Software Engineer - #148972

We are a technology business operating in the global energy sector.

ENSEK have become the go-to option for top energy suppliers across the globe. Why? Because our technology is a significant step change away from the legacy systems that have historically dominated the market. It’s also massively cheaper to adopt the ENSEK solution, with no loss in customer service or standards.

But by far the biggest reason why ENSEK is the best choice in energy supplier software, is because of the people who work here and their endless enthusiasm, energy, and the way they support their colleagues. All our clients comment on what great people we have. Our people are our superpower.

That is where you come in.

Role Summary

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Software Engineers are responsible for working together to write clean code and deliver optimal outcomes. As part of the squad be responsible for contributing towards the design and implementation of solutions for a product line. You will be demonstrating your knowledge and practical experience, following coding standards and contributing to daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives and refinements.

The level of technical skills, competency and experience varies according to the level of the role – please refer to the competency framework for details.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the Product Owner to help define PBI’s and subtasks for business-driven work or technical debt items, ensuring non-functional requirements are captured appropriately.
• Working with the Technical Lead to understand the technical context and direction influencing to your work, and to review and refine your deliverables to ensure alignment with this direction and provide confidence in the technical delivery of functionality.
• Working autonomously or with squad members to write new software and modify existing software to address new business or technical requirements or to fix defects.
• Implementing appropriate test code at unit level, but also component/integration/system levels, and executing automated and manual test cases as relevant.
• Identifying and troubleshooting functional or non-functional issues and raising clearly defined defects as appropriate.
• Working with the Engineering Manager and the Agile Enablement team to adopt tools and methodologies to support the delivery of high-quality software.
• Contributing to the appropriate guild where time might be saved, outcomes improved with the aim of shaping best practice.
• Learning and developing your area of knowledge and domain expertise within the engineering function. 
• Proactively contributing to and suggesting ways of improving engineering processes at ENSEK.
• Promoting and maintaining a positive ‘can do’ attitude, building collaborative working relationships with the whole engineering squad and sharing skills and knowledge.
• Adding value to the experience of our clients, colleagues and other relevant stakeholders through practicing and promoting the ENSEK values.
  
  

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Experience/knowledge of C#, SQL and JavaScript, good practical knowledge of OO designs and SOLID principles  
• An interest in cloud-based technologies with experience being advantageous
  
  

SOFT SKILLS:

• Enthusiastic and passionate about technology and software development best practices
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills with an eye for detail 
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Team player valuing the importance of teamwork and experience of working as part of a remote, multi-disciplined team
• Detail orientated with a strict adherence to policies and governance which are applicable to the role
• Degree in Computer Science would be advantageous but not essential or equivalent work experience
• Experience of working in an agile environment and from within the Energy/Utilities would be advantageous but not essential.