Flex Trading Python Developer

To achieve Net Zero emissions, greater grid flexibility is fundamental to cope with a more variable renewables-based power sector and enable the decarbonisation of heating and transport. Octopus Energy is at the forefront of the energy transition, developing innovations to meet the grand system challenges of decarbonisation. As a key member of our small Octopus Energy Trading team, you'll help develop and rapidly implement solutions for trading and dispatching flexible assets like batteries and electric vehicles to meet the global need for energy flexibility. You'll be coming in right at the start with the ability to shape the culture and codebase. We are looking for someone who loves to engage with interesting software and trading problems, with an interest in full-stack development and the passion to build and shape the future within a collaborative, community-based environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable & reliable code
• Ensure the best possible performance, reliability and quality of the Octopus Energy Trading 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 at Octopus Energy Trading
• Take energy industry data and turn it into tradeable insights helping us ensure everything from electric vehicles to grid scale batteries are charged at the greenest times for the best price

Requirements:

• A keen interest in energy systems and the energy transition
• Circa 1-3 years of experience in a similar position
• Production python experience
• Experience developing data pipelines in python

Preferred skills:

• Experience with using 3rd party APIs
• Experience with websockets / queues
• Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes etc)
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers
• Experience with SQL
• Javascript
• Web development (especially FastAPI)
• Developing visualisations (especially Plotly)
• Experience with forecasting and/or machine learning

Benefits:

• Competitive salary (not specified, but mentioned as flexible)
• Named best company to work for in 2022
• Voted 50 best places to work in 2022 on Glassdoor
• Placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership
• Named in The Sunday Times Best Places To Work 2023
• Various perks available through the UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits

Octopus Energy Group is known for its unique culture, offering an environment where people learn, decide, and build quicker, with autonomy and alongside amazing co-owners on groundbreaking projects. They are committed to equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.