Be integral in defining team goals, ensuring proposed work aligns with our objectives and driving prioritisation to best achieve them.
Design and implement complex technical solutions that align with our strategy, influencing guidelines and standards across the wider engineering group.
Take responsibility for technical decisions within your team, demonstrating expertise across multiple technologies.
Own large technical features from design to completion, making well-informed trade-offs between progress and perfection.
Provide technical direction to your squad, proactively tackling debt and reducing complexity in our services and processes.
Develop a high-level understanding of our multi-service business model, leading discussions on how your squad’s work contributes to the broader company strategy.
Teach our culture to others and mentor engineers via pairing and code reviews, fostering collaboration where all voices are heard.
Lead complex projects and discovery into unknowns, working well under pressure to drive the team forward.

Strong, hands-on production experience with Go
Proven fluency with Postgres, Kafka, and Kubernetes
Solid experience building distributed systems, including concurrency and event-driven architectures
A strong understanding of system resilience, observability, uptime, SLAs, and progressive degradation
The ability to deliver end-to-end solutions, from design through build, deployment, and ongoing support
Experience working with CI/CD tooling, Terraform, and modern cloud workflows
Familiarity with Kafka and database migrations (e.g. CockroachDB to RDS) as a plus
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
The ability to thrive in an agile, iterative environment while delivering continuous feature improvements
Experience mentoring mid-level engineers and modelling engineering best practices
Comfort working in autonomous, product-focused teams.

An industry-benchmarked salary.
Share Options and Save as You Earn scheme.
Flexible working — remote-first with access to hot desks across the UK and a central London hub.
Work-from-anywhere policy for up to 2 weeks per year.
Discounts on our services and a free Cashback Card.
Matched-contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x salary.
Family-friendly policies designed to help you and your family thrive.
Discounted private health insurance, Employee Assistance line and free Virtual GP.
Belonging groups helping shape an inclusive future.
A commitment to learning and progression through our Career Development Framework with regular review and promotion cycles.

Senior Software Engineer – Energy

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