At Octopus Energy Trading, we’re on a mission to reshape the future of energy. As part of Octopus Energy Group, we’re creating an innovative approach to trading that will accelerate the transition to a Net Zero world. With the growth of renewables and a push toward decarbonising heating and transport, greater flexibility in the grid is essential. We are building cutting-edge technology to optimise everything, from domestic EV charging to grid-scale batteries, to meet the global demand for energy flexibility.
We’re looking for passionate and unconventional thinkers to join us on this journey, bringing a diversity of experience and ideas to shape a more efficient, flexible, and sustainable energy system.
With an increase in variable and distributed supply, using data for trading and forecasting has never been more important. Octopus has always had a tech-first approach, and our trading and analytics tools are all built in-house by specialised domain teams, focussed on areas like grid-scale batteries or market fundamentals, all building on a common platform that is managed by our core engineering team.
We are seeking a software engineer to join the core engineering team and help own the developer experience. You will be responsible for designing the frameworks and tooling that allow our domain teams to develop, ship, and manage event-driven microservices with zero overhead, as well as building and maintaining core microservices that can be re-used by domain teams.
Please note, this role is a minimum of 2-3 days a week from our London office - but you’d be welcome in more frequently if you’d like to!
Build and maintain the platform that underpins our low-latency event-driven microservices architecture, ensuring it is robust, performant and highly available (our human and algo trading processes run 24/7)
Build and maintain core microservices that can be re-used by domain teams as well as supporting them to build their own
Develop intuitive and well tested tooling that free domain teams up from implementation details, enabling them to focus on their specialism
Partner with domain teams to scope and prioritise opportunities, and deliver solutions that make their lives easier
Lead by example on software engineering best practices at OE Trading, levelling up domain teams through great documentation, knowledge sharing and driving AI adoption
Advanced-level Python
Passionate about clean code and software engineering best practices
Enthusiastic about enabling others through great platform, tooling and developer experience
Experience managing production systems on Kubernetes (or similar) with observability tools like Grafana, Datadog and Sentry
Knowledge of any many of the following as possible:
Autonomy and pragmatism, as projects will be varied and self-driven
A team player mindset and to be comfortable jumping into whatever is required - we’re still a start up!
Bonus points for experience of the following…
Continuous intraday power trading in the UK or EU
Experience developing low-latency systems where correctness is critical
Building frontends using TypeScript e.g. Angular or React
High performance languages like Go and Rust
Analytics tooling like Databricks, dbt, Streamlit and Lightdash
Python for as much as possible
Redis as our database and S3 for long term storage
FastStream for streaming microservices
FastAPI for RESTful microservices
Airflow for orchestration
Docker and Kubernetes to build and run our microservices
GitHub for repos and CircleCI for CI/CD
AWS for infrastructure, deployed with Terraform / Spacelift
Linear for project management
Notion for documentation
Claude, Warp and Cursor for AI agents
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- \uD83D\uDCB0 Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
- \uD83C\uDF89 Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership
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If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you. \uD83D\uDE80
P.S. Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we’ll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, you’ll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at
[email protected] and we’d love to help!
Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!
Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
Where necessary, we sometimes use AI tools to help with parts of our hiring process, like reviewing applications or assessing responses. We’re lucky to receive a huge amount of interest, so these tools help our recruiters manage that volume, not replace them. Ultimately, every hiring decision (for example, whether to progress your application or not) is always made by a real person in our Talent team. If you’d like to know more about how we use your data, you can reach out to us via email at [email protected]. We’re happy to help!
