Senior Software Engineer - Energy

Utility Warehouse

2d•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a senior backend-focused engineer to work across our core energy platforms. You’ll own deployments end-to-end within our team’s Kubernetes namespaces and contribute to systems where resilience, reliability, observability and uptime really matter. You’ll thrive here if you enjoy autonomy, solving distributed systems problems, and mentoring others as a player-coach. Collaboration, pragmatism and low-ego teamwork are essential.

Requirements

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
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

Nice To Haves

Experience with Go is preferred but not essential.
Familiarity with Kafka and database migrations (e.g. CockroachDB to RDS) as a plus

Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

Competitive salary
Performance bonus
Flexible working
Optional four-day working week
Work from abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with tenure)
Option to trade up to five days holiday each year
UW discounts
Matched-contribution pension scheme
Life assurance (up to 4x salary)
Flexible benefits allowance for private health insurance, dental insurance, or gym membership
Eight-week paid sabbatical after four years of service
Dedicated learning and development budget
Bi-annual promotion cycles