Lead Backend Engineer – Low Carbon Tech

🕒 June 12

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Octopus Energy

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2016

⚡ Energy

📡 Telecommunications

Energy • Telecommunications

Octopus Energy is a UK-based energy supplier that offers innovative smart tariffs and renewable energy solutions. Known for its award-winning customer service and commitment to a greener future, Octopus Energy provides great value for the long term with prices historically cheaper than any other large supplier. As one of Europe's leading investors in renewable energy generation, the company is highly trusted, holding a five-star customer service rating. Octopus Energy offers a variety of tariffs tailored for smart meters, solar energy, and electric vehicles, emphasizing cost savings and environmental benefits. Octopus Energy has also expanded internationally with operations in several countries, including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of core initiatives and missions, bringing cross-functional alignment and technical clarity while supporting your team to deliver high-impact features effectively. • Partner closely with Product to drive quarterly goals, offer valuable contributions to roadmap planning, and proactively structure workloads to reduce operational noise for your team. • Build your leadership capability by guiding and mentoring others, supporting team responsibilities, onboarding new colleagues effectively, and creating a psychologically safe environment where people can thrive. • Guide technical discussions, unblock day-to-day delivery dependencies, and use your influence to shape not just the technical output, but also the collaborative culture that makes Octopus an incredible place to work.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years experience of robust backend development with deep expertise in systems design, database optimisation (PostgreSQL/MySQL), and cloud execution. • You don't necessarily need years of formal management experience, but you do need to show leadership potential and a sincere enthusiasm for supporting a team. • Excited by the possibilities of integrating AI tools into your workflow to iterate quickly, combined with the discipline to rigorously check and ensure code quality. • Clear communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex technical constraints and architectural risks cleanly to non-technical stakeholders (compliance, operations, business development). • A genuine curiosity about the green technology landscape.

🏖️ Benefits

• Just ask us about the salary for this role! • unique culture where people learn and build quicker. • We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about!