Senior Software Engineer (Platform Team)
June 14
🔄 Hybrid – Manchester
Description
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable & reliable code • Develop tooling to automate the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of our infrastructure and services. • Ensure the best possible performance, reliability and quality of the KrakenFlex platform • Contribute to development across the entire stack from the front end down to the infrastructure that the platform runs on • Contribute to the software engineering culture here at KrakenFlex • Mentor junior engineers via pairing, design review & code review • Collaborate regularly with colleagues with many different professional specialties to create innovative solutions that delight our customers and colleagues • Work as part of a team of engineers, regularly seeking feedback and growing your skills as technical professionals. • Implement a pragmatic CI / CD strategy to incorporate the entire product development lifecycle.
Requirements
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development & design • Proven experience in one or more of the following: Typescript; Python; Java • Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, or serverless technologies e.g. AWS Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, API Gateway • Experience in working with configuration management and infrastructure as code tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK etc. • A drive to get things done in a collaborative, agile development environment • A proven ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment • Excellent analytical and multitasking skills • Excellent communication skills, ability to work effectively across functions (product, analytics etc)
Benefits
• Our company culture - we won best company to work for in 2019 and our CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people • Flexible working environment - genuine work life balance here, we are in the top 5 companies in the UK, we treat you as a human, and do our best to make work and life merge smoothly together • Relaxation - we don’t count your holidays here, we work hard, and so we know you need to play hard as well (within reason of course) • Equity Options Scheme - you own your own part of the business, share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group so we all work together towards success • Office culture - have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to get it. Our offices are also stocked with fruit, breakfast, great coffee and soft drinks. Weekly on a Friday we all get together (this happens virtually too) for company updates and drinks - we call it Family Dinner • Social Events - we sponsor YeoValley’s summer festival, valleyfest, every year for our big offsite Summer party (we take our kids too) and we also aim to have 3 parties a year • Parents - get access to tax-free childcare and maternity and paternity pay. We’re always looking for new ways to support parents, during lockdown we created OctoKids TV to help keep your kids occupied and entertained • Your development is important - we support and help with development including internal and external courses, learning, study support etc, all bespoke to you • SmartPension Scheme - employer 5% employee 3% and you can contribute more • Cycle to Work Scheme - to help lower your carbon footprint whilst good for your health
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