Southern Company · 19 hours ago
Lead Developer
Birmingham, AL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expSouthern Company is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond. They are seeking a hands-on Lead Developer to drive the design, development, and delivery of large-scale applications within the marketing portfolio, leading multiple Scrum teams and ensuring high quality, scalable solutions aligned with business objectives.
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Responsibilities
Technical Leadership: Act as the technical lead for multiple Scrum teams, providing hands-on guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to engineers. Work on critical stories
Project Delivery: Participate in iteration planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily standups; support PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events
Architecture & Standards: Partner with the architect to define solution designs, establish coding standards, and promote engineering practices across teams. Contribute to architectural runway and technical debt reduction
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving: Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical bottlenecks, system issues, and performance challenges
Security & Compliance: Ensure applications are designed and built with security in mind, following secure coding practices, Southern Co standards and appropriate authentication and authorization protocols
AI Assisted Development Enablement: Leverage AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to improve code quality, development velocity, and test coverage, and guide teams on responsible and effective use of AI in the software development lifecycle
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree preferred
7+ years of full-stack development experience including experience in leading or guiding development teams using C# .NET, Angular, and REST APIs
Strong full stack development experience, including building Single Page Applications using Angular and developing RESTful services with .NET and Web API
Experience working with relational databases such as Oracle and/or SQL Server, including schema design and performance tuning
Proven experience implementing secure coding practices and using static and dynamic code analysis tools to improve code quality
Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills with experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Ability to learn new technologies and apply them
Solid understanding of application security, including authentication and authorization protocols (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML)
Proven analysis and problem-solving skills
Result oriented, product focused excellent ability to work cross functionally
Ability to function independently and as a team member
Willingness to operate as a member of a productive, well-integrated team; values the project, company and co-workers
Exhibit Southern Company Values
Preferred
Agile/SAFe experience preferred
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices
Exposure to cloud platforms and modern deployment strategies
Familiarity with enterprise identity platforms and SSO integrations
Benefits
Competitive base salary
Annual incentive awards for eligible employees
Health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being
Additional compensation, such as an incentive program
Company
Southern Company
Southern Company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (4)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.16BKey Investors
GRIP Program
2025-10-03Post Ipo Equity· $1.75B
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $1.45B
2024-10-21Grant· $160M
Leadership Team
Thomas Fanning
President and CEO
David Poroch
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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