Full Stack Engineer - Python & JavaScript

Low Carbon Contracts Company; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job description

Full Stack Engineer - Python & JavaScript

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

Department: Tech Hub

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Description

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours

Salary: circa GBP 65,000 depending on experience

Location: Canary Wharf

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Senior Fullstack Engineer

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary: Join our exceptional team as a Full-Stack Engineer and be part of a growing group of skilled software engineers, data modellers and quant analysts. Together, we're driving the development and maintenance of LCCC's cutting-edge digital platform, powering multiple applications like settlements tools, forecasting systems, calculation engines, data portals and much more. Make a meaningful impact by contributing to the UK's Net Zero by 2050 goal, collaborating with diverse project teams in nuclear, hydrogen, solar, and tidal power generation areas. Your talent and passion will thrive in our dynamic and forward-thinking work environment.

Key Responsibilities

The key accountabilities of your role are outlined below, covering both the Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity Settlement Company.

1. This role is very hands-on with coding so you will need to be comfortable getting stuck in.
2. Design highly scalable software solutions to improve functionality and system longevity.
3. Work with technical business analysts and solution architects to fine tune requirements and ensure that developer tasks and Jira tickets are feasible to deliver.
4. Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
5. Develop new user-facing features using frameworks such as React.js (other frameworks will be considered)
6. Write front-end components using JavaScript, CSS and integrate with back-end Python components (possibly other languages).
7. Develop modules that satisfy the functional and non-functional requirements.
8. Prepare, review and build reusable components and front-end libraries.
9. Participate in the maintenance and improvement of existing applications.
10. Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

1. At least 3 years' experience of coding in a Python web-development framework, preferably Django.
2. At least 2 years' experience of coding in a front-end capacity (preferably React)
3. Container-related tools - e.g., Docker, Docker Compose
4. Databases - e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL.
5. RESTful API development and management.
6. Proactive Performance Tuning.
7. Solid understanding of design patterns and relevant implementation models.
8. Solid understanding of DevOps tooling, GitLab, CI/CD, Jenkins, build pipelines and source control systems.
9. Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services (preferably AWS): compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security and IAM.
10. Contribute to the wider engineering team.
11. Excellent communication and teamwork skills particularly in communicating technical terms to non-technical audiences.
12. Implement software enhancements and suggest improvements.

Desirable

1. Knowledge of other languages (e.g., C#, C)

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

1. Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
2. 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
3. Up to 8% pension contribution
4. Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
5. Employee referral scheme (up to GBP 1500), and colleague recognition scheme
6. Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
7. Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
8. Three paid volunteering days a year
9. Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
10. Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
11. Employee resource groups