Software Engineer - Database Services

Bringing that feel-good energy.

We're the newest face amongst the E.ON group of companies. E.ON Next is all about creating a sustainable future, now. We're moving our energy in the right direction, one little big step at a time. Join us in our mission to bring feel-good energy.

We’re also here to make this whole energy thing way easier for our customers. Like, really easy. That means providing exceptional service and using state-of-the-art tech to do it.

Software Engineer - Database Services

At E.ON Next we’re looking for the most ambitious, talented, and creative people out there to join our brand new, fresh, start-up business.

E.ON Next is one of the biggest energy providers in the UK and plays a crucial role in shaping the UK energy market. This isn’t the old energy as you know it. This is new, exciting, and waiting for stars like you to shape it. Do you love delivering for customers? Are you full of energy, ideas, and passion?

We're looking for enthusiastic and resourceful graduates, through mid-level to Senior Backend Software Engineers who are passionate about building great products.

Now is the time more than ever to revolutionise the energy industry to ensure its stability, affordability, and sustainability. If you have a passion for creating innovative products that can transform the way we think about and use energy, we'd love to have you join our team!

We are a dynamic team at the leading edge of technology, building and maintaining full-stack solutions across multiple business areas. On the server-side we mainly use Python, giving us access to a wide variety of libraries such as the Django framework. We stand by a serverless first approach and thus take advantage of the multitude of services from AWS such as Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, AppSync, and many more to complete our tech stack. We are proud of our tech stack and with the help and guidance of all our software engineers, we want to keep it that way by always being open to new innovative ideas.

Our solutions are hosted in AWS and are deployed through fully integrated CI/CD pipelines in GitLab Cloud, which helps us keep our cycle times short and enables us to adhere to our agile principles.

If this sparks your interest, then we want to hear from you!

A taste of what you’ll be doing:

1. You’ll play a crucial role in the backend engineering team, helping to build full-stack cloud apps.
2. You’ll build and maintain databases that service our 6+ million customers with crucial information.
3. You will write solid and efficient SQL-Queries.
4. You’ll be using AWS Cloud services with Python and its frameworks, such as Django on the backend.
5. Use a Serverless first approach to application design.
6. Work in an agile team with other backend engineers and product designers.
7. Plan, build, test, and release new features and experiments.
8. Work in a team through pair programming and code reviews.
9. Help solve the challenges that come with large-scale systems and lots of data.
10. Work closely together with our Product, Data, Front-end, Platform, and security teams.

Are you the person for the job?

We know what’s important to us at E.ON Next, we’re looking for ambitious and proactive people for our Engineering team.

We understand that these lists can sometimes be a bit intimidating and we don't mean it to be like that. If you are eager to learn and have an open mindset, send us your CV. We would rather chat through your experience than put you off because you don't tick every one of these boxes.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Experience working with Python as your main language, or willing to adapt.
2. Profound experience with relational and non-relational databases and how to scale and maintain them.
3. Profound knowledge in SQL and how to write efficient queries.
4. Experience working with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL.
5. Experience using version control tools e.g. git.
6. Good understanding of development best practices such as pair programming, TDD.
7. The desire to work with new technologies and design solutions with the team from the ground up using effective communication skills that encourage collaboration and teamwork.
8. Excellent software design, problem-solving skills and debugging skills.
9. The desire and enthusiasm to make constant improvements to code, and learn from others.

Plus, experience in the following would be a bonus:

1. Familiarity working with AWS or similar cloud Technologies.
2. Knowledge with Terraform, Packer or Consul.
3. Experience working closely with Platform e.g. DevOps.
4. Experience working with Python web frameworks e.g. Django or Flask. Django - Preferred.
5. Experience working with JavaScript and React - Familiarity with TypeScript would be great.
6. Good understanding of testing frameworks e.g. PyTest, Jest.
7. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
8. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.

What else do I need to know?

1. We’ll have regular team socials and lively team chats.
2. Competitive salary.
3. You would be based at our brand new London office, which is only a 2-minute walk from Farringdon Station.
4. Hybrid working - We set ourselves a team goal to meet up one day per week in the office. The rest of the time you are free to choose.
5. 26 days holiday plus bank holidays each year – this includes a guaranteed day off for your birthday if you want it.
6. A generous pension scheme.
7. The chance to choose from our award-winning Flexible Benefits package which includes the option to buy up to 10 days holiday a year.

For all successful candidates. Due to the nature of this role your employment will be subject to a basic DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check being carried out by ourselves via a 3rd party service provider.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.

We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we’re happy to talk flexible working. We offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time, job share, remote working and variable start and finishing times.