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So Energy is seeking a dynamic Staff Engineer for our innovative Nova platform. This role encompasses backend architecture, AI enhancements, and mentorship, aimed at propelling our mission for sustainable energy solutions. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to technical excellence and environmental sustainability in the energy sector.
Our priority is to match the right person to the right role, and we never want salary to be a barrier to applying. Regardless of your current pay, we’ll ask about your salary expectations during the application process, and our Talent Team will have an open, honest conversation during the screening call to understand your skills and explore our salary options. If you have questions around salary, please feel free to ask us!
London, Hybrid
Who we are
So Energy was created in 2015 because we knew energy suppliers could be better. Since then, we’ve grown rapidly but sustainably, with 300,000 customers and over 450 Energists (what we call our people). But we’re not done. We’re on the road to a net zero future, and thanks to our partnership with ESB, we’re well on the way. We’re customer-centric, tech-led, and passionate about sustainability.
We want to do the best we can for our customers, each other, and our planet, so we’ve created a workplace that's encouraging, supportive, and offers the opportunity for growth. As a company, we live by six core values that guide everything we do:
At So Energy, we’re on a mission to build a better energy company. As Staff Engineer for our Nova platform, you will serve as the technical cornerstone of one of our most strategic products, driving technical excellence, whole system optimisation, and sustainable innovation. This role isn’t just about writing code (though you’ll do that too); it’s about setting technical direction, being an active doer, exploring the frontier of AI-enabled productivity, and elevating the entire engineering craft.
You will play a crucial role in helping us move faster, accelerating delivery, simplifying complex systems, and enabling our teams to ship higher quality features with greater speed and confidence. You’ll balance deep backend mastery with full-stack fluency, possess a firm grasp of infrastructure, and be comfortable engaging with frontend technologies. You will explore how AI, automation, and the latest developer tools can 10x our engineering output and help us stay ahead of industry trends, all while supporting our sustainability mission.
Collaboration, Mentorship & Culture
Full Stack Practitioner & Infrastructure Fluent
Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they are 100% qualified. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, tell us about your journey, and about what you learnt.
So, if this role excites you, don’t let our role description hold you back, get applying!
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 06/07/2025
Support – If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best – please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.
We look for people who share our values and can add to our culture. Values are shared beliefs that guide our decision-making, culture is how we function as a group and how we live our values as individuals.
Clear - The energy industry can be pretty complex so we strive to provide clear communication to our customers and colleagues
Honest - Transparency is key, Whether that's providing clear bills to our customers or trusting our staff to do the right thing.
Ambitious - All of us are ambitious about the future of So Energy and what we can contribute to it.
Inquisitive - We are also questioning the Status Quo to see if there is a better way to do things for our customers
Caring - We care about the work we are doing, our customers and our colleagues
Sustainable - As a renewable energy company we are providing sustainable products but we also care about sustainable careers. That's why learning and continuous development is so important to us.
At So Energy, we’re committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a global community and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated as they are critical to our innovation. It’s essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise. Inclusion isn’t just an initiative at SoEnergy. We strive to embed it not just into our values but throughout our entire culture.