Software Engineer or - Automation

Position: Software Engineer 2 or 3 - Automation
Mid American Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation. Mid American Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation. Mid American Energy Company has an exciting career opportunity available. Take the next step in your career and apply now!

Bachelor's degree in management information systems (MIS), computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor's degree.)

A minimum of four years of experience in business software application design, development, integration and/or installation for a software engineer 2.

A minimum of five or more years of experience in business software application design, development, integration and/or installation for a software engineer 3.

Software Engineer II:

* Contributes to well-defined automation and tooling initiatives under guidance

* Builds and improves components of existing systems

* Learns platform concepts and operational workflows

Software Engineer III:

* Works independently on scoped technical problems

* Designs and implements automation with minimal guidance

* Contributes to technical decisions within defined areas

Working knowledge of programming concepts in a client/server and/or web‑based development environment

Experience developing software in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Python, or Java, with the ability to read, write, and maintain code in shared codebases

Experience working in Linux environments, including basic scripting and use of command‑line tools

Experience using Git or other version control systems as part of a collaborative development workflow

Interest in or early hands‑on experience with automation, infrastructure, or platform engineering concepts

This role supports improvements in how work gets done across the organization by contributing to software and automation that reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and support reliable operations.

You will contribute to tools, services, and workflows that support developer and operational needs, including infrastructure provisioning, deployment pipelines, environment management, and recurring operational tasks. You will collaborate with engineers across platform, infrastructure, and application teams to streamline how applications are built, deployed, and operated.

Under guidance, you will help identify manual or repetitive work and contribute to automation or process improvements. You will use code, scripts, APIs, and integrations to help replace manual tasks with repeatable, scalable solutions.

Core Responsibilities

Platform Automation Support

* Assist in identifying manual operational processes that can be automated

* Contribute to automation that improves consistency and reliability under guidance

* Support to the development of tools used to provision and manage infrastructure

Automation Development & Tooling

* Develop automation using modern programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java

* Contribute to internal tools that improve operational workflows

* Integrate automation with existing APIs, platforms, and operational tooling

Infrastructure & Platform Integration

* Assist with infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle automation using…