Software Developer (Data) in Heathfield

Partrac are one of Europe’s leading metocean providers for the renewables and other coastal and offshore industries. We are particularly well known for delivering high quality metocean monitoring campaigns to the growing offshore wind industry across Europe, including the floating wind sector which is developing rapidly.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Software Developer (data) to join our technical and engineering team. We have a culture of quality, continual improvement, teamwork and openness. For candidates with the right aptitude there are opportunities to be involved in a range of exciting projects.

Job Overview:

• Ownership of design, development, evolution and maintenance of the company’s metocean data pipeline.
• Lead on architectural design of how data is transmitted, received and supplied to Partrac Data Centre, including automated preprocessing before reaching the Partrac database.
• Ensuring scalability and cost-effectiveness of these processes to support company expansion and deliver high quality data to clients.

Job Purpose:

To design, build, and maintain the robust data pipelines transforming metocean data—collected from Floating and Subsea sensors—into high-quality, structured datasets which underpin the company’s key client deliverable. With the recent release of Partrac’s newly developed Floating LiDAR and a bespoke built Data Centre you will have the opportunity to shape the data architecture which provides key input into the offshore wind industry. You will be at the forefront of the companies developing strategy working with a multiskilled team of scientists, engineers and project managers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical management of data architecture, cloud engineering, and system integration, developing the companies metocean data infrastructure.
• Automate and optimise current data analysis pipelines for both offline and real-time streaming data. Including the adoption of advanced AWS services and modern DevOps practices (e.g., serverless workflows, monitoring, CI/CD).
• Collaborate across teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
• Mentor and train colleagues across survey, data analysis, and data management teams.
• Provide ongoing technical support and system updates to ensure reliability of commercial buoy deployments.

Requirements:

Essential:

• Enthusiasm to operate as part of a small but highly productive and quality focussed team.
• Experience in requirement gathering, specification, implementation, testing, deployment, architecture and maintenance.
• Experience using git and GitHub for version control and CI/CD.

Desirable:

• Proficient in python and/or typescript programming language.
• Experience on building cloud architecture (preferably AWS CDK).
• Ability to communicate with data analytics team to build data processing procedure.
• Clear and concise documentation of all software built.
• Experience with SQL.
• A degree in computer science, electronics engineering or equivalent software development experience.
• Experience developing SPAs with React in a TDD environment.
• Understanding of network architecture (VPNs, VPC, routing, subnetting, IP management).
• Experience of range of communication technologies – Satellite, LoRa, HF.
• Previous experience with Iridium SBD data.
• Implementing system components as microservices.
• Experience writing unit, integration, and automated tests.

Why Partrac and Venterra Group?

Working at Partrac and the wider Venterra Group means you are trusted to use your initiative. We will give you the freedom to follow your ideas and to make an impact. You will find yourself in a culture that champions quality, continual improvement, openness, personal development and teamwork. If you are on the lookout for new, better ways to do things and want to be supported by a talented team of peers, you will fit right in here.

Some of the benefits our team love include:

• Working in a market leading team with a high level of industry recognition.
• Interesting and varied projects that make a difference.
• A resilient, dynamic working environment.
• Regular training and professional development.
• A friendly, supportive team environment.
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays).
• Flexible working options.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• EV Scheme.

The role is based with our team on the outskirts of Newton Abbot, Devon and easily accessible from Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay. We are also happy to consider remote working within the southwest region with an expectation of working from the office once or twice a month.

About Venterra Group:

Venterra Group is a dedicated wind energy services group at the forefront of driving the clean energy transition. Together, we engineer, build and support the operations of major wind developments around the world by providing specialist, technical and comprehensive services at every stage of the project lifecycle. Our vision is to become the global services champion and strategic partner supporting the wind industry’s rapid expansion.

Venterra Group are committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We take inclusion and diversity seriously. We know that getting this right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values. We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. We are an equal opportunity employer. Our vision is for Venterra Group to be a place where people of all ethnicities feel welcomed to work.