Full Stack Engineer - Python & JavaScript

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours

Salary: circa £65,000 depending on experience

Location: Canary Wharf

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Senior Fullstack Engineer

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary

Join our exceptional team as a Full-Stack Engineer and be part of a growing group of skilled software engineers, data modellers and quant analysts. Together, we're driving the development and maintenance of LCCC's cutting-edge digital platform, powering multiple applications like settlements tools, forecasting systems, calculation engines, data portals and much more. Make a meaningful impact by contributing to the UK's Net Zero by 2050 goal, collaborating with diverse project teams in nuclear, hydrogen, solar, and tidal power generation areas. Your talent and passion will thrive in our dynamic and forward-thinking work environment.

Key Responsibilities

The key accountabilities of your role are outlined below, covering both the Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity Settlement Company.

• This role is very hands-on with coding so you will need to be comfortable getting stuck in.
  
  
• Design highly scalable software solutions to improve functionality and system longevity.
  
  
• Work with technical business analysts and solution architects to fine tune requirements and ensure that developer tasks and Jira tickets are feasible to deliver.
  
  
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
  
  
• Develop new user-facing features using frameworks such as React.js (other frameworks will be considered)
  
  
• Write front-end components using JavaScript, CSS and integrate with back-end Python components (possibly other languages).
  
  
• Develop modules that satisfy the functional and non-functional requirements.
  
  
• Prepare, review and build reusable components and front-end libraries.
  
  
• Participate in the maintenance and improvement of existing applications.
  
  
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team.
  
  Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  
  Essential:
  
  
• At least 3 years’ experience of coding in a Python web-development framework, preferably Django.
  
  
• At least 2 years’ experience of coding in a front-end capacity (preferably React)
  
  
• Container-related tools – e.g., Docker, Docker Compose
  
  
• Databases – e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL.
  
  
• RESTful API development and management.
  
  
• Proactive Performance Tuning.
  
  
• Solid understanding of design patterns and relevant implementation models.
  
  
• Solid understanding of DevOps tooling, GitLab, CI/CD, Jenkins, build pipelines and source control systems.
  
  
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services (preferably AWS): compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security and IAM.
  
  
• Contribute to the wider engineering team.
  
  
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills particularly in communicating technical terms to non-technical audiences.
  
  
• Implement software enhancements and suggest improvements.
  
  Desirable:
  
  
• Knowledge of other languages (e.g., C#, C)
  
  Employee Benefits
  
  As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
  
  Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
  
  25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
  
  Up to 8% pension contribution
  
  Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
  
  Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
  
  Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
  
  Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
  
  Three paid volunteering days a year
  
  Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
  
  Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
  
  Employee resource groups
  
  About Low Carbon Contracts Company
  
  The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.
  
  Please take the time to answer the optional diversity questions
  
  At LCCC, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves and contribute to our mission of advancing a flexible energy future. Our aim is to be reflective of the environments where we operate and truly benefit from a rich tapestry of backgrounds and experiences where everyone thrives which of course make us stronger together. Your diversity data is valuable to us, it helps us understand whether we are effectively connecting with underrepresented groups and realising our diversity aims. Please note that your diversity data will remain anonymised to us as it only feeds into high-level reports not connected to the candidates