Low Carbon Contracts Company

Senior Software Engineer

Low Carbon Contracts Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: LondonUnited Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £70,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable software solutions, ensuring alignment with Principals and Architects.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, QA, and DevOps, to deliver high-quality features.
  • Lead code reviews and technical discussions, and contribute to architectural decisions.
  • Lead complex coding tasks; ensure code quality
  • Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
  • Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Estimate work; lead delivery of features from the roadmap.
  • Solve ambiguous problems with scalable solutions.

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in Python web development frameworks (e.g., Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Skilled in applying software technical design principles to build scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions within modern cloud-based architectures.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
  • Strong problem‑solving & communication skills
  • Adaptability/willingness to learn (e.g., Agile)
  • Technical leadership (mentoring, best‑practice guidance)
  • Experience with modern frameworks and libraries (e.g., React, Node.js, Terraform, Celery)
  • Experience with database schema design and query optimisation
Benefits
  • Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
  • 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
  • Up to 8% pension contribution
  • Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
  • Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
  • Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
  • Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
  • Three paid volunteering days a year
  • Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
  • Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
  • Employee resource groups

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Hard skills
PythonDjangoJavaScriptTypeScriptAWSAzureGCPCI/CDReactNode.js
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunicationadaptabilitytechnical leadershipmentoring
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science