Lead Mobile Engineer

Octopus Energy; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company on a mission to revolutionize energy tech. As part of a dynamic mobile team, you'll lead engineers to develop innovative solutions that empower millions of users. This role combines management and engineering, allowing you to shape the future of clean energy. With a culture that fosters creativity and collaboration, you'll work with cutting-edge technologies like Kotlin Multiplatform and contribute to a sustainable future. If you're passionate about making a real impact and thrive in an agile environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Remote work options

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Team-building activities

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in Android development with a focus on Kotlin.
• Strong communication skills for collaborating across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to scale the mobile app for Octopus hardware.
• Coordinate with teams designing hardware and firmware.

Skills

Kotlin

Android Development

iOS Development

Engineering Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jetpack Compose

SwiftUI

Job description

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London, UK

Octopus Energy Engineering ️ – Mobile /

Full-time /

Hybrid



We’re a leading energy technology (EnTech) company, providing a better experience for our customers through transparency, honesty and simplicity. Better for the planet, through real long-term investment in renewable generation and a low CO2 future.

We're on a mission to make energy greener, fairer, and genuinely better for people. Our global energy revolution is backed by Generation, the sustainable fund co-chaired by Al Gore. To succeed with this mission, we need excellent technical people who want to use their skills on the biggest challenge the planet is facing.

We’re proud to be Europe's best-funded green tech start-up, and one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. We’re also the most awarded energy supplier in the UK, and have been Which? Recommended eight years in a row.

Mobile at Octopus Energy

The mobile team within Octopus Energy Engineering is responsible for the mobile app that connects over three million monthly active customers across eight countries to the energy solutions that shape their daily lives. From seamless onboarding and smart control of cutting-edge Octopus Energy hardware, to loyalty schemes and demand flexibility, our work is at the heart of the clean energy revolution.

We’re growing fast to meet the demands of a global business with a single app, and we’re looking for passionate engineers who want to build technology that makes a real impact. If you want to shape the future of energy tech, solve complex problems, and build products that genuinely help people, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Team

We relaunched the Octopus Energy app with a small team of 4 engineers, product, and design in 2021. Since then we’ve grown to multiple cross-functional teams and 20+ mobile engineers. We’re expanding to meet the challenges of rolling out a single platform which supports diverse utility markets around the world. Every team member helps define culture and processes necessary to work collaboratively and effectively across multiple product teams, whilst instilling good engineering practices for the team as a whole.

Our Technology

As an organisation we like to move quickly. This is true both in how we operate as a business and the technology choices we make. We were very early adopters of Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and used the technology when it was in pre-alpha, at scale, to great success. It helps us share code across Android and iOS without the user experience tradeoffs.

KMP was officially released in late 2023 so we don’t expect our applicants to have experience using it. It powers the extensive shared layer across our Android and iOS apps, with UI powered by Jetpack Compose and SwiftUI. Our app is built around offline-first reactive patterns and utilises unidirectional data flow with a layered architecture. Our view models are written using Jetpack Compose and compliment our state driven UI.

We release updates to customers weekly. We gain release confidence with our suite of automation and unit tests running in CI (GitHub Actions), and configure features remotely using feature flags.

What You’ll Do

You’ll be involved in the Devices team efforts to scale our app to meet the needs of current and future Octopus Hardware. This is a hybrid role of management and engineering, you’ll be responsible for 4-6 engineers and work closely with them to guide technical direction, coordinating with the teams that design and build the hardware, silicon and firmware that powers Octopus products like the Cosy heat pump and Octopus Home mini.

We embrace flat hierarchies and an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity.

We don’t hang our personalities up with our coats and nor should you. At Octopus, we hire great people who get stuff done, all whilst being themselves.

What You'll Have...

• You’ll be someone who appreciates the impact a nimble team can make on customers and clean energy.
• Your passion for clean energy and sustainability will help provide context on your everyday work.
• You will thrive with us if you can effectively communicate with coworkers in different timezones.
• You’ll enjoy contributing across the whole development process including design and product.
• Experience leading teams as an Android developer, with a desire to work across both iOS and Android using Kotlin.
• Enjoys engineering management, levelling people up and being responsible for an entire team
• Proven experience leading technical projects or initiatives
• Finally, you’re interested in staying on top of upcoming technologies that could benefit our team.
  
  
  

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 [e-mail] and we’d love to help!

If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

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!

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Utilities and Environmental Services

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