Graduate Software Engineer (Data & Infrastructure)

Modo Energy Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Graduate Software Engineer to develop scalable, reliable, and efficient data solutions. You will manage complex data pipelines using technologies like Python, PostgreSQL, and Terraform while optimizing our infrastructure. Successful candidates will possess strong programming skills and the ability to adapt in a collaborative environment. The company offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Private top-tier healthcare

Dental coverage

Pension scheme with employer contribution

25 days of annual leave

5 flexible days

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Confident in using Linux system and tools.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and capacity to work autonomously in a flexible environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain business functionality.
• Support and extend existing CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize automation processes using infrastructure-as-code.

Skills

Python

Linux systems

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

Apache Iceberg

Airflow

Terraform

Node.js

Job description

Graduate Software Engineer (Data & Infrastructure)

London, United Kingdom

At Modo Energy, we're building the global standard for benchmarking and valuing the world's electrification assets - unlocking returns for battery energy storage, solar, wind and data centres.

The role

As a software engineer you will be trusted with responsibility day one, adding value to our data and infrastructure team. You will be responsible for developing new features and ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and efficient to meet future demands. We’re looking for engineers who are hungry to learn quickly. This position requires a proactive approach and readiness to introduce modern practices to development, monitoring, maintaining, and improving our data pipelines and infrastructure.

We offer multiple career progression paths based on your interests and experience, whether that be in data engineering or infrastructure. At Modo, there will be opportunities to deepen your technical expertise and skills, or take on leadership roles and the ability to shape our technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Implementation and maintenance of business functionality.
• Support and extend existing CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and optimize automation processes using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Build and maintain data pipelines using Airflow.
• Manage our tech stack including Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, and Apache Iceberg.
• Optimize infrastructure costs and develop strategies for efficient resource utilization.
• Provide critical support by monitoring services and resolving production issues.
• Contribute to the development of new services as we expand our architecture globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent degree subject.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Confident in using Linux system and tools.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and capacity to work autonomously and adapt to a flexible, evolving environment.
• We are an in-person company that values collaboration and team culture. Everyone works in the office Tuesday through Thursday, with flexibility to work from home or the office on Mondays and Fridays.
• Modo Energy offers a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package, including private top-tier healthcare and dental coverage with Bupa, a pension scheme with employer contribution, 25 days of annual leave (excluding bank holidays) and 5 flexible days to be taken on a Monday or Friday.
• Please note that we are only able to consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK, as we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship.

What you can expect from Modo Energy

We want to attract and retain the best talent at Modo Energy, and we give our people the freedom and opportunity to develop themselves and flourish.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team at Modo Energy, as we believe a variety of backgrounds, skills and interests is what makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for supporting the transition to greener energy systems, we encourage you to apply.

We have a number of positions open which could be for a range of backgrounds and experience levels. Please get in touch if you are interested and you don’t meet all the requirements, or if you exceed them!