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Octopus Energy is a global energy leader revolutionising the way people use energy. We're not just an energy supplier; we're a tech company building a cleaner, smarter energy future. The Global Energy Markets team makes sure we always have the electricity and gas we need to power our customers’ homes and businesses, while also supporting the grid to accelerate the transition to Net Zero. To deliver on this mission, we are looking for a Data Engineer to join the Energy Markets Engineering team and help us build efficient databases, APIs, pipelines and applications to ensure critical forecasting, trading, risk and PPA processes continue to run like clockwork. This is a chance to take on a role that blends complex data engineering, platform infrastructure, and business-critical problem-solving, all while helping transform the energy industry for the better.
Job Responsibility:
Maintaining and developing our critical data applications - scoping and implementing architectural improvements for long-term global scalability and robustness
Growing our suite of self-service application monitoring tools and alerts to help team members debug live issues and understand historic root causes
Supporting different Energy Markets teams to design and build key operational and reporting pipelines and dashboards across all Octopus Energy global regions
Setting up and maintaining processes for capturing, preparing and loading valuable new data into the data lake
Working with international teams across the Octopus Energy Group to ensure everyone shares the best practises and code is standardised where possible
Taking ownership of data platform improvements that enhance the capabilities for all Energy Markets teams and drives trust in the stability of the setup
Requirements:
Strong aptitude with SQL, Python and Airflow essential
Experience building efficient, scalable databases and APIs (e.g. Django, FastAPI) a huge plus
Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, Spark and related monitoring tools (e.g. DataDog, Grafana, Prometheus) for DataOps a huge plus
Experience with dbt for pipeline modelling also beneficial
Skilled at shaping needs into a solid set of requirements and designing scalable solutions to meet them
Able to quickly understand new domain areas and visualise data effectively
Team player excited at the idea of ownership across lots of different projects and tools
Passion for driving towards Net Zero
Drives knowledge sharing and documentation for a more effective platform
Open to travelling to Octopus offices across Europe and the US
Nice to have:
Experience building efficient, scalable databases and APIs (e.g. Django, FastAPI)
Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, Spark and related monitoring tools (e.g. DataDog, Grafana, Prometheus) for DataOps
Experience with dbt for pipeline modelling
What we offer:
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
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
We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people
We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership
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