Fullstack Engineer (Mid-Level)

Job title:

Fullstack Engineer (Mid-Level)

Company

So Energy

Job description

So Energy – Fullstack EngineerPlease note, we are not able to facilitate visa sponsorship OR relocation, at present or in the future and can therefore only consider candidates matching these requirements

• 🌱 Job Level: Mid
• 🌍 UK, Hybrid
• 💰 £50,000 – £65,000

Our Perks
Values-driven: We are proud of our culture.Drive your own experience

• Personalised Learning and Development Budget
• Hybrid working hours – Each team has their own Smart Working Charter that empowers you to do your work in the best way you can
• Technology – Your choice of Mac or Windows

Empowering you to be your most authentic self

• 25 Holiday Days + your local bank holidays
• 1 Birthday Day – it only happens once a year!
• 3 So Giving Days – spend these days giving back to your chosen cause
• Religious Celebrations Leave
• Mental Healthcare – Sessions with Unmind
• Enhanced Family Leave

– Who we are:So Energy was created in 2015 because we knew energy suppliers could be better. Since then, we have grown rapidly but sustainably, with 300,000+ customers and over 300 So Energists. We are not done yet. We’re on the road to a million customers and thanks to our recent merger with ESB Energy, we’re well on the way. We are tech first, customer-centric and we are passionate about sustainability.We want to do the best we can for our customers and for each other, so we have created a workplace that is encouraging, and supportive and offers the opportunity for growth. As a company, we live by six core values that guide everything we do:

• Clear
• Honest
• Ambitious
• Inquisitive
• Caring
• Sustainable

The RoleFullstack Engineer atReporting into our Senior Development Manager, 👋, We are seeking Senior Fullstack Engineers to join our high-performance team led by our Director of Technology 👋. We are seeking a mid-level software engineer “team player” who enjoys delivering and growing their capabilities, who has a clear understanding of software engineering practices and agile development. Do you have experience with different technologies, are able to quickly learn and adapt to new ones and can help in technical decisions but also genuinely enjoys constructive technical debates?Our mid-level engineers have a good understanding of the SDLC, and focus on using modern software engineering practices, XP, and agile delivery of value to customers. We’re looking for someone who has experience with diverse technologies, can quickly learn and adapt to new ones, contributes to technical decisions, enjoys constructive debates, and can seek feedback to continuously improve.Our multidisciplinary and multinational team cover the full stack from Kotlin backend microservices to frontend Vue.js and Typescript. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to grow into a full stack mid-level engineer where you will leverage your existing experiences to continue to learn greater depth and to improve code quality as well as participate in the community. Like all engineers you are expected to expand your skills.As a team member you will gain a deep understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle to deliver value to SO Energy customers using agile processes supported by our in-house Data Analytics team.Join a high-performance engineering team:We are building a robust, performant, and scalable platform utilising a microservices architecture on Google Cloud. Our diverse tech stack features Vue.js on the frontend and Kotlin on the backend, but we also have some Ruby and Python.As a fully empowered team member you’ll play a pivotal role in building out our architecture quickly, with great attention to quality and detail, and innovating wherever opportunities are discovered – expanding our robust microservice based platform’s capabilities whilst keeping the Total Cost of Ownership low. The majority of time will be spent collaborating with your team members cutting code, or within our software guilds refining practices and learning about our technologies today and tomorrow.Technologies:“Must”:

• Willingness to become fullstack / “all rounder” / “Pi-shaped” in our tech stack as quickly as possible.
• Deep on at least one backend or frontend and proficient in the other; or deep in backend and different frontend languages (e.g. C# and JS but not Node.js and JS).
• GitHub, Gradle, GCloud, bash, Regex, PostgreSQL, Json
• BE: JVM language (Kotlin preferred)
• FE: JavaScript (frameworks React, Angular, Vue preferred)

“Nice”:

• Confluence, Jira, Actionable Agile Analytics, SonarCloud, Miro, DataDog.

What you’ll be getting up to:

• Implementing capabilities across the entire stack, both frontend (JavaScript, VueJS, HTML, CSS, Typescript) and backend (Kotlin) technologies.
• Championing quality software and practices, implementing small iterative improvements every day.Proactively seeking opportunities to improve “Scouts’ campsite rule” – simplifying, refactoring and optimising to make development easier for you and your colleagues.
• Collaborating within a cross-functional and cross-disciplinary team (Frontend, Backend, Product, Data, QA) and foster a knowledge-sharing environment.
• Delivering Business Value by driving shared and modern software engineering principles throughout the SDLC, including TDD, BDD.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of internal tooling and environments.

This role will be a great fit if you:

• Have deep knowledge on one or more of React, Vue, JavaScript, Java or Kotlin, and experience in frontend, backend, or mobile development.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of system design and software architecture implementation principles.
• Be adept at applying the right methodologies for each task, adhering to established workflows while actively seeking and advocating for enhancements to our processes.
• Enjoy being agile and collaboratively working with others in an XP, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid.
• Aiming to elevate your career by growing into a more rounded software engineer.
• Are passionate about creating quality work, and helping others to do the same, focusing on never needing to be On Call.
• Continuously improving our Monitoring and Alerting, and Self-Restoring capabilities.
• Already have energy supply experience or are willing to learn this domain quickly; Similarly, the rapidly changing renewable energy sector. Are comfortable communicating within diverse teams, develop and apply your interpersonal skills to facilitate ceremonies and workshops.
• Learning quickly, and applying in feedback cycles, spikes, walking skeletons, evolving our domain design.
• Are interested in developing your technological expertise including secure code, risk-based testing, and constructive peer or group-based reviews.
• Are willing to commit to our core company values: clear, honest, ambitious, inquisitive, caring, sustainable.

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, tell us about your journey, and about what you learnt.So, if this role excites you, don’t let our role description hold you back, get applying!Hiring Process * Initial screening (30 minutes)

• Hiring Manager Screen: (30 minutes)
• Tech Task Interview (60 minutes)
• Leadership Capabilities & Cultural Fit Interview (45-minutes)

Support – If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best – please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.Our ValuesWe look for people who share our values and can add to our culture. Values are shared beliefs that guide our decision-making, culture is how we function as a group and how we live our values as individuals.

• Clear – The energy industry can be complex, so we strive to provide clear communication to our customers and colleagues.
• Honest – Transparency is key, whether that is providing clear bills to our customers or trusting our staff to do the right thing.
• Ambitious – All of us are ambitious about the future of So Energy and what we can contribute to it.
• Inquisitive – We are also questioning the status quo to see if there is a better way to do things for our customers.
• Caring – We care about the work we are doing, our customers and our colleagues.
• Sustainable – As a renewable energy company we are providing sustainable products, and we also care about sustainable careers. That is why learning and continuous development is so important to us.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & BelongingAt So Energy, we are committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a global community, and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated as they are critical to our innovation. It is essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day: No matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise. Inclusion is not just an initiative at So Energy. We strive to embed it not just into our values but throughout our entire culture.

Expected salary

£50000 – 65000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:23:56 GMT

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