Back End Developer

We currently have a vacancy for a Back End Engineer specialist with a desire to go full stack, so if you have a passion for taking ownership, learning new skills, solving challenging problems and building amazing products which all of our customers love and use daily, we want to hear from you!,

• Genuinely passionate about developing products that will positively impact over a million people and also our environment


• Love working in teams and collaboratively building features that impact customers


• You're motivated by owning products, from inception to continuous improvement


• You understand building quality is essential and you value automation and continuous delivery


• Love building scalable, resilient solutions


• Seeking learning opportunities to deepen your expertise or broaden your knowledge


• Built or contributed to a variety of systems, ideally in different technologies


• Knowledge of the best engineering practices and continuous delivery


• Experience building highly performant applications


• You're a lean thinker, always considering the optimal approach to iterating value


• You have a desire to go full-stack with React on the front end, Experience with Python


• Experience with FastAPI and/or Django


• Experience with cloud based platforms and technologies


• Experience in SOA or microservice architecture design


• An eye for designing solutions that are resilient and scalable


• Attention to detail and focus on security


• Passion for technical excellence


• Familiarity with Test Driven development is beneficial


• Driven and focused self-starter, great communicator, amazing follow-through
  
  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 gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us., We're hiring world-changers. Every role we're hiring plays their own part in our mission; our role is to find those people and bring them on our Zero Carbon journey. Across OVO we have around 350 Software Engineers all with varying backgrounds and levels of experience. One key thing that all of our engineers have in common is a desire to develop brilliant, industry redefining products as well as their own skills.
  
  We'll pay you between £60,000 and £80,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!


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. It's an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

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, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home
Get up to £300 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on 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.