Meridian Energy
Renewable Electricity
PythonFrontEndDeveloper
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“Python Front End Developer at Meridian Energy. Skills: Front end Python Development, User Experience Design, Data Visualization. Designing and developing front end user experiences for analytics driven tools. Translating backend models, forecasts, and optimisation outputs into decision focused interfaces”
Industry & Context.
increase asset availability and optimise our Operations & Maintenance costs; support faster, higher quality decisions and scale sustainably over time
2-year fixed term contract
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
experience developing front end applications for data driven or analytical products, proficient in Python for building front-end user or user-facing components connected to analytical models, experience with UX or product design practices, ability to design and build intuitive user interfaces for complex datasets and data practitioners in a product or solution-orientated environment
Nice to Have
familiar with operational, asset intensive or industrial environments
What You'll Do.
Designing and developing front end user experiences for analytics driven tools
Translating backend models
and optimisation outputs into decision focused interfaces
Applying user centred design practices
Working closely with backend and data engineers to shape APIs and data structures
Exercising judgement over how analytics outputs are presented
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
works closely with backend developers, data scientists, and business users across our Generation, Portfolio and Trading teams; Working closely with backend and data engineers
Communication Scope
ensure complex data and valuation logic is presented clearly, intuitively, and consistently to meet user needs; ensure assumptions, uncertainty, constraints and limitations are visible and well understood
Full Job Description
Mai te hiku ki te taurapa, whitikina e te rā From the tail of the fish to the tail of the waka, shines the sun This whakataukī speaks to our journey across Aotearoa, one waka, one purpose, powered by the natural forces that sustain us. Meridian is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, generating energy from the winds of Tāwhirimātea, the waters of Tangaroa, and the warmth of Tama-nui-te-rā. DigiGEN (Digital Generation) is our strategic change initiative, driving the next evolution of Generation by empowering teams with data and digital tools to increase asset availability and optimise our Operations & Maintenance costs. DigiGEN isn’t just about adopting new technologies, it’s about building capability and working in a different way to embed these digital tools into our DNA to deliver measurable, lasting value. Mō te tūranga | About the role We are looking for a Front end Python Developer for one of our biggest projects (DigiGEN). This role will be a 2-year fixed term contract. This role is focused on designing and building intuitive, high quality user experiences for Meridian’s data driven decision support tools. The Python Front End Developer works closely with backend developers, data scientists, and business users across our Generation, Portfolio and Trading teams to ensure analytics products support faster, higher quality decisions and scale sustainably over time. Āu mahi | What you’ll be doing * Designing and developing front end user experiences for analytics driven tools, ensuring complex data and valuation logic is presented clearly, intuitively, and consistently to meet user needs. * Translating backend models, forecasts, and optimisation outputs into decision focused interfaces that support real world operational use. * Applying strong user centred design practices to reduce cognitive load, surface key trade offs, and build trust in analytical outputs. * Working closely with backend and data engineers to shape APIs and data structures that bes
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