Senior Software Engineer (EMO)

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll own the end-to-end development of complex systems and features that are core to our business. Contract details This is a 12 month fixed-term contract. You will lead technical initiatives, make critical design decisions, and mentor engineers to elevate the team’s capabilities. Your expertise will be the driving force that ensures we build scalable, high-quality software that pushes our company forward. Key outcomes

Technical Leadership & Architecture: Drive the architectural vision for key features, designing robust, scalable systems and contributing to the technical roadmap to influence the future direction of the product. Engineering Excellence & Quality: Champion best practices by writing clean, efficient code, leading rigorous code reviews, and implementing comprehensive automated testing to ensure high-quality, performant solutions. Mentorship & Team Growth: Lead and mentor other engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration through knowledge sharing, technical discussions, and constructive feedback. Project Execution & Delivery: Translate complex projects into clear, executable tasks within an Agile framework, proactively resolving blockers to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of team commitments. Community & Knowledge Sharing: Actively contribute to the wider engineering community by leading discussions, sharing expertise through documentation and workshops, and driving the exchange of best practices.

Professional Experience: Significant hands-on experience developing software in an agile environment, with a proven track-record of delivering high-quality, clean code. Backend & Architecture: Expertise in designing and building scalable microservices-based architectures using languages like Node.js, Python, and TypeScript. Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD practices. Frontend Development: Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks such as React.js and/or React Native. Leadership & Mentorship: Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor other engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence. Collaboration & Problem-Solving: Excellent communication and analytical skills, with the ability to thrive in a high-ownership, collaborative team environment.

We’ll pay you between £58,000 and £90,000, 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. Flex Pay: 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary - 4% auto-enrolled into your pension, 5% yours to use for flexible benefits or cash. Below is a snapshot of what’s on offer: For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your health: 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: Gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more. For your lifestyle: 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: Great deals on ultra-low emission car leasing, cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans. Belonging To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Delivery & Growth Lead Sponsorship Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. This role in 3 words Build, Collaborate, Deliver Top 3 qualities for this role Communication, Delivery Expertise, Amplification Where you’ll work Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life. 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