Senior Product Developer Consultant

Position: Sr. Product Developer Consultant

Location: Kansas City, Missouri Hybrid. { in Office Monday/Friday, work from home(WFH) Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday }. Duration: 13 months

Max Pay Rate: $_____/hr on W2 (without Benefits)

SUMMARY:-

• As a Product Developer, you are inquisitive, technically curious, and are motivated by solving complex problems.
• You are a purposeful, scrappy individual who is responsible for applying practical skills to create hybrid machine learning and rule-based Power Platform applications, automations, and data visualizations.
• You will help transform how people, processes, and systems co-exist from project discovery through solution implementations.
• Our goal is to simplify the way in which we do business by building applications that guide workflow, digitize information, and automate manual tasks that ultimately improve processing accuracy, speed, consistency, and reliability.

Duties and Responsibilities:-

• Design, build, configure, test, deploy, and maintain solutions built within the Microsoft Power Platform. Develop reusable components, scripts, and frameworks designed to replicate manual administrative processes.
• Partner with Business Analysts to lead internal stakeholders to identify opportunities by analysing and understanding business problems, processes, and data.
• Document technical designs, release notes, and other project documentation to support development, security, operations, and maintenance.
• Iteratively collaborate across colleagues, customers, and third parties during product development and QA to make sure it fits the design and solves business problems.
• Deploy projects successfully and problem-solve issues that arise in day-to-day support by providing timely responses and solutions as required.
• Help develop standards and best practices for solutions built within the Power Platform, including governance, operating model, and solutions.
• Collect and interpret data, analyze results, and report findings to internal or external stakeholders.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends and best practices: experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in community of practice groups, and mentor other members of the community
• Perform other work as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:-

• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, IT, MIS, Engineering, or related fields
• Travel to Burlington, KS, to the nuclear plant a couple of times a month.
• Candidates can come from Topeka, KS, Kansas City, MO, St. Joseph, MO, or Burlington, KS.
• Hybrid- in office Monday/Friday, work from home Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday.
• Full-stack low-code developer combined with UI/UX platform experience.
• Works independently, can solve complex problems.
• Power Platform experience is a must.
• Minimum of 3 - 4 years development experience.
• The interview process is a phone screening with the manager, then a second interview would be an online Teams call.
• Experienced software engineer or developer candidates will be considered for this role, with the ideal candidate having at least four years of related experience.
• Hands-on experience on with the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Dataverse, Power BI, etc.) or other low-code / no-code platforms is preferred.
• Programming or development experience (R, Python, Java, .Net, C#, Visual Basic, etc.), preferably on automation and/or integration projects.
• Experience and knowledge of Microsoft Power BI or similar applications is a plus.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:-

• Inquisitive, comfortable with ambiguity, and self-motivated to identify improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives and strategic plans.
• Cares about the details and demonstrates strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills with the ability to extract key themes and determine root causes.
• Ability to assimilate disparate information (structured data, unstructured data, log files, error messages, etc.).
• Ability to work on basic-to-moderately complex programming assignments. General understanding of APIs, command line, client-server architecture, networks, and (S)FTP. A background in machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts is a plus.
• Ability to participate constructively in work teams to facilitate and implement improvements to operations, maintenance, and business practices.
• Ability to understand business process workflow diagrams or procedural documentation.
• Exposure to methodologies like Lean, Six-Sigma, and Agile development, preferred.
• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues and third parties.
• Perseverance to handle multiple priorities, meet strict deadlines, and work well under pressure on an individual and team-related basis.

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required: Valid driver's license required.