Octopus Careers – Java Developer In Leeds, UK

Overview

Position Title: Java Developer

Company: Octopus Energy

Location: Leeds, UK

Job Description:

The energy industry is undergoing the largest transformation since industrialisation at an unprecedented rate of change and we are positioning ourselves to be at the heart of that change.

Our aim is to be the leading global provider of solutions that enable customers to release £30bn of value per annum from distributed energy resources (DERs). We are building a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription business with a global addressable market of £2.4 billion per annum, by digitally connecting hundreds of thousands of DERs with energy markets.

We have already attained a market leading position and KrakenFlex is a recognised thought leader and innovator in the industry. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed and we are pleased to announce that we now have the full support and backing of Octopus Energy, an award-winning UK energy supplier who share our passion and values.

As we enter the stage of rapid commercialisation and customer account growth, we have a number of exciting new offerings to launch to customers. We’re looking for an exceptional person to help us continuously deliver features that provide value to our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the software engineering culture here at Upside
• Work as part of a team of engineers, regularly seeking feedback and growing your skills as technical professionals.
• Collaborate regularly with colleagues with many different professional specialities to create innovative solutions that delight our customers and colleagues
• Ensure the best possible performance, reliability and quality of the Upside platform
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable & reliable code
• Contribute to development across the entire stack from the front end down to the infrastructure that the platform runs on

Requirements:

• A drive to get things done in a collaborative, agile development environment
• Experience developing, securing or operating cloud scale applications or infrastructure; ideally with terraform or cloudformation
• A proven ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Proven development experience in Java
• Experience with React (we’re currently in the process of migrating from Angular, so knowledge of angular is also useful)
• Knowledge of Typescript
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, and serverless technologies e.g. AWS Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, API Gateway
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
• Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes etc) and passion for improving the way cloud applications are built
• 2-5 years of industry experience in software development & design