Software Engineer - Data

The role:

We’re looking for a software engineer to join our data team. You will be responsible for developing new features and ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and efficient to meet future demands. This position requires a proactive approach and readiness (openness) for introducing modern practices to development, monitoring, maintaining, and improving our data pipelines and applications.

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and maintenance of business functionality.
• Support and extend existing CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimise infrastructure costs, collaborate closely with our other engineering teams to support the orchestration of our ETL pipelines using Airflow and manage our tech stack including Python, Node.js, Airflow, PostgreSQL MongoDB, Kafka and Apache Iceberg.
• Develop strategies for efficient resource utilisation.
• Provide critical support by monitoring services and quickly resolving production issues.
• Contribute to the development and support of new services as we expand our architecture to support multiple regions, transitioning to a microservices architecture.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a software engineering role.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Confident usage of Linux system and tools.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and capacity to work autonomously and adapt to a flexible, evolving environment.
• Required experience:
  
  • Experience with AWS.
  • Python web frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
  • Microservices architecture.
  • Building data pipelines (Batch and Stream Processing).
  • Data modelling.
  • Familiarity with Data Lakehouses.
  • Working with real-time and time series data applications.

Important Details:

• Hybrid Work Environment: This role is hybrid, with time split between working from home and our London office, with in-office days from Tuesday through Thursday.
• Compensation & Benefits: Modo Energy offers a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package, including private top-tier healthcare and dental coverage with Bupa, a pension scheme with employer contribution, 25 days of annual leave (excluding bank holidays), 5 flexible days to be taken on a Monday or Friday, and a day off for your birthday.

Modo Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Our employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We do not discriminate against age, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation with an application or the interview process please contact us via email at [email protected].