Senior Software Engineer

We are the people behind Ireland’s electricity grid. We operate the power system with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, we are now transforming the power system for future generations.

And that’s just the beginning of our story.  We have a critical purpose. That purpose is to transform the power system to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions.

Be part of the transformation!

The Opportunity
EirGrid’s Data and System Integration team is expanding its transformation Programme and is looking for Software Developers and Integrators who will support us in achieving our strategic goal of delivering the Energy Transition. Technology, generating vast volumes of data, is at the core of our operations. The teams work will enable data-driven decision making at all levels of the organisation and leveraging our data will be a key enabler for the transition of the Power System to Net Zero.

We are seeking a Data and Systems Integration Developer to be part of a diverse, multi-disciplined and highly specialised team delivering software solutions and integrations to a suite of complex, world class systems that support Critical National Infrastructure on a 24/7 basis.

The candidate will form part of the foundation layer for the development of our Dev-Ops and Cloud practice. They will undertake the development of software solutions and data provisioning tools to stakeholders across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Development, test and deployment of bespoke applications across multiple disciplines and platforms that support critical business operations.
• Development of modules, delivering discreet functionality that can be used across different business functions and applications promoting consistency, reusability and interoperability 
• Development of data pipelines to democratise data across the organisation, enabling data driven decision making at all areas of the organisation.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to solve real-world business problems enabling business transformation to a highly automated and data-driven organisation.
• Development of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), to provide data to internal and external stakeholders
• Design of scalable, future-proofed design in the context of the existing, and envisaged, IT estate.
• Application of data quality standards across EirGrid.

About You

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in software development supported by a degree/ qualification in a technical discipline
• Experience of delivering software in an Agile / Dev-Ops environment
• Experience in data management and transfer techniques
• The ability to communicate with staff at all levels within, and external to, the organisation
• Self-motivated with an ability to work in a collaborative team environment
• Experience in manipulation of data in an Oracle PL/SQL and MySQL environment
• Familiarity with all, or some of the following toolset: Visual Studio, .NET, C#, TFS, ASP.NET, XML, MS Azure Portal
• Exposure to: Webservices, APIs and API Tools e.g. SOAPUI/Postman, Powershell, Python, IIS, Oracle ODI, WebServices, Windows Services, Power Apps/Power BI.

Closing date for applications
11/12/2025

We're dedicated to diversity and inclusion at Eirgrid. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and the importance of a supportive culture for all our people to achieve their potential. Our diversity and inclusion networks have been designed to create an inclusive culture that enables our people to feel a sense of belonging at work.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process