Data Platforms Software Engineer
Aurora Energy Re2 months ago
Oxford, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build high-uptime platforms that serve 100 TB to 1 PB of data quickly and reliably.
- Build tools and platforms for engineers, modellers, and analysts across Aurora.
- Help establish the Data Platforms team’s culture, practices, and technical direction.
- Take large projects from conception through production in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience developing impactful, mission-critical backend systems.
- Excellence in one or more programming languages, with Python used primarily by the team.
- Strong discipline in testing and automation.
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
- Experience using AI coding tools judiciously.
- Desirable experience with large distributed systems and data-platform scheduling, streaming, storage, and compute.
- Desirable experience with Python, Lakehouse architectures, Terraform, and AWS.
- Strong teamwork, low ego, high initiative, and genuine interest in energy-market and infrastructure transformation.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance, dental insurance, parental support, salary-exchange pension, employee assistance programme, local Oxford discounts, cycle-to-work scheme, and flu jabs.
- Hybrid working with a mix of office and home working and potentially adjustable working hours.
- The role is based in Oxford.
About Aurora Energy Re
Aurora Energy Research provides power market forecasting, analytics, and data to utilities, investors, developers, and policymakers via subscription platforms, software (including the Chronos storage valuation platform), and advisory services. It also offers programmatic access and APIs to embed forecasts, dispatch models, and insights into client workflows. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Oxford, the company operates globally and is part of TPG.