Senior Backend Developer (AWS)

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

Centrica are going through an exciting period of change. We’re evolving to become a truly purpose-led organization, helping millions of customers to live more sustainably, simply, and affordably. We truly believe that we have a huge role to play in helping the nation to cut carbon emissions and prepare for a net zero future, and it’s a role we are immensely proud of.

An opportunity to play your part

Our customer platform team are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Centrica are going through an exciting period of change. We’re evolving to become a truly purpose-led organization, helping millions of customers to live more sustainably, simply, and affordably. We truly believe that we have a huge role to play in helping the nation to cut carbon emissions and prepare for a net zero future, and it’s a role we are immensely proud of.

An opportunity to play your part

Our customer platform team are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with AWS Serverless architecture experience. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Your role here will be to join the committed delivery teams building a new selling solution using Salesforce Industries, AWS and Dynamics. We're enabling better service to our customers; faster speed to market for our business stakeholders; and a faster slicker experience for our solvers.

Location: We have a hybrid-work environment, where you will be predominantly home-based but required to travel to Windsor office occasionally

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows:

• Competitive salary and bonus potential

• Car allowance

• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap

• Pension scheme

• Company Funded Healthcare Plan

• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days

• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

On a day-to-day basis you will :

• Participate in refining and scoping upcoming sprint work

• Assist solution architects with technical design and breaking down complex tasks

• Accountable for timely delivery of assigned tickets

• Conduct spikes/investigations into innovative technologies for future project viability

• Ensure teammates' work meets code quality standards through reviews.

• Coordinate with other teams for integrations, ensuring alignment of tasks and APIs

• Work with the QA team to investigate and resolve issues

• Mentor junior team members, providing assistance with tasks and problem-solving

About you:

• Experience building Serverless and Event Driven architectures on AWS

• Experience with TypeScript/Node.js

• Experience with Git or similar version control system

• Background in working within an agile/SCRUM environment

• Experience delivering robust and scalable systems

• Good verbal and written communication skills and a team player

• Attention to detail and the ability to work unsupervised

Our commitment to diversity

We are proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer. Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world for everyone. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by The Times for being one of the Top 50 Employers for Women.

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being Flex First. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.