Backend Engineer for Scalable EV Charging Platform

Lever, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Energy Group is hiring a backend engineer for a key squad. You'll work with product managers and engineers to build robust services powering our public EV charging platform, focusing on scalable, observable systems.

You should have 2+ years Python experience, strong Git/CI/CD, API development (REST/GraphQL), and knowledge of databases. We value collaborative problem-solving and the ability to translate product needs into solid technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial Python backend experience.
• Good communication, able to translate product needs into technical work.
• Write robust, fault-tolerant software.

Responsibilities

• Develop critical backend services serving end users and partners.
• Collaborate with product and engineers to deliver scalable features.

Skills

Python

Git

CI/CD

Databases

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Communication

Tools

Django

OCPI

Job description

Octopus Energy Group is hiring a backend engineer for a key squad. You'll work with product managers and engineers to build robust services powering our public EV charging platform, focusing on scalable, observable systems.

You should have 2+ years Python experience, strong Git/CI/CD, API development (REST/GraphQL), and knowledge of databases. We value collaborative problem-solving and the ability to translate product needs into solid technical solutions.