Data Platform Engineer at Octopus Energy

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Energy, Utilities, Clean EnergyIndustries

Requirements

Strong experience in platform infrastructure development with Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform/OpenTofu IAC, Postgres, CDC systems and Docker
Passion for enabling self-service platform monitoring using Datadog, Grafana and Prometheus
Expertise with SQL and Python as core data languages
Solid experience with Django and WSGI (highly desirable)
Experience with other data products beneficial: Airflow, Spark, dbt, Jupyter
Skilled at shaping needs into a solid set of requirements and designing scalable solutions to meet them
Team player excited at the idea of ownership across lots of different projects and tools
Passion for driving towards Net Zero
Drives knowledge sharing and documentation for a more effective platform
Open to travelling to Octopus offices across Europe and the US
Experience with trading systems, data flows, and teams across EU electricity and gas markets (especially exciting)

Responsibilities

Maintaining and developing our data platform infrastructure, helping team members to debug and resolve live issues while growing a self-service suite of monitoring tools
Driving long-term robustness and scalability of trading processes supporting global growth
Setting up and maintaining processes for capturing, preparing and loading valuable new data into the data lake
Helping trading, forecasting, risk and PPA teams to optimise key operational pipelines while taking responsibility for process maintenance
Developing automations and alerts to quickly debug where these pipelines are failing or showing unprecedented trends
Working with international teams across the Octopus Energy Group to ensure everyone shares the best possible practises and code is standardised where possible

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Data PlatformInfrastructure EngineeringTrading SystemsData FlowsScalable SystemsEnergy MarketsCoding Languages

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What technical skills are required for the Data Platform Engineer role?

Strong experience in platform infrastructure development with Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform/OpenTofu IAC, Postgres, CDC systems and Docker is required, along with passion for enabling self-service platform monitoring using Datadog, Grafana and Prometheus, and expertise with SQL and Python.

What are the main responsibilities of this position?

Responsibilities include maintaining and developing data platform infrastructure, driving scalability of trading processes, setting up data capture processes for the data lake, optimizing operational pipelines for various teams, and developing automations and alerts for debugging.

Is this a remote position or does it require office work?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What is the salary or compensation for this role?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What experience would make me stand out as a candidate?

Experience working with trading systems, data flows, and teams across EU electricity and gas markets would be especially exciting, along with comfort using a variety of coding languages and explaining technical processes clearly.

Octopus Energy

Provides affordable green energy solutions

About Octopus Energy

Octopus Energy provides affordable green energy solutions to households and businesses across multiple countries, including the UK, US, Japan, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia. The company focuses on the renewable energy market and utilizes technology and data to enhance its services. Its main product offerings include direct energy sales to consumers and the licensing of its proprietary Kraken technology platform to other energy providers. This platform helps streamline energy management and improve customer experience. Unlike many competitors, Octopus Energy emphasizes sustainability and offers additional services such as electric vehicle solutions. The company's goal is to make green energy accessible and affordable while promoting the use of renewable resources.

London, United KingdomHeadquarters

2016Year Founded

$2,476.6MTotal Funding

GROWTH_EQUITY_VCCompany Stage

Data & Analytics, Automotive & Transportation, EnergyIndustries

1,001-5,000Employees