At Modo Energy, we're on a mission to build the information architecture for the energy transition - we want to be the only place to come to for information on the global journey to net zero. Take a look at our platform, where we provide open access to an array of content on the energy transition.
We're a dedicated and passionate team building a category-defining business, working on one of the world's most important priorities. We are looking for individuals who love product-building, want to work with pace at a mission-oriented startup, and will collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a rapidly growing team.
The role:
We’re looking for a software engineer to join our data team. You will be responsible for developing new features and ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and efficient to meet future demands. This position requires a proactive approach and readiness (openness) for introducing modern practices to development, monitoring, maintaining, and improving our data pipelines and applications.
Responsibilities:
- Implementation and maintenance of business functionality.
- Support and extend existing CI/CD pipelines.
- Optimise infrastructure costs Collaborate closely with our other engineering teams to support the orchestration of our ETL pipelines using Airflow and manage our tech stack including Python, Node.js, Airflow, PostgreSQL MongoDB, Kafka and Apache Iceberg.
- and develop strategies for efficient resource utilisation.
- Provide critical support by monitoring services and quickly resolving production issues.
- Contribute to the development and support of new services as we expand our architecture to support multiple regions, transitioning to a microservices architecture.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience in a software engineering role.
- Strong proficiency in Python.
- Confident usage of Linux system and tools.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and capacity to work autonomously and adapt to a flexible, evolving environment.
- Required experience:
- Experience with AWS.
- Python web frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
- Microservices architecture.
- Building data pipelines (Batch and Stream Processing).
- Data modelling.
- Familiarity with Data Lakehouses.
- Working with real-time and time series data applications.
Important Details:
- We work in a Hybrid Environment: You split your time between working from home and working in our London office (Tuesday - Thursday).
Modo Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Our employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We do not discriminate against age, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation with an application or the interview process please contact us via email at careers@modo.energy.
What you can expect from Modo
We want to attract and retain the best talent at Modo, and we give our people the freedom and opportunity to develop themselves and flourish.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team at Modo, as we believe a variety of backgrounds, skills and interests is what makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for supporting the transition to greener energy systems, we encourage you to apply. We have a number of positions open which could be for a range of backgrounds and experience levels. Please get in touch if you are interested and you don’t meet all the requirements, or if you exceed them!
