Software Engineer (Data and AI Platform) in Bristol

Role: Software Engineer (Data and AI Platform)

Location: Hub Based - Hybrid for all

Experience: Mid-level

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Delivery & Growth Lead

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Technical, Excellence, Collaboration

Top 3 qualities for this role: Technical Problem-Solving, Collaboration, Ownership

Where you’ll work: Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO. At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet: Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen.

As a Software Engineer, you will be a core contributor to the design, development and maintenance of our data platform. The team is building data platform tools and processes to be used across OVO. This work ensures that all the data needed to make smart, strategic decisions about energy and sustainability flows reliably.

This role in a nutshell: In this role, you’ll use your strong understanding of engineering principles to contribute to the design and deployment of features at OVO. You will take full ownership of your work, collaborating within an agile team to build high-quality, scalable, and reliable software solutions that contribute to our Data Platform. Your contributions will directly improve our platform's functionality, performance, and the experience for our users.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Software Design and Development: You'll help build new features by taking user stories from concept to completion. This includes writing clean code, contributing to system design, and developing automated tests.
• Problem Solving and Debugging: You’ll analyse and resolve complex software defects and performance issues. This means using debugging tools to find root causes and implementing effective solutions to ensure our software remains stable and reliable.
• Code Reviews and Collaboration: You will actively collaborate by participating in code reviews, offering and receiving constructive feedback. You’ll also join team discussions and work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders.
• Software Maintenance and Deployment: You'll maintain and support existing applications through bug fixes and enhancements. You will also participate in deploying releases, monitoring their production performance, and help improve our CI/CD pipelines.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: You will create and maintain clear technical documentation. You’ll also share your knowledge with teammates through presentations and workshops and help build our internal tools.
• Community of Practice: We support your growth through our Communities of Practice (CoP). You’ll be encouraged to engage with your role's CoP, participate in discussions and contribute to the community's shared goals.

You’ll be a successful Software Engineer here at OVO if you…

• Experience with modern programming languages such as Python, or Typescript.
• A good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
• Familiarity with relational databases or data warehouse technologies (e.g. Postgres, BigQuery).
• Familiarity with data processing patterns (streaming or batch data) or tools (SQL).
• Proficiency with version control systems, like Git.
• Experience with cloud platforms (we use GCP, but AWS experience is also welcome).
• Experience deploying cloud infrastructure with code (e.g. Terraform).
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of an agile team.
• A focus on writing high-quality, maintainable code.
• A proactive approach with a passion for learning and adapting.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

We’ll pay you between £45,000 and £60,000 depending on your specific skills and experience. We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission. You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we’ve put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

• For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).
• For your health: With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, health assessments, and more.
• For your wellbeing: With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more.
• For your lifestyle: With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations.
• For your home: Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers.
• For your commute: Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans.

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging: To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing... We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, and we also believe it’s just as important to tick off all of yours. We’d still love to hear from you!