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Job Description Details Requisition ID: PCGJP00004622 Requisition Title: (Agile1)IT Solutions Engineer, Principal Description: MSP Notes: LOWER PREFERRED APPROVED PG&E BILL RATE of (V ENDOR BILL RATE OF ) LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY. The role is hybrid, 2 days a month in the office. Equipment: PG&E laptop will be provided. Any other tools will be provided by the vendor Expenses: with prior PG&E Manager approval, may expense for travel reimbursments for business related travels needed. TOP THINGS: Trusted technical leader with strong architectural judgment and a pragmatic approach to building scalable platforms Effective people and partner manager who builds strong teams, collaborates well across IT and Product, and holds external vendors accountable. Accountable, adaptable operator who drives delivery through ambiguity, anticipates risks, and communicates clearly in a regulated environment. Lead Software Engineer – Mobile & Platforms Location: Oakland, CA (Hybrid) Department: Grid Research Innovation & Development Team Summary Help us change the electric utility industry from the inside! Join a small, high-performing team within Pacific Gas & Electric Company that is working on a portfolio of exciting and innovative projects to transform the electric grid into a smarter grid that works with and for our customers. The GRiD team is charting the future of the utility and the energy industry as part of the Utility Partnerships & Innovation division of PG&E. Role Overview Project Charlie is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Mobile & Platforms to provide senior technical leadership for the design, development, and evolution of a new customer ‑ facing mobile application platform. This role begins as a hands ‑ on senior individual contributor and technical authority and will progressively build and lead a small internal engineering team as the platform matures. The Lead Software Engineer owns mobile and backend architecture, guides implementation decisions, coordinates integration across PG&E systems, and leads delivery through technical direction, mentorship, and increasing team leadership responsibility. Key Responsibilities • Provide hands ‑ on technical leadership for the Project Charlie mobile application platform from initial design through launch monitoring, and ongoing evolution. • Design, implement, and maintain mobile applications, backend services, and supporting APIs. • Own and influence end-to-end solution architecture across mobile, cloud services, enterprise integrations, and platform dependencies. • Lead technical integration with internal PG&E systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and long ‑ term maintainability. • Design and integrate IoT, grid ‑ edge, and device ‑ generated data into backend services and customer ‑ facing mobile experiences. • Partner closely with internal IT, security, and platform teams to ensure compliance with PG&E technology standards, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements. • Serve as the technical authority for architecture decisions, design trade ‑ offs, and implementation approaches. • Guide and mentor engineers—internal and vendor—through design reviews, code reviews, and day ‑ to ‑ day technical leadership. • Provide technical oversight and governance for external engineering vendors and contracted partners, ensuring quality and architectural consistency. • Contribute to delivery planning, dependency management, and mitigation of technical risk in partnership with Product and Program leadership. • Help define the engineering team structure and hiring approach, participating in hiring, onboarding, and development of a small internal team over time. Minimum Experience • 10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership • Strong background in: o Mobile application development (iOS, Android, and/or cross-platform frameworks) o Backend services, APIs, and cloud platforms o System and solution architecture • Experience designing or integrating systems that consume IoT, sensor, or device-generated data • Strong hands ‑ on coding capability across modern software stacks. • Proven ability to lead teams and influence without owning all implementation details • Experience working with external vendors or consulting firms Desired Experience • Experience building and scaling customer-facing digital products • Experience with event-driven, or near-real-time data architectures • Experience supporting products through launch and post ‑ launch iteration Desired Characteristics • Trusted technical leader with strong architectural judgment and a pragmatic approach to building scalable platforms • Effective people and partner manager who builds strong teams, collaborates well across IT and Product, and holds external vendors accountable. • Accountable, adaptable operator who drives delivery through ambiguity, anticipates risks, and communicates clearly in a regulated environment. What Success Looks Like • Product and engineering move in lockstep, grounded in shared reality. • The Charlie platform scales without repeated re ‑ architecture. • Internal teams see Charlie as credible and worth aligning to. Requisition Start Date: 07/27/2026 Requisition End Date: 07/26/2027 SAP Organization Unit: Accelerator - Charlie Site: Oakland General Office (OGO) Campus Building: Oakland General Office (OGO) Requirements Requisition Number: PCGJP00004622 Title: Lead Software Engineer – Mobile & Platforms Pay Rate: $100-$110.00 Location: Oakland, CA w a hybrid schedule PG&E is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Mobile & Platforms to serve as the technical leader for Project Charlie, a next-generation customer-facing mobile application platform within its Grid Research Innovation & Development (GRiD) organization. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for defining mobile and backend architecture, leading cloud and enterprise integrations, designing scalable APIs, and integrating IoT/device-generated data into customer mobile experiences. The individual will initially function as a senior individual contributor while progressively building and mentoring a small internal engineering team, overseeing external vendors, and driving technical delivery in partnership with Product, IT, and Security. Ideal candidates will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, strong expertise in mobile development (iOS, Android, or cross-platform), cloud platforms, backend services, solution architecture, IoT integrations, and proven experience leading engineering teams and customer-facing digital products in complex, regulated environments. Thanks and Regards, Paul Fernandes