Software Engineer - FSD

Centrica plc; Clewer Village; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica plc is seeking a Software Engineer for the Field Operations Platform to help forecast and schedule engineer availability and optimize dispatch to customer locations. You will join a cross-functional squad and contribute to the build, test, and deployment of software solutions that improve reliability and customer outcomes.

You will work with Product, QA, Architecture, and Operations, participate in design reviews, and ensure secure, scalable services while continuously improving your

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a software engineer in a modern product/platform delivery team.
• Proficient in building secure, testable code and fulfilling non-functional requirements.
• Familiarity with cloud-native concepts and incident response is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain high-quality software across the Field Operations Platform.
• Deliver secure, maintainable code meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, Architecture, and Operations to achieve outcomes.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical refinements.
• Own code quality through automated testing and proactive defect resolution.
• Support live services through incident investigation and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Cross-functional delivery

CI/CD pipelines

Secure coding

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

C#

Entity Framework

JavaScript

Azure Functions

Power Apps

Dynamics 365

Power Automate

Job description

Join us, be part of more. We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that’s energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities.

Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer.

We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it. Centrica Technology is a core driver of how we deliver our strategy. You’ll join a team modernising our platforms, strengthening cyber and operational resilience, and advancing a product-led way of working that brings engineers, data specialists and business experts together to deliver meaningful outcomes at pace.

As a Software Engineer within the Centrica Field Operations Platform, you will play an integral role on the team responsible for enhancing our ability to forecast and schedule colleague availability to effectively meet customer demand. This involves ensuring engineers with the appropriate skill sets are dispatched efficiently to customer locations. You will collaborate as a member of Field Platform Engineering squads, supporting the efficient building, testing, and deployment of software solutions Day to day:

Day to day

• Design, build, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions across the Field Operations Platform.
• Deliver well-structured, secure, and maintainable code that meets agreed functional and non-functional requirements, adhering to established engineering standards and best practices.
• Work as part of a cross-functional squad, collaborating closely with Product, QA, Architecture, and Operations to deliver customer and business outcomes.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical refinement sessions, providing constructive input and learning from others.
• Own the quality of your work through automated testing, peer review, and proactive defect resolution.
• Support the operation of live services by contributing to incident investigation, root cause analysis, and ongoing platform improvements.
• Continuously improve your technical skills and understanding of the platform, tools, and domain, applying a growth mindset to both delivery and learning.
• Follow security, compliance, and data protection requirements, ensuring customer and business data is handled responsibly.
• Take ownership for delivering agreed work items to a high standard, raising risks and blockers early, and contributing positively to team delivery.

Key Stakeholders

• Software Engineering Managers
• Principal Software Engineers
• Product teams
• Security teams
• Infrastructure teams

Problem Solving & Decision Making: Applies strong technical and product judgement to evaluate trade-offs and make decisions that optimise customer impact, performance, reliability, and development efficiency. Owns technical decisions relating to application development, while influencing architectural and strategic decisions across the broader product space. Uses data, analytics, insight, and automated testing outputs to inform decisions and prioritise improvements. Operates within established engineering, security, privacy, and governance frameworks, while helping to refine them to support faster, safer delivery. Makes timely decisions that balance innovation with risk, enabling the team to deliver value quickly without compromising quality. Applies judgement and engineering expertise to validate automated outputs, ensuring accuracy, safety, and ethical use. Focuses on principles such as robustness, privacy, maintainability, and customer trust, without tying the role to specific technologies that may change over time.

What we need from you

• Demonstrated experience working as a software engineer within a cross-functional delivery team in a modern product or platform environment.
• Working knowledge of modern software engineering practices including source control, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and code review.
• Experience writing secure, maintainable and well-tested code, with an understanding of non-functional requirements such as performance, resilience and scalability.
• Familiarity with cloud-native concepts such as event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing and managed services.
• Experience supporting live services, including participation in incident investigation, defect resolution and continuous improvement activities.
• Understanding of security, data protection and compliance principles relevant to customer platforms and enterprise systems.
• Ability to analyse problems, troubleshoot issues and contribute to technical solutions with appropriate guidance.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, QE and other stakeholders.

Hands on experience in

• C#
• C#
• Entity Framework
• APIs / web services
• Plugins (Dynamics)
• JavaScript
• HTML
• Dynamics 365, Dataverse
• Workflow Assemblies
• PCF Controls
• Fetch XML
• Web Resources
• Power Apps, Power Automate
• Azure Functions, Logic Apps

Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.

Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centrica

We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.

We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. When it comes to energy, no one does it like us. We make it, store it, move it, sell it and mend it. We’re made up of 12 different businesses, but united by our purpose as Centrica. We’re energisers. Our journey to a greener, fairer future is powered by individuals like you. Through innovative green products, intelligent energy solutions and developing smarter ways to use and save energy, we’re not just part of the energy transition, we’re leading it. Our commitment goes beyond sustainability. Together we’re bringing our collective energies to create positive change in our local communities. If you immerse yourself in our fight to change tomorrow, you might just find your why. We’re looking for people to add to our culture – not fit in with it. We're building a community where you can be unapologetically you, where differences are celebrated, and where everyone can belong. Real inclusivity also means supporting the different realities our people face. That’s why we have the UK’s best Carers Policy and are continually building our approach to flexibility and wellbeing. Of course, we love having fun too. We’re a people place after all.