Senior Software Engineer

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Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

March 9, 2022

Business unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Where you fit in

Shell Energy America is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will be responsible for delivering IT projects and enhancements for the Shell Trading & Supply Trade Capture and Energy Risk Management applications.

The team is tasked with ownership of the end-to-end trade capture process, which will include new development as well as software integration. The platforms provide real-time market connectivity, manual trade entry, and position management for Gas, Power, Crude, and Products. The scope of this team may include tasks from every part of the software development lifecycle, including software design, development, programming, configuration, testing, and deployment.

What’s the role?

A key objective of this role is to continue to raise the quality and professionalism of the eMarketplace work by planning, coordinating, scheduling, and delivering product development and configuration, subsequent product releases, coordination of changes, mentoring of junior staff, and compliance to standards to deliver the business value intended.

Your further accountabilities include:


Design and develop new functionality for trade capture.
Provide in-house development and support for custom Java J2EE application
Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership in the commodity trading domain, bringing industry, and trading best practices to evolve the Shell Trading & Supply Trade Capture systems landscape
Identify and document the business needs of stakeholders and help to determine feasible solutions to meet business needs or resolve business problems.
Assess and model processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Understand and stay abreast of relevant architectures and technologies related to a business area. Research potential solutions and innovative ideas. Guide and manage interactions with technology vendors such as ICE, CME Direct, and Trading Technologies
Unit, system integration, and E2E process coding and testing for new enhancements, projects and performs or facilitates change management communication to the user community on future IT solution changes.
Understand and stay abreast of relevant architectures and technologies related to a business area. Research potential solutions and innovative ideas. Guide and manage interactions with technology vendors.
Work closely with stakeholders to build trust and understand their goals, motivations, constraints, risks, and operating environment.
Support longer-term business strategic goals through proposing improvements in value, cost, process, data, technology, functionality, and initiating high-level business requirements and feasibility studies to discover options and directions.


What we need from you?


Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
Bachelor’s Degree required

Minimum of seven (7 ) years of corporate IT experience.
Candidate should be well versed in the technical aspects of the Commodity Trading, as well as the underlying business processes supported.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, rapidly changing environment
Understanding of systems engineering concepts and data/process analysis and modelling.
Ability to take a systematic and analytical approach to problem solving and pay close attention to detail.
Experience analysing the alignment between business requirements and system capabilities.
Ability to communicate concisely and clearly.
Ability to describe technology in terms easily understood by business customers and set realistic customer expectations for the project outcome. Adjust customer expectations in accordance with changes in scope.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across business boundaries to deliver people, process, and technology solutions that improve business performance


Technical Skills:


Java and J2EE.
Java Desktop Applications with Swing, TIBCO Messaging, JMS
Java Swing & web-start based thick Client development
Java Multi-Threading
Java Struts Framework & JSP development
SQL
Familiarity with Linux and UNIX scripting
Spring Framework: Strong implementation skills using core Spring Framework and its sub-projects like Spring JMS, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring RCP, Spring JIDE Integration, Spring Integration
Knowledge of Fix Protocol and Integration mapping with Fixml/Fix
Experience with development source code version control


COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with over 90,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories. In the US, we have operated for over a century and are a major oil and gas producer onshore and in the Gulf of Mexico, a recognized innovator in exploration and production technology, and a leading manufacturer and marketer of fuels, natural gas and petrochemicals. We deliver energy responsibly; operate safely with respect to our neighbours and work to minimize our environmental impact. We are in search of remarkable people who will thrive in a diverse and inclusive work environment to deliver exciting projects locally and globally. People who are passionate about exploring new frontiers. Innovators and pioneers. People with the drive to help shape our future. Because remarkable people achieve remarkable things.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we’re nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills and reach your potential…


We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply and we’ll take it from there.
We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.


A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

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According to the United Nations, the global population could increase to more than 10 billion people. A key role for society – and for Shell – is to find ways to meet the growing demand for energy, with less carbon emissions. We need people who dare to think differently – to take part in developing tomorrow’s energy solutions today.

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