Software Engineer

ENSEK Ltd; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is seeking a full stack engineer to join the Zoa team, focused on building innovative net-zero energy solutions. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in full stack development, NodeJS, React, and cloud platforms. This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and numerous employee benefits including healthcare and annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private healthcare and life assurance

Dedicated Learning and Innovation time

Hybrid working

Free drinks and snacks in office

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering incremental value as part of a cross functional team.
• Experience designing, building and rolling out reliable software systems at scale.
• Good knowledge of at least one Cloud Platform (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership across all areas of the software development lifecycle.
• Work closely with product, design, and data on delivering features.
• Provide coaching to more junior engineers.

Skills

Full stack development

NodeJS

Typescript/Javascript

React

Microservices architecture

Cloud Platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Automated testing

Web-security best practices

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Postgres

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CircleCI

Job description

Overview

Join us in electrifying the world! Build the future of net-zero energy as part of the Zoa team at ENSEK, where innovation meets impact.

The Zoa team’s mission is to bring people to an electrified, net-zero world. We are building the simplest, smartest system for managing electrified devices (solar panels, batteries, EVs, and heat pumps.) We are B2B, serving energy companies, but with a critical focus on creating seamless consumer experiences while lowering energy costs through whole-home optimisation. We aim to make electrification mass market.

Zoa operates as a standalone team within ENSEK, the market-leading platform behind the world’s leading energy suppliers. ENSEK’s flexible technology products bring together everything required for energy suppliers to digitally transform and serve the most complex customer use cases.

Responsibilities

• As a product engineer you will
• Take end-to-end ownership across all areas of the software development lifecycle, including: designing, building, releasing and monitoring. You build it, you own it!
• Work closely with product, design and data as part of a cross functional team on delivering features for our customers and our end users.
• Be a role model and provide day-to-day coaching to more junior engineers. Leading by example and collaborating with other engineers to help shape our engineering culture.
• Use data to guide product and engineering decisions to focus on what matters most
• Be lean and flexible, most of the engineers on the Zoa team are full-stack engineers but some are specialists in a domain or a technology

About you

Essential experience

• Proven experience delivering incremental value through high level of ambiguity as part of a cross functional team
• Developing full stack features end-to-end from design to production
• Proven experience designing, building and rolling out reliable, observable and maintainable software systems at scale with a clear business impact based on direction from senior engineers
• Experience working on a microservices architecture involving both synchronous and asynchronous forms of communication
• Good knowledge and experience of at least one Cloud Platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Significant experience working with NodeJS, Typescript/Javascript with good knowledge of React
• A good understanding of different database technologies and their relative tradeoffs
• Experience of automated testing and understanding of different levels of the testing pyramid and tooling
• An understanding of web-security best practices and knowledge of the tooling landscape
• Experience working within a SaaS company, ideally B2B2C and/or fast-moving industry that touches consumers' lives

Not required but highly desirable

• Good knowledge of React Native best practices and limitations

Desirable experience

• Familiarity with the tools and technologies used in our current stack:
• Google Cloud Platform, including: GKE, Cloud PubSub, BigQuery
• Native App development (IOS, Android), Expo
• Temporal
• Postgres
• CircleCI, ArgoCD
• Kubernetes, Helm and Docker, Terraform
• Experience designing, analysing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Experience with building software in highly innovative fields, zero to one development projects
• Experience working with event-driven systems
• Experience in energy sector, or working with IoT devices

UK right to work is required for this role at this time.

Benefits

• 💰Competitive salary
• 🌴25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 🏥Private healthcare and life assurance
• 🔭Dedicated Learning and Innovation time every second Friday
• 💻Hybrid working: core hours and a flexible balance of office and home days
• 🏢Free drinks and snacks in our office based in Shoreditch, London

What’s next?

If your application is successful, you can expect the following recruitment journey:

• 1) Quick Recruiter screen call
• 2) Hiring Manager interview
• 3) Take home task or pair coding exercise
• 4) Final interview: including a system design and a behavioural interview

About Us

At ENSEK, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that diversity of thought, background, and experience drives innovation and success. We are dedicated to building a team that represents a variety of perspectives and experiences, and we actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We are an equal opportunities employer, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you\'re passionate about Green Energy technology and share our commitment to making a positive impact, we encourage you to apply for a role with us, even if you\'re not sure you\'re a perfect match. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing how you can contribute to our team.