Summary
✨ AI‑Generated
Join a senior engineering team building the core infrastructure behind a next-generation platform in the energy technology space. You will design and ship scalable backend services, evolve application and data architecture, and solve complex end-to-end problems involving performance, resilience, and real-time data. The role is ideal for an experienced engineer who values ownership, technical excellence, and modern development practices.
Highlights
High-impact senior engineering role focused on scalable backend systems, data pipelines, APIs, and real-time decision-making. Offers significant ownership, complex technical challenges, a highly capable senior team, and a strong emphasis on engineering excellence and modern AI-assisted development.
Description
Department: Factor
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London, UK
Description
At Factor, we’re building the commercialisation layer for the new energy economy.
Our engineers don’t just write code — they shape the foundations of a platform designed to transform how energy is priced, forecast, and delivered globally.
As a senior engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing the core of our system: scalable data pipelines, pricing engines, and APIs that support real-time decision making for energy retailers and their customers.
You’ll work in a highly capable senior team, where ownership, curiosity, and engineering excellence are expected — and where AI tools are used daily to multiply impact and velocity.
Your Key Responsibilities
Build and ship backend features and services with a focus on elegance, scalability, performance, and resilience.Design and evolve Factor’s core data and application architecture (Typescript rust, AWS, etc).Solve complex, end-to-end problems across the stack, from data ingestion and transformation, complex algorithms, through to APIs and partner integrationsContribute to engineering standards, peer reviews, and design discussions that raise the technical bar.Use AI and automation to accelerate development cycles, testing, and deployment.Help shape a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and high ownership.
What We’re Looking For
Proficiency in Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, and modern cloud architecture (AWS, serverless).Track record of designing and maintaining clean, maintainable systems that handle complex data and business logic.Experience in the energy sector (or other data-heavy, mission-critical industries) is highly valued.Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-moving startup environment; proactive in surfacing problems and proposing solutions.Thrives on responsibility and ownership, with a low-ego, high-collaboration style.Excited by the opportunity to apply your skills to one of the world’s biggest challenges: the energy transition.
What We Can Offer You
Competitive salaryPrivate medical insurance Life and income protection24-days annual leaveEnhanced parental leaveTailored learning and development opportunities Flexible working hours and remote-work opportunities
Interested?
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please click on the “Apply” button to submit your application.
To discover more about Gentrack and how we’re transforming energy and water utilities with innovative solutions, please visit our website and LinkedIn.
