Developer Platforms Engineer in Slough

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.

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. We're scaling automation and AI from proof-of-concept into real, end-to-end change - improving customer journeys, reducing cost-to-serve, accelerating delivery, and building the digital foundations that underpin everything from energy trading and risk to field operations and critical infrastructure.

If you want to work on complex, high-impact problems using modern engineering practices, and help build reusable platforms that will shape how Centrica operates over the next decade, this is the place to do it.

As a member of the developer platforms team you'll be in a role managing, securing and promoting our various developer platforms within Centrica. You'll be engaging with many teams across the business and have a chance to make a difference helping make their day to day easier and more robust.

Day to day:

• Handling support issues for our end users and making sure they have what they need to do their jobs
• Working on onboarding new developer platforms, securing and documenting them
• Enabling teams by helping with setup and ongoing support of their consumed platforms
• Building automations to improve and smooth out the processes and journeys developers go on when using our platforms
• Delivering new guardrails and enabling teams with new feature demos/templates/etc.
• Keeping up to date on the latest from our suppliers and internally promoting new features to help developers get the most out of our platforms

What we need from you:

• A good attitude and outlook, someone able to bridge the gap between management and non-technical stakeholders and the development teams
• Experience using and running developer platforms, including but not limited to; GitHub, AWS and Azure
• A willingness to jump in and learn new technologies

AI / Digital literacy competencies:

• Designs, integrates and operates AI-enabled solutions within enterprise environments, including prompt-driven workflows, retrieval-augmented systems and AI agents.
• Applies structured evaluation, testing and monitoring practices to ensure AI outputs are reliable, secure and compliant with organisational guardrails.
• Prepares and manages data used in AI workflows and takes responsibility for the responsible lifecycle of AI features from experimentation through deployment and continuous improvement.

What's in it for you?

• Enjoy a generous market salary, along with fantastic growth opportunities and a vibrant work environment!
• Power up your pay with a 15% Employee Energy Allowance, surpassing the government's price cap!
• Secure your future with our comprehensive pension plan, designed for peace of mind.
• Elevate your health with our fully-funded company healthcare plan, prioritising your well-being.
• Recharge with a generous 25-day holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and even purchase up to 5 extra days for extended relaxation!
• Experience unparalleled work-life balance with an exceptional selection of flexible benefits, from tech treats and eco-friendly car leases to travel insurance for your adventures!

About the job:

• Design, Build and Operate Developer platforms for development teams throughout Centrica to consume.
• Work with stakeholders such as Infosec, Strategy and Architecture and T&N to ensure our developer platforms deliver to their requirements.
• Provide guidance on developer best practises.
• Work with our Cloud Engineering and development teams to deliver highly available tools and services to assist with operational and development tasks.
• Empower our developer teams to deliver.

Required Skills:

• 3 or more years GitHub experience
• 3 or more years experience of Cloud Computing (AWS or Azure)
• Demonstrable git skills
• Experience with configuration management tools like Terraform.
• Experience with languages like Go, Python and Node.js
• Experience with continuous integration systems
• Demonstrable hands-on experience of running highly available services
• Expert problem-solving skills

Personal Traits:

• Passionate about software: Active on GitHub
• A self-starter who knows how to RTFM
• Easy to work with; open, honest, and good sense of humour
• Upbeat and optimistic; comfortable celebrating failure when it leads to learning and iteration.

Why should you apply?

We're not a perfect place - but we're a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. 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.

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.