Across OVO we have Software Engineers all with varying backgrounds and levels of experience. One key thing that all of our engineers have in common is a desire to develop brilliant, industry redefining products as well as their own skills. Working across a whole domain with other Engineers, a Product Manager, Product Designer and Head of Engineering/Engineering Manager, you'll build systems using the latest cloud services, architectures and best practices providing performance, resilience and scalability. You'll contribute to your team's Ways of Working, and have time for your own personal development. Your key outcomes will be:
* Acting as a subject matter expert within the team, providing technical advice, guiding solutions, and helping to establish good engineering practices.
* Influencing the team's technology selection and architectural direction.
* Playing a key role in the technical decisions that help drive the direction of the strategy here at OVO.
* Designing, building and maintaining cutting edge services and tools
Top 3 qualities for this role: Problem-solving, Creative, Attention to detail, Demonstrate technical leadership including guiding product architecture, solution design, technology selection, design pattern usage, and implementation activities
* Have a passion for coaching and mentoring other technical team members.
* Are highly proficient in Typescript
* Have experience developing cloud-based solutions on GCP or AWS using Infrastructure as Code
* Have a proven track record of designing and building highly performant scalable applications
* Are comfortable working in an agile development environment with regular release cycles, and have experience of pair programming, BDD/TDD, CI/CD and deployment strategies.
At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn't work for everyone. That's why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.
All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You'll also have the flexibility to work from home. Everyone belongs at OVO At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us. Teamworking for the planet Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you'll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. We're hiring world-changers. We currently have vacancies in various different teams, so if you're genuinely passionate about developing products that will positively impact millions of people and also our environment, we want to hear from you! Teams we're currently hiring into:
* Zero Carbon Living (Home)
* Data Platform
* Operations
We'll pay you between £70,000 and £100,000, depending on your specific skills and experience.
We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission. You'll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there's flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary - 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash. Here's a taster of what's on offer: For starters, you'll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your health With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more For your wellbeing With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations For your home Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers For your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know. For your Belonging To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other's experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.