Backend Engineer for EV Charging Platform — Global Scale

Praxy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Energy Group is seeking a backend engineer to join one of our cross-functional squads in the UK. You’ll work with the product manager and engineers to build critical services powering our end users and drive product innovation in a fast-moving industry.

You’ll influence how the backend delivers robust, scalable functionality, with a strong emphasis on observability and API-driven features for our EV charging and energy platforms.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Python development experience.
• Good communication and ability to work in a team.
• Write robust and fault-tolerant software.
• Proficiency with Git and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong understanding of databases and data architecture.
• Experience developing APIs (REST, GraphQL, etc).

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services for core platform and integrations.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver scalable features.
• Ensure observability, reliability and robust API design.

Skills

Python

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Databases

REST/GraphQL APIs

Job description

Octopus Energy Group is seeking a backend engineer to join one of our cross-functional squads in the UK. You’ll work with the product manager and engineers to build critical services powering our end users and drive product innovation in a fast-moving industry.

You’ll influence how the backend delivers robust, scalable functionality, with a strong emphasis on observability and API-driven features for our EV charging and energy platforms.