Octopus Energy Careers, Benefits, Review

Power for the people

We're doing energy better — for you and for the environment.

We are both an electricity retailer and a tech platform and we think there is no better way to address our greatest challenge, climate change, than with the combination of those two.   Through our proprietary tech platform, Kraken, we are changing the way people interact with their energy company - by making it approachable, low cost, easy-to-understand, and most importantly, 100% renewable.  

As a team, we drive system change: with transformative tech to make renewable energy the norm and end global reliance on fossil fuels. We have over 2,500 awesome team members across the UK, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Japan, Italy, France, and Germany; But we want to make a ‘big green dent’ in the world, and that means we need to grow even faster.

If you care about doing right by customers, and working relentlessly to make the world greener, we’d love you to apply! 

Expect tough challenges as we reimagine energy for the 21st century, building a service that really puts customers first. You'll enjoy variety, the freedom to innovate, and working with cool people who really know their stuff.

If you want to make a difference to the millions of people and businesses suffering under a broken industry, join us.

What you'll get

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options including FSAs.
• Unlimited paid time off — we know working hard means also being able to recharge as needed, we trust our employees to get the work done and take the time they need.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Parental leave. Biological, adoptive and foster parents are all eligible. 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Flexible working environment: you need to shift around your schedule? You do you, we genuinely believe in work/life balance. 
• Equity Options: every Octopus employee owns part of the business. We’re a team, working together towards huge goals. Every person is crucial to our success, you should be rewarded as such. 
• Modern office or co-working spaces depending on location.

We work for you

We do things differently. Our prices are fair and transparent, and we don't lock you into a contract, so you can leave at any time. In fact, we try to make everything as easy as possible for you, from the simplicity of our bills to offering customer service over email and social media at times that suit you — 8am‐10pm, 7 days a week.

The better choice, whether it's for your home, or your business

We provide an easy, affordable energy option for the UK's visionary businesses. Whether you're one of the world's biggest football clubs or selling magic wands in Brighton, we'll supply your business with power from the sun. We work with amazing brands like Arsenal FC and Marks & Spencer, helping legendary UK institutions lead the charge on sustainability nationwide.

Renewable energy as standard

We want to make the eco‐friendly choice the easy choice, so all of our tariffs use 100% green electricity — and they're no more expensive than our competitors' non‐green tariffs. You can also carbon offset the gas you use if you want to minimise your environmental impact even further. And we make sure today's renewables infrastructure keeps on turning, generating clean, green energy to power the UK. We're backed by Octopus Investments, the UK's largest investor in solar power, responsible for nearly 40% of the nation's large scale solar generation.

Energy fit for the future

While we look after your energy supply today, we're also building technology that will define the industry's future, from the big ideas to the small. In 2017, we launched Octopus Tracker, a UK‐first tariff championing price transparency like never before, offering fair daily rates based on the wholesale price of energy. Then, in 2018, we became the only supplier to really harness the potential of smart meter technology with Agile Octopus, a time of use tariff with half‐hourly rates allowing customers to adjust their consumption to times when the wholesale price of energy is cheapest. Next came Octopus Go, a tariff designed just for EV drivers, with a super cheap night rate so these early adopters of the future of green transport can always wake up fully charged.

And it's not just about your home energy: Octopus Electric Vehicles is helping UK drivers switch to greener cars, providing everything from the car itself to smart charging options. We're getting our world ready for this electric revolution with Powerloop, an EV leasing bundle introducing vehicle‐to‐grid charging to UK homes. Drivers use their cars to power their homes during times of peak energy demand to relieve pressure on the grid.