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Senior Software Engineer (Python)

Octopus Energy· Octopus Electric Vehicles – Product & Technology
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Hybrid (London / Remote / Brighton)Full-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join the product and engineering team building systems for the electric car leasing business. Tech stack includes Python with GraphQL, PostgreSQL and NoSQL on AWS, with a React/Next.js frontend.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build robust APIs, integrating our own and third-party services to optimise and automate core business processes.
  • Architect and evolve backend systems and data models that are performant, scalable, and built to last.
  • Work across multiple data sources, designing expressive, well-structured schemas.
  • Contribute to frontend applications when needed, helping shape experiences that work well for our users.
  • Care about the code you write and its long-term maintainability.
  • Contribute ideas, share knowledge, support, mentor, and raise the game of those around you.

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in Python, with strong software engineering fundamentals.
  • Proven experience designing and building APIs, ideally using GraphQL.
  • Comfort working with multiple data sources, including relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
  • Excellent understanding of core software engineering principles and best practices, and a track record of applying them to build robust, scalable, maintainable systems.
  • Proven experience collaborating within teams and across disciplines.
  • Experience using AI tech and tooling to augment development.
  • A track record of taking ownership of features from inception through to delivery.

Skills

Required:PythonAPI designRelational databases (PostgreSQL)NoSQL databasesTeam collaborationOwnership of features
Nice to have:GraphQLFrontend React/Next.js (bonus)

Benefits

  • Octopus Electric Vehicles perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits (as referenced in the description)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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