Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

LCP Delta is working to enable the energy transition through a variety of offerings. One of these offerings is the tech enablement of vast datasets to inform key decision makers on energy market trends and to provide valuable insights. We have developed a suite of technology products through our Enact and Spark platforms, from real-time trading analytics through to interactive modelling tools across Europe. A key focus of our strategy is to deploy technology across all our existing offerings, to leverage in-house data and skills and maximise our impact on the energy transition.

This is an exciting role for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Power Trading software team, and to play a key role in our growth and continued evolution of our technology platforms. Working across a complex suite of products, you will combine hands on software development with software design and architecture, helping to shape scalable, maintainable solutions while delivering high quality production code.

The incumbent will work across our C#/.NET codebase and wider technology stack, taking ownership of technical design whilst remaining actively involved in implementation throughout the software development lifecycle. Our platform is hosted within Microsoft Azure, uses Cosmos DB and PostgreSQL for data storage, and is complemented by a Vue.js and TypeScript front end. Modern AI assisted software development and agentic coding tools are used throughout our engineering workflows to support software design, development and productivity.

What will you be doing?

• Designing, developing and maintaining client facing applications that handle large and complex datasets in real time
• Contributing to the ongoing evolution of our software architecture, identifying opportunities to improve scalability, performance, maintainability and resilience
• Continuously improving code to align with best practices, with a focus on code structure, testability and documentation
• Participating in the development of new features, from initial design through to delivery
• Providing operational support for Azure cloud services, including App Services, deployment pipelines (CI/CD), and Azure Front Door
• Being a competent, active, engaged and willing member of our development team
• Keeping up to date with developments and changes in the field of software development and AI, as well as the tools and techniques used

What skills, experience and qualities are we looking for?

• C# - strong knowledge required
• Experience designing scalable, maintainable and high performance software systems
• Microsoft (.NET) technical stack
• Strong proficiency using AI assisted software development tools and agentic coding workflows
• Git based version control and Azure DevOps knowledge is desired
• Microsoft Azure infrastructure and CI/CD knowledge is desired
• Database experience is required
• Familiarity with Agile development environments and code review practices

You will be comfortable working as part of a team, have an enthusiasm for providing an excellent user experience and keen to learn new skills on the job. You will also be a good communicator with the ability to discuss technical matters in non technical language.

What's in it for you? For you:

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women's networks

For your family:

• Life assurance (6 salary)
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro rata for part time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation. LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - email protected to discuss how we can support you with your application.