(Senior) Software Engineer

As part of the embedded IT team, you will play a key role in designing, developing and maintaining business critical software for the UK short-term trading and hedging desks. “Embedded” means working directly alongside our traders. We build full-stack, tailor-made IT solutions to help traders optimise our fleet of power stations and quickly spot market opportunities. All of this is achieved using Dev ops delivery processes and the latest technologies. Our goal is the fastest possible delivery cycle while maintaining the highest possible quality standards. We can only achieve this with the very best people!, Design, implement, and maintain robust bespoke applications Be technology focussed, keeping up to date with the latest cloud technologies, identifying where and how these technologies can be utilised You are motivated to put our stakeholders first, to take ownership and responsibility for delivering functionality which fits high standards in terms of robustness and business value. Work with an agile methodology (Kanban) delivering solutions through DevOps Work collaboratively with the team to define our technology strategy for the future with a desire to create a lean and efficient architecture which is flexible and cost effective. Participation in standby/ on-call rota and willing to travel occasionally

Experience with AWS (especially Lambda, SQS, ECS, S3 etc) and an understanding of serverless event-based architecture. A curiosity and openness to learn and upskill rapidly on different technologies within a commercial environment Experience with Oracle/Postgres databases Good knowledge of Architecture/design patterns, distributed systems, and SOLID principles Good knowledge and understanding of security principles

Advantageous, but not a must

Familiar with Microsoft Entra ID Hands on experience of Angular framework Good knowledge of continuous integration/delivery methodology Experience of re-architecting traditional systems to cloud specific technologies Experience with automated software testing methods Some knowledge of the UK energy market

Working in one of the most interesting business contexts; a mixture of energy trading and IT! Freedom to design and choose the architecture for solutions Competitive salary and benefits package plus annual discretionary bonus Wide ranging training and certification Open and diverse company culture Flexible working policy

RWE Supply & Trading is the interface between RWE and the energy markets around the world. Around 2,000 employees from over 70 different countries trade electricity, gas, commodities and CO2 emission allowances. The trading entity also ensures the commercial optimisation of RWE’s power plant dispatch and markets electricity from RWE.