RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time / part time, permanent.
An embedded IT team member will design, develop and maintain business critical software for the UK short term trading and hedging desks. "Embedded" means working directly alongside our traders, building full stack, tailor made IT solutions to help traders optimise our fleet of power stations and spot market opportunities quickly. All of this is achieved using DevOps delivery processes and the latest technologies. Our goal is the fastest possible delivery cycle while maintaining the highest possible quality standards.
We offer a hybrid working model with time split between the office and home working.
We value diversity and welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity.
Your responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain robust bespoke applications
- Be technology focused, keeping up to date with the latest cloud technologies, identifying where and how these technologies can be utilised
- Motivate to put our stakeholders first, take ownership and responsibility for delivering functionality that meets high standards of robustness and business value
- Work with an agile methodology (Kanban) delivering solutions through DevOps
- Collaborate with the team to define our technology strategy for the future, aiming for a lean, efficient architecture that is flexible and cost effective
- Participate in standby / on call rota and be willing to travel occasionally
Your profile
- Demonstrable C# .NET development experience; familiar with modern ways of hosting .NET applications in the cloud (e.g. containerisation)
- Experience with AWS (especially Lambda, SQS, ECS, S3, etc.) and an understanding of serverless event based architecture
- A curiosity and openness to learn and upskill rapidly on different technologies within a commercial environment
- Experience with Oracle / Postgres databases
- Good knowledge of architecture / design patterns, distributed systems, and SOLID principles
- Good knowledge and understanding of security principles
Advantageous, but not a must
- Familiar with Microsoft Entra ID
- Hands on experience with Angular framework
- Good knowledge of continuous integration / delivery methodology
- Experience of re architecting traditional systems to cloud specific technologies
- Experience with automated software testing methods
- Some knowledge of the UK energy market
Benefits you can rely on
Working alongside our traders and analysts gives you the opportunity to shape the commercial business from an IT perspective.
- Working in one of the most interesting business contexts; a mixture of energy trading and IT
- Freedom to design and choose the architecture for solutions
- Competitive salary and benefits package plus annual discretionary bonus
- Wide ranging training and certification
- Open and diverse company culture