Senior Software Engineer - Financials in City of London

Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy. We’re a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation, creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences, our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone. It’s an exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future.

What we do: build the most AI-driven, innovative, forward-thinking platform for energy management, including advanced Customer Information Systems (CIS), billing, meter data management, CRM, and AI-driven communications. Kraken is powering the next wave of innovation in the energy industry.

Why we do it: future energy will not look like energy as we know it today. We need to not just think about our future, but build for it. Now.

Our team is composed of a multi-discipline engineering group. This includes server-side, client-side and mobile engineers working closely with UX experts, copywriters and designers. We follow a Kanban-like approach with tools such as Google Docs and Asana to specify and manage work; Github, CircleCI and Terraform Enterprise as part of an immutable-infrastructure, continuous delivery pipeline; and Loggly, Sentry and Cloudwatch to measure performance and monitor production. Kraken is a great place to learn, work with talented engineers and level up your skills.

What you’ll do:

• Develop an innovative and highly technical product central to Kraken’s billing system used by multiple countries, markets, and clients.
• Abstract specific problems into generic building blocks that clients can use to build and modify their systems.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary software engineering team; solve design challenges; perform domain modeling; engineer solutions for smart meters; write robust fault-tolerant software primarily in Python, Celery, and async processing.
• Address complex design challenges in a highly regulated energy market with strong attention to detail.
• Handle large-scale data with millions of meter readings daily as smart meters roll out.
• Be part of a team shaping the energy landscape toward more disaggregated generation, with less predictability and smarter technology.
• Contribute to a culture that supports green energy initiatives and climate-positive outcomes.
• Collaborate in a company committed to sustainability and innovation.

What you’ll have:

• Ability to think abstractly to solve general problems, not only immediate user needs.
• Skills in identifying performance bottlenecks and optimising code.
• Experience with developing development frameworks or language design.
• Experience in designing scalable and maintainable systems; understanding of design patterns and best practices.
• Celery and async processing.
• Postgres, REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Plus experience in AWS, Terraform, Packer, Consul is a bonus.

Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in several countries. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes.