Software Developer (C++/.NET) Electrical Grid Software (Hybrid/Remote)

Software Developer (C++/.NET) Electrical Grid Software (Hybrid/Remote)

Applicants Outside the Greater Toronto Area are welcome to Apply!

Survalent seeks an innovative and enthusiastic Software Developer to join our Distribution Management System Electrical Grids (DMS) team. Our DMS group is on the cutting edge of our Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), creating applications to improve network reliability and optimize power quality. This position will contribute to advancing our portfolio of solutions for analyzing, optimizing, and automating distribution networks, including modeling, simulating, and managing distributed energy sources (DERs). We invite you to apply if you are passionate about real-time software development and eager to learn with a team of accomplished industry professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the development team to design, develop, and deliver various electrical software applications for DMS, including back-end server components and user interfaces.


• Optimize applications and leverage your experience with debugging, code analysis, and performance profiling.


• Contribute as a development team member, utilizing Agile development processes to ensure efficiency while maintaining product robustness and quality.


• Troubleshoot software issues and problems and work with our customer-facing teams to solve problems expediently.


• Assist the team in establishing test procedures and automated frameworks to support and achieve quality.


• Create technical documentation as required.


• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Degree in Computer Science, Power Engineering, or a related field.


• Minimum of 5 years experience working on large and complex software systems, preferably with the MS Windows technology stack.


• Must have solid experience with C++ and STL, and the latest C++ language standards.


• Familiarity with .NET, C#, and thick client development, preferably with WPF and MVVM.


• Experience with multi-threading parallel processing and real-time software applications.


• Experience designing and developing software using design patterns and object-oriented concepts.


• Familiarity with RDBMS, SQL, data modeling, schema design, and normalization.


• Must be able to understand, maintain, and refactor legacy code.


• Ability to work and collaborate in a distributed team.


• Experience with IPC, TCP/IP sockets, and WinAPI would be an asset.


• Experience with various source control applications, including Git and Bitbucket.


• Experience using collaboration tools, including Confluence and JIRA.


• Knowledge of electrical grids, substations, and grid network automation.

This is a full-time permanent position reporting to the Team Lead of DMS. If you are interested in joining a growing organization in this exciting role, please apply with your resume and cover letter.

About Us:

Survalent Technology Corporation is the leading provider of real-time smart grid management system for enabling visualization, optimization, and improved operations for utilities. For six decades, we have helped more than 700 utilities use operational data to increase reliability, efficiency, and customer service. With our proven and reliable SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), Distribution Management System (DMS), Outage Management System (OMS), and Substation Automation (SA) solutions, utilities transform data into actionable intelligence. We partner with utilities across the globe to create mission-critical solutions that will achieve the promise of the Smart Grid.

Survalent values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of all races, colors, creeds, ancestry, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identities or expressions, ages, religions, national origin, citizenship status, disability, marital status, family status, and those with disabilities to apply.  Survalent is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.