Junior Software Engineer

at Aurora Energy Research

Description

Based in Oxford, you will work as part of a fun and highly experienced and growing Software Team building innovative cloud-based software solutions which power major decisions in the global energy transition. 

As a Junior Software Engineer at Aurora, you will be responsible for turning feature and product ideas that will shape the future of the global energy markets into a reality. You would work as part of a team on a cutting-edge Microservices architecture and using TypeScript/Express/AWS Lambdas, Redshift, MySQL, MongoDB and Micro-frontends built on React. This will allow you to take responsibility for solutions from design to deployment. 

You will be working with processes and tooling that allow you to release changes to our customers multiple times per day. The successful applicant will combine exceptional problem solving and technical capability with a passion to deliver great solutions for our users.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and operate the new generation of Aurora’s software-as-a service solutions
  • Work closely with end users (internal and external) to innovate highly effective solutions
  • Contribute to continuously improving how the Software Team works


What we are looking for

  • Minimum of 1 year relevant commercial working experience 
  • Commercial experience in developing complex software solutions with some of the following Node/TypeScript, Express, Python, SQL, NoSQL, React, Cloud Infrastructure, unit testing
  • A proven track record for delivering great software and solving difficult technical problems
  • Experience building web-services/microservices
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills, and a great team player