<div><span style="font-size:18px;">At Octopus we've developed a data platform that is used by all our businesses around the world. The platform empowers users with self-service data analytics and automates our data processing workflows, from simple ETL jobs to ML training and prediction.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:18px;">The data platform team works on anything from natural language understanding of our customer communications to processing billions of smart meter readings every day to support in creating customised and market leading smart energy tariffs.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:18px;">We're looking for an Engineer to join the team to help us build and maintain our platform, pipelines and reporting tools.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:18px;">We're passionate about building great technology to change the way customers use, and think about, energy for the good of the planet. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with us on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero and support the energy transition.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:18px;">We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services.</span></div><br><br><h3>What you'll do...</h3><ul><li>Build and optimise the platform used by the data team to transform raw data into business insights</li><li>Scope and deliver new data engineering projects in collaboration with business stakeholders</li><li>Develop and deploy AI tools to help build out our ever-growing AI requirements and use cases.</li><li>Research and implement new tooling where appropriate, whether its developed in-house or sourced externally</li><li>Maintain and expand our existing data infrastructure and tools.</li><li>Consult the wider business on Engineering best practices and stay up to date with trends within the profession</li><li>Support the internationalisation of our data infrastructure as we continue to grow globally.</li><div><br></div></ul><h3>What you'll have...</h3><ul><li>Primarily, we want our engineers to have a passion for writing high quality code and building lean processes.</li><div><br></div><div>Essential:</div><li>Python</li><li>AWS</li><li>SQL (Spark/Postgres preferably)</li><div><br></div><div>Areas for Growth: </div><li>Airflow</li><li>Experience using CLI tools</li><li>Docker/EKS</li><li>Spark</li><li>DBT</li><li>Circle CI</li><div><br></div><li>The projects will be varied and we’re looking for someone who can work autonomously and proactively to scope problems and solve and deliver pragmatic solutions</li><div><br></div></ul><h3>Our Tech Stack... </h3><ul><li>Python as our main programming language</li><li>Circle CI for continuous deployment</li><li>Databricks for our data lake platform</li><li>Parquet and Delta file formats on S3 for data lake storage</li><li>Terraform on Spacelift for our infrastructure definition and deployment</li><li>Kubernetes for data services and task orchestration</li><li>Airflow for job scheduling and tracking</li><li>Postgres / aurora for our relational databases</li><li>Spark for data processing</li><li>dbt for data modelling</li><li>SparkSQL for analytics</li><li>Streamlit for data applications</li></ul><h3>💚 Why else you'll love it here </h3><ul><li><b>💰 Wondering what the salary for this role is? </b>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. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!</li><li>🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a <b>unique culture</b>. 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 <a href="https://www.b.co.uk/companies/octopus-energy">best company to work for</a> in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted <a href="https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Award/Best-Places-to-Work-UK-LST_KQ0,22.htm">50 best places to work in 2022</a> and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded<a href="https://octopus.energy/blog/podcast/"> a podcast about our culture</a> and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the<a href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/the-top-25-uk-companies-for-senior-leadership-revealed-by-glassdoor/"> top 10 companies for senior leadership</a></li><li>🎁 Visit our UK perks hub - <a href="https://octopus.energy/octopus-employee-benefits/">Octopus Employee Benefits</a></li></ul><br><div>Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we’ll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, you’ll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at hiring@octoenergy.com and we’d love to help!</div><div><br></div><div>If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you. 🚀</div><div><br></div><div>Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!</div><div><br></div><div>Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.</div>

<p><b>Welcome to the future of energy</b><br></p><p><b><span>We’re a leading energy technology company providing a better experience for our customers through transparency, automation and simplicity. Better for the planet, through real long-term investment in renewable generation and a low CO2 future. We make energy green and flexible for consumers, with fair and transparent pricing. Through our home developed platform, cloud-based billing, and sophisticated use of data science, modelling and AI, we’re redefining what is possible in energy.&nbsp;</span></b></p><p><b><br><span>Formerly operating as Evolve Energy, our efforts have not gone unnoticed and we are extremely pleased to announce that we now have the full support and backing of Octopus Energy, an award-winning UK energy supplier who share our passion and values.</span></b></p><p><br>We recently secured over £500 million of investment from<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://octopus.energy/blog/octopus-energy-achieves-unicorn-status-investment-origin-energy/" data-mce-href="https://octopus.energy/blog/octopus-energy-achieves-unicorn-status-investment-origin-energy/">Origin,</a><span>&nbsp;</span>Australia's largest Energy Company and<a href="https://octopus.energy/press/octopus-energy-group-enters-asia-landmark-partnership-tokyo-gas/" data-mce-href="https://octopus.energy/press/octopus-energy-group-enters-asia-landmark-partnership-tokyo-gas/"><span>&nbsp;</span>Tokyo Gas,<span>&nbsp;</span></a>to help us continue on our mission.</p>

Data Platform Engineer

<div><span>At Octopus we've developed a data platform that is used by all our businesses around the world. The platform empowers users with self-service data analytics and automates our data processing workflows, from simple ETL jobs to ML training and prediction.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>The data platform team works on anything from natural language understanding of our customer communications to processing billions of smart meter readings every day to support in creating customised and market leading smart energy tariffs.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We're looking for an Engineer to join the team to help us build and maintain our platform, pipelines and reporting tools.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We're passionate about building great technology to change the way customers use, and think about, energy for the good of the planet. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with us on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero and support the energy transition.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services.</span></div><br><br><h3>What you'll do...</h3><ul><li>Build and optimise the platform used by the data team to transform raw data into business insights</li><li>Scope and deliver new data engineering projects in collaboration with business stakeholders</li><li>Develop and deploy AI tools to help build out our ever-growing AI requirements and use cases.</li><li>Research and implement new tooling where appropriate, whether its developed in-house or sourced externally</li><li>Maintain and expand our existing data infrastructure and tools.</li><li>Consult the wider business on Engineering best practices and stay up to date with trends within the profession</li><li>Support the internationalisation of our data infrastructure as we continue to grow globally.</li><div><br></div></ul><h3>What you'll have...</h3><ul><li>Primarily, we want our engineers to have a passion for writing high quality code and building lean processes.</li><div><br></div><div>Essential:</div><li>Python</li><li>AWS</li><li>SQL (Spark/Postgres preferably)</li><div><br></div><div>Areas for Growth:&nbsp;</div><li>Airflow</li><li>Experience using CLI tools</li><li>Docker/EKS</li><li>Spark</li><li>DBT</li><li>Circle CI</li><div><br></div><li>The projects will be varied and we’re looking for someone who can work autonomously and proactively to scope problems and solve and deliver pragmatic solutions</li><div><br></div></ul><h3>Our Tech Stack... </h3><ul><li>Python as our main programming language</li><li>Circle CI for continuous deployment</li><li>Databricks for our data lake platform</li><li>Parquet and Delta file formats on S3 for data lake storage</li><li>Terraform on Spacelift for our infrastructure definition and deployment</li><li>Kubernetes for data services and task orchestration</li><li>Airflow for job scheduling and tracking</li><li>Postgres / aurora for our relational databases</li><li>Spark for data processing</li><li>dbt for data modelling</li><li>SparkSQL for analytics</li><li>Streamlit for data applications</li></ul><h3>💚 Why else you'll love it here </h3><ul><li><b>💰 Wondering what the salary for this role is? </b>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. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!</li><li>🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a <b>unique culture</b>. 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 <a href="https://www.b.co.uk/companies/octopus-energy">best company to work for</a> in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted <a href="https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Award/Best-Places-to-Work-UK-LST_KQ0,22.htm">50 best places to work in 2022</a> and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded<a href="https://octopus.energy/blog/podcast/"> a podcast about our culture</a> and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the<a href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/the-top-25-uk-companies-for-senior-leadership-revealed-by-glassdoor/"> top 10 companies for senior leadership</a></li><li>🎁 Visit our UK perks hub - <a href="https://octopus.energy/octopus-employee-benefits/">Octopus Employee Benefits</a></li></ul><br><div>Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we’ll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, you’ll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at hiring@octoenergy.com and we’d love to help!</div><div><br></div><div>If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you. 🚀</div><div><br></div><div>Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential.&nbsp;Need any specific accommodations?&nbsp;Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!</div><div><br></div><div>Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.</div>

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