Senior Python Engineer – APIs & Cloud (Remote UK)

Octopus Electric Vehicles; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Dog-friendly offices

Job summary

Octopus Electric Vehicles is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join the Product & Technology team in a hybrid role. You will design and build APIs, evolve backend systems, and work with PostgreSQL and NoSQL data sources on AWS, with a React/Next.js frontend for user experiences.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to frontend work when needed. Strong Python and API design skills are required, with a focus on scalable, maintainable systems

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Python and software engineering fundamentals.
• Proven experience designing and building APIs, ideally GraphQL.
• Comfort with multiple data sources including relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and scalable systems.
• Proven collaboration within cross-functional teams.
• Experience using AI tooling to augment development.
• Track record of ownership from inception to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work in a cross-functional team on core customer and internal products.
• Design and build robust APIs, integrating services to optimise processes.
• Architect and evolve backend systems and data models for performance and scalability.
• Work across multiple data sources, designing expressive schemas.
• Contribute to frontend applications when needed to shape user experiences.
• Maintain code quality and long-term maintainability.
• Share knowledge, mentor others and raise the team's performance.

Skills

Python

API design

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

AWS

Frontend React

Team collaboration

Ownership

AI tooling

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

NoSQL databases

Job description

Octopus Electric Vehicles is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join the Product & Technology team in a hybrid role. You will design and build APIs, evolve backend systems, and work with PostgreSQL and NoSQL data sources on AWS, with a React/Next.js frontend for user experiences.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to frontend work when needed. Strong Python and API design skills are required, with a focus on scalable, maintainable systems