Scala Software Engineer

Role OVO-View

Team: Growth Platform

Salary banding: £64,000 - £75,000

Experience: Mid-Level/Senior

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Software Engineering Manager

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Engaging, Challenging, Rewarding

Top 3 qualities for this role: Team Player, Open minded and willing to learn, Resilient.


Where you’ll work: 

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn't work for everyone. That's why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You'll also have the flexibility to work from home.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

We’re the Products and Tariffs team, our mission is to create a consistent experience for customers wanting to purchase all energy and non-energy products on the OVO brand, helping OVO to become the UK’s most trusted company and help achieve our Plan Zero goals. 

This role in a nutshell:

We're looking for a skilled Software Engineer, capable of working in a highly dynamic and constantly evolving environment, tackle complex challenges and proactively participate to the life of the team. Working closely with other engineers, product teams and stakeholders, you'll help execute our roadmap, enhance customer experience and contribute to the strategic vision of the area. 

You’ll have great autonomy and following your initial integration into the team, we anticipate you taking ownership and start driving initiatives. 

You're the right person for us if you have:

• Experience with Scala or any other Functional Programming language
• Experience with the Typelevel stack (we use Cats, Cats-Effect, Http4s, FS2)
• Experience or exposure to cloud native computing (AWS/GCP)
• Experience with Kafka or/and Event-based architecture
• Experience or interest in Infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

You’ll be a successful Software Engineer at OVO if you…

• Genuinely passionate about developing products that will positively impact over a million people and also our environment
• Love working in teams and collaboratively building features that impact customers
• Are motivated by owning products, from inception to continuous improvement
• Value test automation as a key part of your role as a software engineer
• Love building scalable, resilient solutions
• Seek learning opportunities to deepen your expertise or broaden your knowledge

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £64,000 and £75,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. 

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £400 off any OVO Energy plan, plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..