Senior Fullstack Engineer - TechOps at octoenergy

Octopus Energy started with a bold idea: to build Britain’s first truly digital energy supplier. By combining world-class tech with brilliant humans who care deeply about customers and driving the renewable energy transition, we made it happen and earlier this year, we became Britain’s largest energy supplier. Now, we’re scaling fast and building the next generation of products to accelerate the green energy transition. From making it effortless to switch to heat pumps, solar and EVs, to launching smart tariffs and creating renewable generation at scale, we’re solving some of the most complex challenges in energy with speed, creativity and customer obsession. We’re also enabling our global businesses to reach the full capability of what we’ve achieved in the UK, taking the learnings, products and experiences that customers love here and rolling them out worldwide. At Octopus Tech, you’ll have real ownership, variety, and the chance to shape products that make a tangible difference in people’s lives – lowering bills, enabling greener living, and delivering experiences customers genuinely love. You’ll work side by side with teams across marketing, operations, and data, and see the impact of your work in the real world, fast. We're building a small and efficient TechOps Engineering team at Octopus. We are looking for an ambitious, knowledgeable and experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team, to grow with the rest of the company, and build systems that our people love!You will be a key partner in defining what TechOps Engineering is at Octopus. We will be shaping this team to provide self-service technology that doesn’t currently exist to help our people access, manage and use cutting edge tech on-demand. What is TechOps? A more modern, more lean version of a traditional enterprise IT team. The team covers everything from what most people would call “1st line support” all the way up to high-level strategic planning, and everything in between. We’re looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our TechOps Engineering team, designing and building solutions to make our TechOps capability efficient, scalable and robust and available on-demand via self service. If this sounds exciting, we’d love to chat. What you’ll do... • Creating solutions to problems such as Device Lifecycle management, Identity Verification and SCIM User Provisioning • Tackle tough technical problems as we scale to tens of thousands of people • Collaborate closely with our Security team to ensure we strike the right balance between security, productivity and user experience • Develop applications and systems to improve the experience of our users • Contribute ideas, share knowledge and raise the game of those around you • Build APIs and integrate with our own and third party services to optimise and automate processes • Care about the code you write and its future maintainability What you'll have... • 5+ years experience in software development, with strong recent proficiency in React (Next.js), Typescript and Tailwind/Panda CSS • 5+ years experience database design and working with RDBMSs (e.g. PostgreSQL) • Strong experience with modern testing frameworks (e.g., Vitest, Jest, Playwright, Cypress, or similar) • Strong skills in source control (we use GitHub) • A track record of taking ownership of the development of features from inception through to delivery • DevOps experience (Build/Test/Deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions/CircleCI) • Experience working with design systems and component libraries • Experience working with 3rd party providers to consume APIs • Experience designing intuitive and simple User Interfaces • An ability to understand and explain complex technical problems in clear, simple concepts and language to both technical and non-technical people • Excellent understanding of fundamental coding principles and best practices and experience applying these to create robust, scalable, maintainable software Experience in any of the following would be a bonus… • Familiarity with Workflow DevKit and Vercel • GraphQL and API technologies (REST, Webhooks) • Scripting experience (such as Bash or PowerShell) • AWS services including Secrets Manager and Elastic Container Service (ECS) • Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and vulnerability management tools such as Wiz or Snyk • Designing distributed systems, improving service reliability (SRE), and contributing to long-term architectural strategy • Native application development using Swift • Identity and Access Management (IAM), including IdP management and platforms such as Okta • Provisioning and certificate protocols such as SCIM and SCEP • Endpoint and Mobile Device Management tools such as Kandji, Microsoft Intune, and Apple Business Manager • Zero-trust device compliance and asset management practices • Endpoint compliance and security tooling such as Kolide • Physical security systems such as Verkada (CCTV/access control) • Experience with enterprise SaaS tools such as Slack and HiBob • Networking fundamentals, ideally with Cisco systems • Hardware and device lifecycle management (e.g. IRU / device procurement) 💚 Why else you'll love it here... • 💰 Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit! • 🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership • 🎁 Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits This role can be either fully office based in any of our major offices in Brighton, Manchester, Leicester, Coventry or London, or a hybrid of a few days a week working remotely and office based. If you’re looking for a completely remote role, that is possible too.  Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at [Upgrade to PRO to see contact] and we’d love to help! If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you. 🚀 Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic! Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.