Data Platform Engineer

Octopus Energy Group is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join their innovative team working on a global data platform that powers their businesses worldwide. The role involves working with cutting-edge technology to solve complex data challenges that directly impact the energy transition and move towards Net Zero. The platform handles everything from natural language understanding of customer communications to processing billions of smart meter readings daily.

The position offers an opportunity to work with a modern tech stack including Python, Databricks, AWS, Kubernetes, and various other contemporary tools. The team employs software engineering best practices in designing, testing, and deploying their data platform and services. You'll be working on projects that range from ETL jobs to ML training and prediction, while helping to build and maintain the platform that enables self-service data analytics across the organization.

The company has received numerous accolades, including being voted one of the best places to work in 2022 on Glassdoor. They offer a unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quickly with autonomy. The role provides an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about data engineering and interested in making a meaningful impact on global energy consumption patterns.

Working in a hybrid environment, you'll collaborate with stakeholders across the business, scope and deliver new data engineering projects, and help expand the company's data infrastructure as they continue to grow globally. The position requires a blend of technical expertise in Python, AWS, and SQL, with opportunities to grow in areas such as Airflow, Docker/EKS, Spark, and DBT. The ideal candidate will be someone who can work autonomously and deliver pragmatic solutions to complex data challenges.