Backend Engineer
Backend Engineer on Octopus Energy's Global Backend Team, building the retail backend codebase used by Octopus Energy engineering teams worldwide. Day-to-day is Python/Django backend work with GraphQL, Celery async processing and Postgres; AWS/Kubernetes experience is a bonus. London office preferred, but remote candidates able to work in the UK are considered.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London (GB)
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- General interest in technology and problem-solving; diligent and thoughtful
- Must be able to work in the UK
Nice to have
- Python
- Django (or equivalent web framework)
- Domain modelling
- GraphQL
- Writing robust and fault-tolerant software
- Celery and async processing
- Postgres
- AWS
- Kubernetes
Full description
We're making energy fair, clean, and simple for all using technology.
Octopus Energy started with a bold idea: to build Britain’s first truly digital energy supplier. By combining world-class tech with brilliant humans who care deeply about customers and driving the renewable energy transition, we made it happen and in 2025, we became Britain’s largest energy supplier.
Octopus Energy Group is a global energy transition collective. 10 businesses working across 4 continents to tackle energy transformation at nearly every front.
And we constantly push to make energy better. Tirelessly campaigning for fair protections for customers. And building innovative technologies that forge a path to a green energy system.
We’re made up of 10,000+ authentic, committed people working around the world on stuff you'd never expect. We're united by a shared goal: to drive the global green energy revolution. Read our Spotlight series to meet some of the team.
About the role
At Octopus Tech, you’ll have real ownership, variety, and the chance to shape products that make a tangible difference in people’s lives - lowering bills, enabling greener living, and delivering experiences customers genuinely love. You’ll work side by side with teams across marketing, operations, and data, and see the impact of your work in the real world, fast.
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Global Backend Team.
The Global Backend Team are the powerhouse behind our mission to build the future of energy tech, working on our new and rapidly growing backend retail codebase used by all Octopus Energy engineering teams around the world.
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.
If this sounds exciting, we’d love to chat.
What you'll have
We're looking for someone with a general interest in technology and problem-solving; someone diligent and thoughtful. It would be helpful to have experience/expertise in the following (in rough priority order):
- Python
- Django (or equiv. web framework)
- Domain modelling
- GraphQL
- Writing robust and fault-tolerant software
- Celery and async processing
- Postgres
Plus experience in the following would be a bonus:
- AWS
- Kubernetes