Senior Backend Engineer
Octopus EnergyLondon (GB)
Posted March 5, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Octopus Energy is a unique culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity.
Job Description
Octopus Energy is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Flexibility team. The team builds products and tools to make energy more flexible, including the Intelligent Octopus product that automates demand shift for 300,000 customers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend web application development
- Hands-on experience with Python/Django or equivalent web frameworks
- Strong systems design abilities, including microservices architecture
- Experience designing and operating RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Experience with secure, reliable, large-scale/high-transaction systems
- Experience developing and operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- A self-sufficient person with a high level of initiative, able to work autonomously in a fast-changing environment
- A strong team player who collaborates across teams and departments, mentoring and coaching more junior developers
Benefits
- Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us!
- Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground.
