Software Engineer

• Personalised Learning and Development Budget
• Hybrid working hours - Each team has their own Smart Working Charter that empowers you to do your work in the best way you can
• Technology - Your choice of Mac or Windows

• 25 Holiday Days + your local bank holidays
• 1 Birthday Day - it only happens once a year!
• 3 So Giving Days - spend these days giving back to your chosen cause
• Religious Celebrations Leave
• Mental Healthcare - Unlimited sessions with Unmind
• Enhanced Family Leave

So Energy was created in 2015 because we knew energy suppliers could be better. Since then, we have grown rapidly but sustainably, with 300,000+ customers and over 300 So Energists. We are not done yet. We’re on the road to a million customers and thanks to our recent merger with ESB Energy, we’re well on the way. We are tech first, customer-centric and we are passionate about sustainability.

We want to do the best we can for our customers and for each other, so we have created a workplace that is encouraging, and supportive and offers the opportunity for growth. As a company, we live by six core values that guide everything we do:

• Clear
• Honest
• Ambitious
• Inquisitive
• Caring
• Sustainable

Reporting into our Director of Technology Muhammad Khan, We are seeking someone who has a clear understanding of Software Engineering practices and agile development. Someone who has experience with different technologies and can quickly learn and adapt to new ones and can help in technical decisions but that genuinely enjoys constructive technical debates.

We are looking for Mid-level Software Engineers to join our high-performance team led by our Director of Technology Muhammad Khan. We are seeking a mid-level Software Engineer "team player" who enjoys delivering and growing their capabilities.

Our mid-level engineers have a good understanding of the SDLC, and focus on using modern Software Engineering practices, XP, and agile delivery of value to customers. We’re looking for someone who has experience with diverse technologies, can quickly learn and adapt to new ones, contributes to technical decisions, enjoys constructive debates, and can seek feedback to continuously improve.

Our multidisciplinary and multinational team cover the full stack from Kotlin backend microservices to frontend Vue.js and Typescript. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to grow into a full stack mid-level engineer where you will leverage your existing experiences to continue to learn greater depth and to improve code quality as well as participate in the community. Like all engineers you are expected to expand your skills.

As a team member you will gain a deep understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle to deliver value to SO Energy customers using agile processes supported by our in-house Data Analytics team.

"Must":

• Willingness to become fullstack / "all rounder" / "Pi-shaped" in our tech stack as quickly as possible.
• Deep on at least one backend or frontend and proficient in the other; or deep in backend and different frontend languages (e.g. C# and JS but not Node.js and JS).
• GitHub, Gradle, GCloud, bash, Regex, PostgreSQL, Json
• BE: JVM language (Kotlin preferred)
• FE: JavaScript (frameworks React, Angular, Vue preferred)

• Implementing capabilities across the entire stack, both frontend (JavaScript, VueJS, HTML, CSS, Typescript) and backend (Kotlin) technologies.
• Championing quality software and practices, implementing small iterative improvements every day.Proactively seeking opportunities to improve "Scouts’ campsite rule" - simplifying, refactoring and optimising to make development easier for you and your colleagues.
• Collaborating within a cross-functional and cross-disciplinary team (Frontend, Backend, Product, Data, QA) and foster a knowledge-sharing environment.
• Delivering Business Value by driving shared and modern Software Engineering principles throughout the SDLC, including TDD, BDD.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of internal tooling and environments.

• Have deep knowledge on one or more of React, Vue, JavaScript, Java or Kotlin, and experience in frontend, backend, or mobile development.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of system design and software architecture implementation principles.
• Be adept at applying the right methodologies for each task, adhering to established workflows while actively seeking and advocating for enhancements to our processes.
• Enjoy being agile and collaboratively working with others in an XP, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid.
• Aiming to elevate your career by growing into a more rounded Software Engineer.
• Are passionate about creating quality work, and helping others to do the same, focusing on never needing to be On Call.
• Continuously improving our Monitoring and Alerting, and Self-Restoring capabilities.
• Already have energy supply experience or are willing to learn this domain quickly; Similarly, the rapidly changing renewable energy sector.Are comfortable communicating within diverse teams, develop and apply your interpersonal skills to facilitate ceremonies and workshops.
• Learning quickly, and applying in feedback cycles, spikes, walking skeletons, evolving our domain design.
• Are interested in developing your technological expertise including secure code, risk-based testing, and constructive peer or group-based reviews.
• Are willing to commit to our core company values: clear, honest, ambitious, inquisitive, caring, sustainable.