Senior Software Engineer - Future Opportunities in London

About Baringa

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people‑first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start‑ups, in every sector. You’ll find us collaborating shoulder‑to‑shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life.

Power and Low Carbon Solutions practice

We are growing our Platform Software Engineering team. Baringa are world leaders in modelling energy markets and use the insights from these models to drive change in a decarbonising energy industry. We work with highly varied modelling, data, and processing – everything from kilobytes of academic papers to terabytes of hourly scenario projections for 50+ years. Our staff come from diverse backgrounds and utilise a variety of technologies, tools and analytical modelling approaches.

What You Will Be Doing

• Be an integral part of the design, build, and ongoing development of a new data platform, with associated tools and software – this will be almost entirely greenfield opportunities to create a holistic user experience for Baringa staff.
• Assist the Engineering Lead in the selection of technologies and approaches to build everything from big data platforms through to browser plugins and shared functional libraries.
• Work closely with the Engineering Lead to engage tool developers, energy system modellers, client‑facing energy experts and users across the business to build a platform and supporting toolchain that fulfils the needs of your Baringa colleagues.
• Be a driving force in the development, automated testing and deployment of the new platform, utilising best‑practices to ensure quality, reliability and monitoring is built‑in from inception.
• Work with the team to build a DevOps pipeline with robust CI and CD practices, with a focus on evolving our processes to improve our team’s engineering experience.
• Be an active part of the team’s agile development approach, from refinement through to demonstration and feedback, helping drive the continuous improvement of team processes as we grow and mature.

Your Skills And Experience

We will be looking for people who can design and build high‑quality, fit‑for‑purpose systems, enabling our staff to maximise the creation, utilisation and management of the various models, tools and data frameworks that enable market‑leading insights for our clients.

• You are passionate about building the ‘right’ solution to problems, and understanding the ‘why’ behind what you’re building to support Baringa’s work in the energy sector.
• You have practical experience as a senior engineer in a highly motivated engineering team, collaborating closely with colleagues and taking pride in what you create.
• You are great at problem solving and see all technologies/engineering as a means to achieve this.
• You have advanced working knowledge of a general programming language (e.g. Scala, Python, Java, C# etc.) and understand both domain modelling and application programming.
• You have working knowledge of data management platforms (SQL, NoSQL, Spark/Databricks etc.).
• You have working knowledge of modern software engineering tools (Git, CI/CD pipelines), cloud technologies (Azure, AWS) and IaC (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi).
• You have experience with different frameworks throughout technology stacks (e.g. React/Angular/Vue/Blazor front‑ends, FastAPI/Spring Boot/Django/.NET back‑ends).
• You have experience building and working across different architectural approaches, and are confident in justifying your technology and architectural choices.
• You are passionate about communicating complex concepts succinctly to both technical and non‑technical colleagues and clients to reach a common understanding.
• You have experience working with agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum/Kanban), with an understanding of the key principles that underpin its effective use.

What a career at Baringa will give you

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition, we have introduced our 5‑Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: All our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing Fund: We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background.