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Scheduling Software Engineer

Optimising a 100% renewable energy future is our vision. Limejump is a technology platform that manages a large renewable energy network. Our portfolio delivers clean energy to businesses and homes, using renewables and stored energy when it’s needed to meet demand.

We connect and manage 100% renewable energy through the intelligent control of renewable generators, such as wind turbines and solar panels. We work closely with renewable asset owners, buying their energy and then selling it onto the UK’s grid, giving them simple access to the power market. But, the sun isn’t always shining and the wind isn’t always blowing. We must therefore capture energy for times when there is high demand. By harnessing big data and renewable technology, we accelerate the UK’s transition to net zero carbon emissions.

About the role:

As a member of the scheduling team, you would be working at the heart of the Limejump platform. The team’s focus is to aid Limejump’s scaling ambitions by automating the translation of traded market positions into instructions for assets such as batteries.

You will be joining an enthusiastic team of 3 people who enjoy what they do. Alongside delivering clean, well tested, understandable code you would be spending time getting into the finer details of the energy industry domain. The team regularly spends time together understanding the ins and outs of National Grid services systems that balance energy supply and demand.

This team regularly must solve problems that are unsolved elsewhere. The changes required to decarbonise the UK power grid are immense, and we need a lot of intelligent software to do this. One example of these unsolved problems is getting hundreds of individual batteries to behave with the same stability as a large coal fired power plant.

The team has a commitment to continuous improvement. They hold regular retrospectives, participate in blameless postmortems and hold a regular developer session where they address how they are advancing towards the goal of quality working software.

You will:

Work closely with the product owner to understand requirements
Understand end-user needs and develop software solutions
Continuously improve existing solutions for greater performance and flexibility
Deliver quality software by ensuring testing is in place
Collaborate with other developers to design systems and write code

Essential requirements:

Desire and willingness to learn about the energy industry domain in detail
A passion for Limejump's vision of a sustainable future, and a commitment to our values
Experience with Python
Open and collaborative attitude with a desire to help others
Happy to build software in an agile way

Desirable skills and experience:

Postgres or some experience with relational databases
Understanding of container-based architecture – e.g. Docker and container orchestrators such as Kubernetes
Go or willingness to learn Go
Django
Worked with CI/CD practises
Interest or willingness to learn TDD
Experience within the energy industry

£1k annual innovation budget to spend on self development coupled with 10% time off work to do it
Private Medical Insurance with AXA PPP with £0 annual excess
25 days annual leave…and one extra day for your birthday
Flexible working options to suit your personal life (including caring responsibility and/or your cultural background)
Mental wellbeing support with Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme
Company wide lunch n learns, culturally diverse celebrations and other social events
Parental leave – up to 12 weeks paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
Subsidised onsite gym membership and weekly fitness classes
Cycle to Work Scheme – enjoy a carbon free commute on us!
Life assurance and personal accident insurance

Other perks and Culture
In addition to the listed benefits above, day-to-day life at Limejump is packed full of perks. There is flexibility to split your working week between home and office as well as flexible working hours to allow for balancing work with personal responsibility and circumstances. In the office we have ample comfortable breakout and booth spaces to promote a collaborative working environment. We have a pool table, regularly stocked snacks and drinks, casual working attire and the option to occasionally bring your best fur friend into work with you.

On top of this we have regular company, department, and team socials to bond with colleagues outside of day-to-day work. Some examples of social and knowledge sharing events include our Summer and end of year party, Stress Awareness Month, Ramadan and World Pizza Day. To see what we arranged for these events and more, check out our socials on our Instagram page here.