[Hiring] Principal Software Engineer @BHE

Role Description

We are building a modern, software‑defined infrastructure platform designed to support the next generation of applications across the organization. This platform is designed around open-source technologies, commodity hardware, and automation-first principles. It provides the core compute, storage, networking, and container runtime capabilities required to run distributed systems at scale across both data centers and cloud environments.

This is a greenfield engineering effort focused on defining how infrastructure is built and operated using code, APIs, and declarative systems, with reliability, observability, and repeatability designed in from the start.

Our approach emphasizes:

• Linux-first systems design
• Kubernetes as a core abstraction layer
• Infrastructure-as-code and GitOps workflows
• Open observability standards (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
• Distributed, software-defined storage and networking

Engineers on this team build and own foundational systems that applications across the organization rely on for secure, reliable operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in management information systems (MIS), computer science, or related technical field; or equivalent work experience.
• Ten or more years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or site reliability engineering roles.
• Strong experience working with Linux systems and distributed infrastructure environments.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Go, Python, or Java.

Requirements

• Experience across several of the following areas:
• Linux systems and core infrastructure fundamentals
• Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms
• Infrastructure as code and declarative system design (e.g., Terraform, GitOps)
• Distributed systems and large‑scale infrastructure environments
• Observability and monitoring using open‑source tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Distributed storage systems and concepts (e.g., Ceph or similar technologies)
• Networking fundamentals in distributed and cloud‑based environments
• API‑driven infrastructure and automation systems
• Infrastructure security practices, including identity, access, and secrets management
• Hybrid infrastructure spanning on‑premises data centers and cloud environments

Company Description

MidAmerican 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.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy 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.