framework PostGIS GeoServer OpenLayers GIS Redis or DragonflyDB AWS or distributed job processing.
Knowledge of electric utilities or power systems including transmission substations interconnection queues ATC or power flow would be beneficial.
Experience with machine learning or AI-assisted data processing would be beneficial.

We recognise that experience can be gained in different ways. If you meet most of the essential requirements and are interested in the role we encourage you to apply.

Working Arrangements
We are a hybrid working company and the successful applicant will normally be expected to be physically present in the office at least two days per week to foster and contribute to a collaborative environment. Remote working arrangements will also be considered for this role subject to the applicable approval process.

Due to the global nature of the team a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones. Any out-of-hours collaboration should be planned proportionately and shared fairly across the team.

Wood Mackenzie Values
Inclusive: we succeed together.
Trusting: we choose to trust each other.
Customer committed: we put customers at the heart of our decisions.
Future focused: we accelerate change.
Curious: we turn knowledge into action.

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