Senior Python Modelling Engineer — Lead & Mentor

Aurora Energy Research Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; 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 Limited in Oxford, UK, is seeking a Senior Modelling Software Engineer to join Chronos, our battery storage modelling product. You will design, implement and maintain Python modules in a small team, driving code quality and developer experience.

You will mentor junior colleagues, lead feature delivery and collaborate across the model and data platform stack. Hybrid working in Oxford; visa sponsorship may be considered for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Professional Python experience (6+ years) in a team-based software environment.
• Experience mentoring junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-time delivery of robust and scalable model features.
• Coach, mentor and line manage junior colleagues, supporting their development and engagement.
• Design, implement, and maintain Python modules/packages in the modelling codebase.
• Innovate in wider software architecture and data orchestration to improve scalability and developer experience.
• Improve code quality and developer experience by refactoring for clarity, strengthening interfaces and simplifying implementations.
• Champion automated testing and TDD; driving the adoption of modern, agentic-first software engineering practices in the model development team.
• Lead constructive and empathetic code reviews and technical design discussions.

Skills

Python

Mentoring

Software architecture

TDD/CD

DevOps/Containers/CI-CD

Libraries/Packaging

Agentic‑first development

Job description

Aurora Energy Research Limited in Oxford, UK, is seeking a Senior Modelling Software Engineer to join Chronos, our battery storage modelling product. You will design, implement and maintain Python modules in a small team, driving code quality and developer experience.

You will mentor junior colleagues, lead feature delivery and collaborate across the model and data platform stack. Hybrid working in Oxford; visa sponsorship may be considered for eligible candidates.