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We encourage you to join our talented, dedicated workforce to develop world-class solutions for today and tomorrow’s energy challenges while learning new skills and growing your career.\nERCOT is committed to fostering inclusion at alllevels of our company. It is the cornerstone of our corporate values of accountability, leadership, innovation, trust, and expertise. We know that individuals with a wide variety of talents, ideas, and experiences propel the innovation that drives our success. An inclusive and diverseworkforce strengthens us and allows for a collaborative environment to solve the challenges that face our industry today and in the future.\nGrid and Market Solutions (GMS) Application Developer role expects knowledge and experience in full stack development who can design, code, test, document, and maintain applications to meet ERCOT business requirements for suite of Electric Power Grid Applications. 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