Sr/Lead Product Developer

JOB TITLE: Sr/Lead Product Developer
REQUISITION: STR001T
DEPARTMENT: Operations Automation - Kansas City Headquarters
LOCATION: Kansas City, MO
PAY RANGE: (Min-Mid)
Sr Developer: $76,400- $101,800
Lead Developer: $89,900- $119,900

Scheduled Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Other hours as required)

Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Product Developer you are inquisitive, technically curious and are motivated by solving complex problems. You are a purposeful, scrappy individual who responsible for applying practical skills to create hybrid machine learning and rule-based Power Platform applications, automations, and data visualizations. You will help transform how people, processes and systems co-exist from project discovery through solution implementations. Our goal is to simplify the way in which we do business by building applications that guide workflow, digitize information and automate manual tasks that ultimately improve processing accuracy, speed, consistency and reliability.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, test, deploy and maintain solutions built within the Microsoft Power Platform. Develop reusable components, scripts and frameworks designed to replicate manual administrative processes.
• Partner with Business Analysts to lead internal stakeholders to identify opportunities by analyzing and understanding business problems, processes and data.
• Document technical designs, release notes, and other project documentation to support development, security, operations, and maintenance.
• Iteratively collaborate across colleagues, customers and third-parties during product development and QA to make sure it fits design and solves business problems.
• Deploy projects successfully and problem-solve issues that arise in day-to-day support by providing timely responses and solutions as required.
• Help develop standards and best practices for solutions built within the power platform including governance, operating model and solutions.
• Collect and interpret data, analyze results and report findings to internal or external stakeholders.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends and best practices: experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in community of practice groups, and mentor other members of the community
• Perform other work as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, MIS, Engineering, or related fields
• Experienced software engineer or developer candidates will be considered for this role, with the ideal candidate having at least four years of related experience.
• Hands on experience on with the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Dataverse, PowerBI, etc.) or other low-code / no-code platforms is preferred.
• Programming or development experience (R, Python, Java, .Net, C#, Visual Basic, etc.) preferably on automation and/or integration projects.
• Experience and knowledge of Microsoft Power BI or similar applications a plus.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:

• Inquisitive, comfortable with ambiguity, and self-motivated to identify improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives and strategic plans.
• Cares about the details and demonstrates strong debugging, problem solving and analytical skills with ability to extract key themes and determine root causes.
• Ability to assimilate disparate information (structured data, unstructured data, log files, error messages etc.).
• Ability to work on basic-to-moderately complex programming assignments. General understanding of APIs, command line, client server architecture, networks, and (S)FTP.
• Background in machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts is a plus.
• Ability to participate constructively in work teams to facilitate and implement improvements to operations, maintenance and business practices.
• Ability to understand business process workflow diagrams or procedural documentation.
• Exposure to methodologies like Lean, Six-Sigma and Agile development, preferred.
• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues and third parties.
• Perseverance to handle multiple priorities, meet strict deadlines and work well under pressure on individual and team related basis.

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required:
Valid driver's license required.

Working Conditions:
Conditions will vary between office and field environments. Time will be spent in an office as well as the field environment with hands-on work. Travel will be required to support field personnel. Additional overnight travel may be required. Must have a satisfactory work record including good attendance. Work may require additional hours including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

Evergy has a clear mission - To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. So, our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are committed to celebrating diversity and building a team where everyone - regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status - has a voice and can bring their best every day. We know that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we will be. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.