Senior Software Engineer

Discipline: Standard

Job type: Fixed Term

Job ref: 009502

Published: about 15 hours ago

Correla are looking for a Senior Software Engineer FTC for 12 months to work as part of the SaaS team.

Salary: circa £80,000 (advertised salary achievable for a candidate fulfilling all role criteria)

Job Type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

About Us

In March 2021, Correla was created, as an independently owned business to bring in private investment to fuel innovation in the centre of the energy market and beyond.

Correla is derived from correlation, because we’re all about exploring and enhancing relationships between data, people, and processes. Our SaaS products and Managed Service solutions combine to power industry innovation, simplify an increasingly complex market, and deliver cost and operational efficiencies.

Our goal is to support industry transformation, to move to a net-zero future and to positively impact the end-consumer.

About The Role

• Design, build, and deliver complex software solutions using Python, Django, and React, ensuring scalability, reliability, and quality.
• Set a high standard for software quality by implementing advanced testing strategies, driving code reviews, and advocating best practices in development.
• Support the growth of junior and mid-level engineers through coaching, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Identify opportunities to adopt new tools, frameworks, and practices to improve efficiency and future-proof our solutions.
• Take ownership of building and maintaining robust, observable systems with strong SLAs to ensure high availability and performance.
  
  

About You

• Extensive experience in Python and Django, with a strong understanding of designing and building APIs in Django.
• Proficiency in relational databases such as PostgreSQL, with a strong ability to optimize queries and manage complex schemas. Familiarity with NoSQL databases is advantageous.
• System architecture: Demonstrated ability to design and evolve microservices-based systems, ensuring resilience, scalability, and alignment with architectural best practices.
• Cloud proficiency: In-depth experience with AWS, including advanced use of services such as SNS/SQS and S3. Knowledge of deploying into k8s is a bonus
  
  

What We Offer

• Locate for your day
• Uncapped annual leave
• 6-12% Pension Contribution
• Private Healthcare
• 26 weeks’ full pay equal parent leave
• Wellbeing Services
• And more!
  
  

At Correla, we are committed to working towards being a more diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can truly be themselves. We recognise the benefits of having talented people from a range of backgrounds and cultures who bring different perspectives, life experiences and diversity of thinking.

Our aim is to attract and retain the very best diverse talent to help create an exciting, innovative, and successful business that enables us to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers. We would therefore like to encourage applications from people with varied skillsets and experience and from different backgrounds and sectors to help shape our future.

Correla is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender re-assignment, age, record of offences, marital/civil partnership status, family status, pregnancy, maternity and paternity, religion/belief or disability.    We promise that your opportunity for employment with us depends solely on your qualifications and relevant experience.