Job Description

Posted 1 week ago

Senior Software Engineer – London or Edinburgh

One of the leading players in the UK and European Energy & Renewables tech sector is hiring for an AI-first Software Engineer to join its core product development team. As a part of this high performing and collaborative group of c.10-15, you will own one of the most powerful, real-time data engines in the entire sector, recognised as the gold standard for decision making and trading

As the team are embracing AI-powered development, they are looking for prior experience in Cursor, Github CoPilot, and other coding tools.

If high-throughput, high-transaction, low-latency, real-time technologies excite you – this is about as good as it gets!

The Benefits:

You'll join a multi-award-winning, people-first organisation with a benefits package built around your wellbeing, including:

Salary up to £80,000

Hybrid working with 2 days a week in their London or Edinburgh office

26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 

Competitive pension

Discretionary bonus scheme

Cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes

The Role:

AI-first, back-end focused, building in C#, .NET and Azure. using events-driven architecture for powerful, real-time data analytics.

Day to day, you'll be:

Driving the evolution of the platform's architecture, spotting opportunities to improve performance, scalability and resilience

Owning technical design decisions while staying hands-on through the full development lifecycle, from concept to delivery

Championing engineering best practice, clean structure, testability and solid documentation

Supporting cloud operations across Microsoft Azure, including App Services, CI/CD pipelines and Azure Front Door

Staying ahead of the curve on emerging tools and techniques, including AI-assisted and agentic development workflows

Skills Required

Strong C# and .NET expertise, with a track record of designing high-performance, real-time systems

Solid database experience

Confidence using AI-assisted coding tools and agentic workflows day to day

Familiarity with Agile environments and collaborative code review

Git and Azure DevOps knowledge

A strong communicator, able to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences

Interested?

This is a rare chance to combine the stability of an established UK consultancy with the pace and purpose of a growing technology business, all while making a tangible impact on the energy transition. If you're a senior engineer ready to shape technology that genuinely matters, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply today with your most up-to-date CV for consideration.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry