RAD (Rapid Application Development) Developer

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Where your expertise makes energy safer and smarter

Technology at bp is about more than code and platforms, it’s about delivering practical solutions that keep energy flowing today while building what’s needed for tomorrow. From AI to cloud-first systems, robotics to cyber security, our teams are at the center of creating technology that makes energy smarter, safer, and more efficient. Join us and shape how the world is powered.

Role Synopsis:

We are seeking a RAD (Rapid Application Development) Developer to join our North American RAD & Innovation team. Our team builds applications and tools using a broad array of technologies in support of the gas and power trading Americas (GPTA) teams in North America.

RAD developers within the team deliver fast, custom, high business value solutions to the business using agile tools and technologies. They are self-directed high performers with a commitment to detail, quality, and customer service. This role works closely with business users across different functions and locations to understand and clarify requirements, undertake analysis of systems, business processes, data, support existing tools, and implement new technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

This team builds solutions for all areas of GPTA from trading through to settlement and other support functions. They have a great deal of interaction with Business Users and other Technology teams to develop and support existing tools. All members of the team have business-facing roles that require a mix of technical, business, and soft skills.

This experienced Developer should have extensive experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Excel, VBA, SQL, some Python, .NET, Web-Scraping, and other development technologies and GitHub Copilot. In particular, the candidate should have the ability to develop complex solutions that may be stand-alone or incorporate other tools and information sources. In addition, they must be able to articulate their technical knowledge and how this translates to a solution either in person or virtually.

Required Qualifications

• Strong Power Platform (Power Apps) development experience
• Extensive experience and skills in developing solutions using Excel, VBA, Web scraping, and Windows service-based tools
• Strong analysis, design and development background to build sophisticated solutions using a combination of tools if needed
• Exceptional communication skills and a comfort level in working effectively and independently with people at various organizational levels
• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize among multiple projects and switch tasks quickly
• Excellent team working skills with local and geographically distributed teams, often collaborating with non-technical users
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical fields

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multiple development environments and programming languages, including extensive experience with development in SQL, VBA, C#, and GitHub Copilot
• Experience in Energy Industry, specifically in Energy Trading
• Business Analysis, including business process analysis and solution design
• Working experience with AWS Cloud Services (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, etc.)
• Relational Database experience
• Agile/Scrum project experience
• Familiarity with Generative AI technologies and use cases in enterprise applications

Why join us
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and high-reaching environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, API and platform design, Cloud Platforms, Collaboration, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Creating a high performing team, Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Emerging technology monitoring, Facilitation, Information Security, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Problem Solving, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Secure development, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Solution Architecture {+ 6 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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