Senior Frontend Developer (m/w/d)

We believe energy should be better - for you and the environment.

We’re a leading energy technology (EnTech) company, providing a better experience for our customers through transparency, honesty and simplicity. Better for the planet, through real long-term investment in renewable generation and a low CO2 future. We make energy green and flexible for consumers, with fair and transparent pricing.

We're on a mission to make energy greener, fairer, and genuinely better for people. Our global energy revolution is backed by Generation, the sustainable fund co-chaired by Al Gore. To succeed with this mission, we need excellent technical people who want to use their skills on the biggest challenge the planet is facing.

We’re proud to be Europe's best-funded green tech start-up, and one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. We’re also the most awarded energy supplier in the UK, and have been Which? Recommended six years running.

What will you be doing?

Octopus Energy Engineering is responsible for the sites, services, and tariffs that are used by the millions of Octopus Energy customers worldwide. From building the latest, cutting-edge time-of-use tariffs, to helping customers actually enjoy tasks like providing meter readings through our wheel of fortune - and everything in between.

You’ll find a wide variety of challenges in the work we do as we help push the energy revolution forward. Our teams are multi-disciplined and collaborate between countries, meaning you have what you need to get the right people together and build the next great thing.

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to join our UK Dashboard Team.

This team handles the beautiful experience and intuitive self-serve journeys that millions of Octopus customers use. Charged with creating the easiest online experience for customers in the industry, their work saves people stress, prevents the need for an email or phone call, and provides seamless control over their energy account every day.

The UK Dashboard is also home to innovative greenfield projects, such as Octoplus, our loyalty program, or Winter Workout.

We embrace flat hierarchies and an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity.

We don’t hang our personalities up with our coats and nor should you. At Octopus, we hire great people who get stuff done, all whilst being themselves.

What you'll have...

• A very strong knowledge of our stack, listed below
• Experience taking problems, rather than strict guidelines, and developing strong solutions
• Confidence tackling large-scale tasks individually
• An empathetic approach to delegating work and collaborating with others
• The ability to develop websites that meet strong accessibility guidelines
• Experience building scalable, performant sites that handle high levels of traffic well

Our stack:

• React
• Next.js
• GraphQL & Apollo
• Styled Components & SASS
• Jest & React Testing Library
• TypeScript
• Storybook

Handy, but not essential...

• Python knowledge (our back-end language of choice)
• Experience leading teams or mentoring other developers
• Experience working on a multi-national codebase
• Previous experience in the energy industry

Why else you'll love it here...

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we we're voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people.
• Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits

We would prefer someone who can work in our London office but will consider remote candidates. However, you do need to be able to work in the UK.

We're very excited to be growing our team. We're looking for skills and experience to help shape and define the future of not only our team, but the wider business at a global scale. If you're reading this and grinning, please apply! There are huge challenges to tackle, and we need amazing people who are keen to get stuck in.