Software Engineer

Artificial Lift Performance Ltd (ALP) is seeking an ambitious Software Engineer located in Edinburgh, UK. The Software Engineer will be responsible for delivering high-quality commercial software, mentoring other developers and ensuring that the platform support is commercially focused and that the engineering team are fulfilling their 3rd line support responsibilities.

What’s in it For You:

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.
• The support of an organisation that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.
• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and empowers its employees through continuous improvement.
• Comprehensive benefits package & flexible working arrangements that enable balancing work commitments with other priorities.

What You Will Do:

As an engineer:

• Key to this appointment is a strong sense of software ownership and the desire to support and develop junior members of the team.
• This person must have a strong engineering background, successful track record in delivering high-quality commercial software and can establish credibility as well as providing input into technical decision making.
• Being able to organise your own work, problem solve efficiently and know when to consult are necessary traits to succeed in this position.

As a technical leader:

• Influence and make good technical design decisions.
• Actively contribute to technical and architectural discussions.
• Own feature brief documents for product enhancements.
• Participate in the evolution of the architecture to support the product road map, and play an instrumental role in the software engineering team.
• Deal with technical challenges that are particularly high profile, urgent, or strategically important to get right.
• Have a pedigree of delivering successful technology solutions, across multiple products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 or 3+ years relevant experience.
• Candidates should be passionate about quality software development and have a strong desire to learn and improve.
• Good problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently and in a team are essential.
• Primary technical knowledge and background in C# (with an interest and experience in other languages), Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC.
• Knowledge and understanding of Object-Oriented Programming principles and design.
• Experience with relational and non-relational data technologies bringing a breadth of knowledge and experience across this domain.
• Experience in analysing and tuning database technologies to performance at scale.
• Experience in front-end technologies such as HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
• Knowledge or experience of unit and integration testing frameworks.

About Our Stack:

We operate across several innovative technology domains, including cloud computing, data analytics, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Our current stack features ASP.NET MVC using .NET 8, Vue 3 with TypeScript, Kendo UI, Highcharts, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and SQL Server, with opportunities to engage with technologies such as Python, HTMX, Blazor, PostgreSQL, SCSS and Azure Dev ops. Looking ahead, we’re undertaking a major re-architecture of our platform to adopt a microservices-based, containerized approach—enhancing scalability and flexibility, and enabling integration with software systems in our wider organisation. As we evolve our platform, we’re leveraging GCP and Azure to build robust data pipelines and consumption layers that support advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities.

About ChampionX:

ChampionX is a global leader in providing chemistry programs and services, drilling technology, artificial lift solutions, and automation technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. Our world-class safety culture fuels our purpose to improve lives through our commitment to deliver sustainable operations.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.