Software Engineer

Ecotricity; Stroud; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

Life assurance

Generous pension contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

A green energy company in the UK seeks a Software Engineer responsible for building and supporting integration solutions. Candidates should be proficient in Node.js and TypeScript, with experience in serverless architectures and REST APIs. This role offers a hybrid working model and competitive benefits, contributing to a mission of promoting sustainable energy in Britain.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Hands‑on experience with serverless architectures.
• Building and consuming REST APIs.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Positive attitude and proven ability to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and support integration solutions connecting applications.
• Develop scalable APIs, services, and automation workflows.
• Collaborate with the team to align on priorities and unblock progress.
• Write clean, scalable code and review colleagues' code.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Serverless architectures

REST APIs

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Tools

AWS

Git

Job description

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As a Software Engineer on the Industry Platform team you will be responsible for building, and supporting integration solutions that connect internal and external applications. You’ll work closely with the rest of the team and others inside and outside the Technology department to deliver scalable APIs, services, and automation workflows that enable seamless interoperability.

A typical day would start with stand-up, sprint planning, or retrospectives - where you'll collaborate with the team to align on priorities and unblock progress. From there, your time might be spent deep-diving into code, debugging issues, exploring API documentation for future work, or reviewing the code of your colleagues.

Some days are more collaborative, others are heads-down and focused—whether you're writing clean, scalable code, reviewing pull requests, or exploring ways to improve performance and reliability.

We value autonomy, curiosity, and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving. You’ll be trusted to own your work, contribute ideas, and help shape how we build software that helps us achieve our mission of a greener Britain.

About You

We’re looking for developers who have experience building solutions that span different systems. Ideally you would be familiar with AWS; currently, we’re making use of Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Step Functions and more.

The code we’re writing is mostly Typescript transpiled for Node.js® and deployed using CDK.

We’re aware that every company uses different tooling, so if you’re not familiar with all the technologies we use, that’s okay. However, an understanding of the concepts and willingness to learn is a must.

As a disruptive company wanting to make ‘Britain Green’, a passion for sustainability and environmental issues is a bonus. As is experience of the energy industry, billing and finance.

Must-Have

• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Hands‑on experience with serverless architectures.
• Building and consuming REST API’s.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Positive attitude and proven ability to learn new skills.

Should have

• Some knowledge of SQL.
• Experience with AWS.
• Knowledge and experience using git for version control.

Nice to have

• Web frontend development experience (e.g. React, Gatsby).
• Energy industry‑specific experience.
• Experience with AWS Step Functions.
• Python, Excel/VBA, MS Power Apps knowledge.

About Us

What’s in it for you…

• Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
• Hybrid Working
• Various company discounts (including shops, gyms, days out and events)
• Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
• Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

As a valued member of the team, you will be supporting the Group Environmental Policy and its associated sustainability objectives and targets.

Flexibility statement

The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment.

Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity - the green kind.

Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain - by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.

We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills, sun parks and green gasmills Britain. We call this turning 'bills into mills'. Some of our biggest achievements to date include building Britain's first megawatt windmill and the country's grid-scale sun park, as well as building our first green gasmill, generating 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of grass.

We don't just focus on energy though- we built the Electric Highway, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points; we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world; and we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk, where they use the money from their customers' bills to protect and regenerate Britain's lost rainforests.

Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.