Key Responsibilities

Manage on-time delivery of robust and scalable model features.
Coach, mentor and line manage junior colleagues, supporting their development and engagement.
Design, implement, and maintain Python modules/packages in the modelling codebase.
Innovate in wider software architecture and data orchestration to improve scalability and developer experience.
Improve code quality and developer experience by refactoring for clarity, strengthening interfaces and simplifying implementations.
Champion automated testing and TDD; driving the adoption of modern, agentic-first software engineering practices in the model development team.
Lead constructive and empathetic code reviews and technical design discussions.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Required attributes:

Professional Python experience (6+ years) in a team‑based software environment, delivering components used by other teams, user groups or customers.
Experience managing and mentoring junior colleagues.
Demonstrable experience in applied software architecture and design patterns.
Disciplined experience of Test Driven Development and Continuous Delivery.
Experience in DevOps/Infrastructure development including containers and CI/CD.
Experience stewarding internal libraries, packaging and dependency management at scale.
Experience in effective and efficient agentic-first development.

Desirable attributes:

An interest in working in the energy/decarbonization sector.
Experience engaging with internal stakeholders and colleagues in other teams.
Experience developing software for modelling, simulation or mathematical optimisation.

Responsibilities

Manage on-time delivery of robust and scalable model features.
Coach, mentor and line manage junior colleagues, supporting their development and engagement.
Design, implement, and maintain Python modules/packages in the modelling codebase.
Innovate in wider software architecture and data orchestration to improve scalability and developer experience.
Improve code quality and developer experience by refactoring for clarity, strengthening interfaces and simplifying implementations.
Champion automated testing and TDD; driving the adoption of modern, agentic-first software engineering practices in the model development team.
Lead constructive and empathetic code reviews and technical design discussions.

Required attributes:

Professional Python experience (6+ years) in a team‑based software environment, delivering components used by other teams, user groups or customers.
Experience managing and mentoring junior colleagues.
Demonstrable experience in applied software architecture and design patterns.
Disciplined experience of Test Driven Development and Continuous Delivery.
Experience in DevOps/Infrastructure development including containers and CI/CD.
Experience stewarding internal libraries, packaging and dependency management at scale.
Experience in effective and efficient agentic-first development.

Desirable attributes:

An interest in working in the energy/decarbonization sector.
Experience engaging with internal stakeholders and colleagues in other teams.
Experience developing software for modelling, simulation or mathematical optimisation.