Senior Backend Engineer – AI-Driven Energy Platform (Remote)

Gentrack; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life and income protection

24 days annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working hours and remote-work

Job summary

Factor, a division of Gentrack Group Ltd, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in London to lead backend development for data pipelines, pricing engines, and real‑time APIs supporting energy retailers.

You will join a fast, senior team building a scalable platform with AI-assisted development, collaborating across time zones and with global partners. This permanent role offers flexible working and remote options.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, and modern cloud architecture (AWS, serverless).

Responsibilities

• Build and ship backend features and services with a focus on elegance, scalability, performance, and resilience.
• Design and evolve Factor’s core data and application architecture (TypeScript, Rust, AWS, etc).
• Solve complex, end to end problems across the stack, from data ingestion and transformation, complex algorithms, through to APIs and partner integrations.
• Contribute to engineering standards, peer reviews, and design discussions that raise the technical bar.
• Use AI and automation to accelerate development cycles, testing, and deployment.
• Help shape a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and high ownership.

Skills

Node.js

Python

PostgreSQL

AWS

Serverless

Tools

TypeScript

Rust

Job description

Factor, a division of Gentrack Group Ltd, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in London to lead backend development for data pipelines, pricing engines, and real‑time APIs supporting energy retailers.

You will join a fast, senior team building a scalable platform with AI-assisted development, collaborating across time zones and with global partners. This permanent role offers flexible working and remote options.