Senior AI Engineer at Octopus Energy

London, England, United Kingdom

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Energy, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • Deep Understanding of GenAI - 2+ years of experience working with LLMs and using techniques such as tool calling, agentic workflows, finetuning and reinforcement learning
  • Data Product Development - 5+ years of experience building Python-based applications and/or data products, with hands-on work in data-intensive and machine learning systems
  • GenAI Application Development - Hands-on experience building AI applications which have been successfully deployed into production
  • AI model evaluation and observability - Experience of different ways of evaluating AI models and applications. Implementing logging, tracing, and monitoring in systems
  • Context Engineering and Knowledge Grounding - Experience optimising and grounding GenAI models and applications through prompt design, RAG and knowledge base integration
  • Software Development Practices - Strong grounding in Git, testing, CI/CD frameworks
  • Ability to thrive in a fast moving environment - Dealing with ambiguity, setting clear priorities, and translating ideas into actionable plans
  • Nice-to-Haves
  • Backend Development - Experience designing and building applications and services that encapsulate business logic, data and information flows and connect AI models into wider applications
  • Pipeline Design and Build - Experience integrating different types of databases and building and optimising data pipelines
  • Vector Databases and Knowledge Graphs - Familiarity with graph and vector databases such as Pinecone and Neo4J

Responsibilities

  • Design and Develop AI Platform Services - Build reusable, scalable services that expose GenAI models, knowledge retrieval pipelines, and agent workflows to application teams
  • Knowledge Base Development - Build and maintain knowledge retrieval systems including embedding generation, chunking, and strategies for database management
  • AI Ops, evals and observability - Setting up frameworks for monitoring and evaluating AI output quality (relevance, accuracy, safety, drift, cost) and platform observability (latency, cost, usage)
  • Centre of Excellence - Act as a centre of excellence for the whole business in the technical side of AI and LLMs usage, setting best practices and accelerating adoption
  • Context Engineering - Design systems for prompt assembly: Create prompt templates, system prompts and guidelines for platform users
  • Governance and Guardrails - Create governance layers for implementing PII redaction, prompt filtering etc

Skills

LLMs
RAG
AI Agents
Embeddings
Knowledge Retrieval
Chunking
AI Ops
Observability
Evaluation Frameworks

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Vacation
401(k) Company Match
Parental Leave
Flexible Work Hours
Company Equity
OE Group Share Scheme

Risks

Increased competition in renewable energy may impact market share.
Rapid international expansion exposes Octopus to geopolitical risks.
£3 billion repayment to UK government could strain financial resources.

Differentiation

Octopus Energy's Kraken platform optimizes energy usage for zero-bill homes.
The company leads in electric aircraft charging with AeroVolt collaboration.
Octopus Energy's global reach includes partnerships in Brazil and Japan.

Upsides

'Zero Bills' initiative could revolutionize sustainable living in the UK.
Partnership with Energisa opens South American renewable energy market.
Investment in Ocergy enhances offshore wind capabilities globally.

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