Senior AI & Backend Engineering Lead (Hybrid)

Aurora Energy Research; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Parental Support

Salary-Exchange Pension

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Local Oxford Discounts

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flu Jabs

Job summary

Aurora Energy Research in Oxford is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide a team of software engineers and data scientists, owning projects from initial conversations with users to production systems.

You will collaborate with modelling and data teams to embed insights into production, and deploy agentic systems that enable fast, data-driven decisions across energy markets, while embracing hybrid working and visa sponsorship where eligible.

Qualifications

• 10+ years developing mission-critical backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Software Engineers and Data Scientists.
• Own projects end-to-end from first conversations with users through production systems.
• Collaborate with modelling and data teams to embed proprietary insights into production systems.
• Deploy agentic systems that enable fast, multi-dimensional, data-driven decisions.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend development

Python

Testing & automation

AI coding tools

Team management

High ownership

Team player

Energy markets interest

Tools

LangGraph

RAG

MCP

MLOps

IaaC

AWS

Job description

Aurora Energy Research in Oxford is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide a team of software engineers and data scientists, owning projects from initial conversations with users to production systems.

You will collaborate with modelling and data teams to embed insights into production, and deploy agentic systems that enable fast, data-driven decisions across energy markets, while embracing hybrid working and visa sponsorship where eligible.