Software Engineer, Octopus Energy Group

Analytics Platform, Octopus Energy UK

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SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Airflow

Terraform

Sentry

Snowflake

Git

dbt

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

3 days a week in office

Entech company

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Entech company

1001+ employees

B2CRetailB2BEnterpriseEnergySustainabilityCustomer serviceElectric VehiclesSaaSSocial Impact

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

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

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Airflow

Terraform

Sentry

Snowflake

Git

dbt

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CRetailB2BEnterpriseEnergySustainabilityCustomer serviceElectric VehiclesSaaSSocial Impact

Company mission

Octopus Energy's mission is to speed the transition to a sustainable, low carbon future through renewable energy and technology whilst putting customers at the heart of everything they do.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience in:
Python
Git

Desirable

SQL
Dbt
Github
CircleCI
Airflow
Kubernetes
Terraform
A Cloud warehouse provider e.g. Databricks, GCP, Snowflake
AWS

What the job involves

The Analytics Platform team is brand new to the company and is tasked with consolidating analytics tooling and building a strategy for consistent data modelling across all our global businesses
We are building a platform that each country can plug their respective data into and get consistent data to be used to optimise customer journeys for each region or metrics at the global level by the group management team
Producers can build efficient pipelines from source data to insight with ease
Producers can scale out Modelling & BI to any number of Octopus Energy businesses around the world
Producers can provide insight via notebooks for detailed storytelling and dashboards for live updates on a domain
Consumers can find what they’re looking for with ease
Consumers have trust in the metrics and dashboards they’re presented with
Consumers can self-serve if needed
Consumers can retrieve data via automation
Our data analysts, business analysts, data scientists etc. use a variety of tools to transform source data into insight. Your role is to improve their interaction with these tools, whether they are internally or externally developed
Improving our in-house dbt CLI wrapper to make it more user friendly and optimise runtimes
Monitor tooling interaction with tools like Sentry or Datadog to identify areas for improvement
Developing our internal BI tooling powered by Streamlit to improve user experience and improve accessibility for less technical users
Integrate 3rd party tooling via APIs / SDKs and Terraform. Examples of these tools are listed in the ‘nice to have’ experience

Application process

Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we’ll always do our best to flex around what works for you
Along the way, you’ll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages

Salary benchmarks

Our take

According to Octopus, the energy industry in the UK is ruled by a handful of complacent companies peddling fossil fuels, pricing trickery, and poor customer service. Aiming to disrupt the status quo with sustainable energy, Octopus entered the market in 2016 and now supplies energy to millions of homes in a number of countries. Octopus has made a name for itself in energy circles largely because of its “Kraken” technology platform, which it claims is able to reroute energy from renewable sources around a network far more efficiently than competitors.

Octopus Energy further differentiates itself through its aspiration to make everything as easy as possible for consumers, from the simplicity of their bills and the fact that customers are not locked into a contract, so they can leave at any time, to offering customer service over email and social media at times that suit customers. It aims to make the eco‐friendly choice the easy choice, so all of its tariffs use 100% green electricity, while being cheaper than competitors' non-green tariffs.

Octopus is continually creating innovative new products. For example, Octopus Tracker, where prices change daily to guarantee you get the market rate; Agile, where the price changes every half hour to enable you to benefit from cheap electricity when the sun shines, the wind blows, and the networks are under-utilised. One of the current challenges the company faces is that its products are more complex than its competitors, given that it uses 1000x more data than traditional energy companies. It's exploring ways to explain to customers exactly how their products work.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

B Corporation

46% female employees

44% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Trustpilot (4.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Dec 2023

$800m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Jul 2022

$225m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $2.6bn

Company benefits

Your development is important - we support and help with development including internal and external courses, learning, study support etc, all bespoke to you
Flexi working environment
Equity Options Scheme - you own your own part of the business, share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group so we all work together towards success
Unlimited paid time off policy
Work from home opportunities
Equity Option Scheme - Everyone owns part of what we’re building with shares
Tech - We want to get the best out of our people and get that everyone is slightly different. Have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to get it
Money Coach - You may want to think about financial planning. The company has an arrangement with Octopus Money Coach. They offer the opportunity to talk with a professional coach
Wellbeing - Need some calm in your life? We have 'Octopus Headspace Licences' available. Twice a week we have 45 Minute live yoga class open to all Octopus staff!
Parents - get access to tax free childcare and maternity and paternity pay. We’re always looking for new ways to support parents, during lockdown we created OctoKids TV to help keep your kids occupied and entertained (https://octopus.energy/blog/octopuskids/)
Office culture - Our offices are stocked with fruit, breakfast, great coffee, and soft drinks (and ice lollies if you're lucky)! Weekly on a Friday we all get together (this happens virtually too) for company updates and drinks - we call it Family Dinner. We won best company to work for in 2019 and our CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. Check out what our people say at Glassdoor!
Car Salary Sacrifice - Browse the wide selection of electric vehicles and get a sample quote under our workplace salary sacrifice scheme. If approved, the monthly leasing costs are taken directly from your gross salary each month meaning you're saving on paying some tax

Company values

Autonomy
Empathy
Innovation
Impact

Company HQ

Soho, London, UK

Articles

UK entech unicorn Octopus Energy expands in Germany to make a “big green dent” in country’s energy sector

We want to make the UK the ‘Silicon Valley of Energy’.

Octopus Electric Vehicles launches Electric Dreams

Our careers page

Leadership

Greg Jackson

(Founder & CEO)

Previously Adviser at Ashcombe Advisers for 9 years and Non-Executive Director at Zopa for 7 years.

James Eddison

(CTO)

Previously CEO at Claripoint for 7 years and CTO at Tangent Labs also for 7 years.

Stuart Jackson

(Co-Founder & CFO)

Previously Director of "Foundation" Business Unit at Barclaycard for 2 years and Chief of Staff, Secured Lending SBU at Barclays also for 2 years.

People progressing

Jess

Joined as Marketing Assistant, being promoted to Marketing Executive after 6 months and again to Junior Product and Marketing Manager after 7 months. After 8 months they became a full Product and Marketing Manager.

Olivia

Joined as Senior Talent Partner, being promoted to Talent Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Talent Acquisition after 8 months.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Octopus Energy Group

Unconscious Bias workshops for interviewers and hiring managers
Octopus Energy Equality Foundation
Partnership with the Saracens High School - inspiring future generations - https://www.saracens.com/powering-futures-together-saracens-high-school-octopus-energy/
Octopus Energy Internships - https://octopus.energy/blog/ada-lovelace-tech-internship/

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