Senior Software Engineer, Payments & Pricing (EV Platform)

Octopus Energy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Electroverse is seeking a backend-focused engineer who loves robust software and scalable systems. You will join a small, high-energy team developing core pricing, discounting, and billing capabilities for the Electroverse platform in the e-mobility space.

You’ll contribute to reliable payment workflows, financial reporting accuracy, and scalable subscription offerings while collaborating across product, operations, and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years software experience, preferably with Django or similar Python frameworks.
• Experience with monitoring and debugging applications and infrastructure.
• Experience maintaining asynchronous processing systems (AMQP, Celery).
• An ability to discuss vision and features within a team and propose creative solutions.
• Knowledge of common security practices.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• An ability to write robust and fault-tolerant software.
• Proficient understanding of Git.

Responsibilities

• Help us improve the core product by developing and improving our pricing and discount mechanisms.
• Help improving the accuracy of our financial reporting and payment success rates across our existing and potential payment providers.
• Expand existing charging subscription offering to add flexibility and scalability.
• Work within a small specialized team to enable multiple cross functional product areas and delivery best quality for our customers.
• Support the Operations team in resolving payments related customer issues, and the Financial team in building accurate reporting systems.

Skills

Django/Python frameworks

Monitoring & debugging

Asynchronous processing (AMQP, Celery)

Git proficiency

CI/CD familiarity

Security practices

Team collaboration

Robust & fault-tolerant software

Tools

Celery

Job description

Octopus Electroverse is seeking a backend-focused engineer who loves robust software and scalable systems. You will join a small, high-energy team developing core pricing, discounting, and billing capabilities for the Electroverse platform in the e-mobility space.

You’ll contribute to reliable payment workflows, financial reporting accuracy, and scalable subscription offerings while collaborating across product, operations, and commercial teams.