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Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe!
Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.
We're a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation, creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences, our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone.
It's a really exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future.
About Our Data Platform Team
What we do: build the most AI-driven, innovative, forward-thinking platform for energy management. From optimising resources to delivering cost-effective, exceptional customer experiences through advanced Customer Information Systems (CIS), billing, meter data management, CRM, and AI-driven communications, Kraken is powering the next wave of innovation in the energy industry.
Why we do it: future energy will not look like energy as we know it today. We need to not just think about our future, but build for it. Now.
At Kraken we've developed a data platform that is used by Octopus Energy and our other clients retail energy businesses around the world.
Also at Kraken Flex, Octopus Energy's data-driven DERMS/VPP platform. From commercial energy assets like solar farms and grid batteries to domestic EVs and heat pumps, we use real-time data and smart algorithms to keep renewable energy flowing reliably across the grid.
The platform empowers users with self-service data analytics and automates our data processing workflows, from simple ETL jobs to ML training and prediction.
The data platform team works across the whole customer domain on anything from natural language understanding of our customer communications to processing billions of smart meter readings every day to support clients in creating customised and market leading smart energy tariffs.
As the volume, scope and geographical range of our data offerings rapidly expand, we're looking for an experienced data engineer to join the team to help us build and maintain our platform, pipelines and data sources.
We're passionate about building great technology to change the way customers use, and think about, energy for the good of the planet. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with us on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero, and support the energy transition.
What you'll do:
Build, maintain and scale data ingestion and transformation processes in Databricks that deliver key data and insights to the business and our customers
Be involved in all stages of the development of innovative data-driven products
Advocate for best data practices throughout the organisation
Integrate new data sources into the data platform through APIs or bulk data transfer
Build and maintain testing and documentation frameworks for our data sources
Work with the business to scope and deliver new data engineering projects and requirements
Maintain and build on our existing data infrastructure and tools
Support the internationalisation of our data infrastructure as we continue to grow globally
Contribute to the software engineering and data engineering culture here at KrakenFlex
Collaborate regularly with colleagues with many different professional specialities, including software engineers and data scientists, to create innovative solutions that delight our customers and colleagues
Work as part of a team of engineers, regularly seeking feedback and growing your skills as technical professionals
What you'll have:
In depth industry experience in data engineering, software development & design
Experience in Python and modern SQL analytics environments
Experience with modern technologies for managing data lakes at scale
e.g. Databricks, dbt, Spark, Snowflake, Airflow
A record of getting things shipped in a collaborative, agile development environment
A desire to mentor and pair with more junior engineers
Proven experience working with data, both processing and analysing
A proven ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
Excellent analytical and multitasking skills
Nice to have :
Experience with BI and/or Analytics tools, e.g. Athena, Tableau, Quicksight
Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, and serverless technologies e.g. AWS Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, API Gateway
Experience developing, securing or operating cloud scale applications or infrastructure; ideally terraform or cloudformation
Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Australia. In the UK we are one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor with a score of 4.7. Check out our Welcome to the Jungle site (FR/EN) to learn more about our teams and culture.
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About the Company
Improve customer satisfaction, increase product innovation, generate new revenue streams, and make significant operational savings. All with the only proven end-to-end, AI-powered operating system for energy utilities. Now expanded to support water, and telco.
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