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Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Python)

Octopus Energy· Octopus Electroverse / Software Engineering
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Hybrid (London, GB)Full-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Backend-focused senior software engineer role at Octopus Electroverse, primarily building pricing, discounting, payments, and subscription features for the EV charging ecosystem, with an emphasis on commercial stability and scalable backend systems.

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

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

Skills

Required:Python (Django)Monitoring and debuggingAsynchronous processing (AMQP, Celery)Security practices

Benefits

  • Salary is discussed on call with recruiters (salary flexible)
  • UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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