Job Description

We\'re making converting homes to green electrons as simple as possible, by building a giant integrated platform to enable engineers to retrofit homes with smart meters, solar panels, heat pumps, and EV chargers.

We\'re busy launching in new countries, working with ever more engineers and tech partners, building exciting new features at scale, and creating the integrated solution to retrofit homes across the world - all in the name of making it as easy and cheap as possible for customers to go green.

Kraken Field is a multifunctional team made up of product, backend, design, mobile, web and more - all focused together on making Octopus the go-to name in green home installations. And we\'re looking for smart individuals with an interest in the space who can help us make it happen.

Mobile development at Octopus

As well as being part of Kraken Field you\'ll be part of a large team of mobile developers across Octopus with projects spanning Electric Vehicles, Energy usage flexibility, Energy accounts, Smart home devices, Acquisitions and Engineer solutions.

All our apps are built with declarative UI frameworks (Jetpack Compose & SwiftUI), all our APIs are built in GraphQL, and we use a modern selection of libraries and software development techniques.

We have projects in pure Android/Kotlin, others in pure iOS/Swift and we also use Kotlin Multiplatform in larger projects to share code between native codebases.

About you & what you\'ll do

You\'ll be someone who thrives on uncertainty and loves to make an impact. You\'ll be passionate about what you do and that shows through your enthusiasm and communication. Your values will align with that of the company\'s, you\'ll care about sustainability and creating a better future for our planet. You\'ll enjoy contributing across the whole development process including design, product management and stay on top of upcoming technologies that could benefit the business.

The home retrofitting industry and Kraken Field as a product are rapidly expanding, and are a hugely important part of decarbonising the planet - you\'ll have big responsibility from day one and really help influence how we scale the technology to make that happen.

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Don\'t think you check off the requirements below? We love hiring passionate people with a drive to learn so drop us a speculative application

What you\'ll need...

• Be able to discuss vision and features within a team and propose creative solutions
• Be proficient with Kotlin and have experimented with other programming languages
• Have a good knowledge of Jetpack Compose having used it in a professional environment
• Be passionate about app architecture and can talk about the benefits and drawbacks of various patterns (MVC, MVVM, Redux)
• Be passionate about great app design and user experience
• Have used GraphQL or are interested in learning
• Have knowledge of reactive libraries, offline storage, API integration, and testing
• Be familiar with source control best practices and continuous integration
• Be excited to explore cross platform code sharing solutions (whilst keeping the UI 100% native)

Non requirements but a bonus if you do have experience in any of these areas!

• Working knowledge of Backend driven UI
• Programming with Swift and/or iOS development
• Python development, our backend language

Why else you\'ll love about us

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it\'s something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don\'t advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn\'t apply to Octopus - what\'s more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won

in 2022, on Glassdoor we we\'re voted and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded and how we empower our people * Visit our perks hub -

We would prefer someone who can work in our London office but will consider remote candidates. However, you do need to be able to work in the UK.

We\'re very excited to be growing our team. We\'re looking for skills and experience to help shape and define the future of not only our team, but the wider business at a global scale. If you\'re reading this and grinning, please apply! There are huge challenges to tackle, and we need amazing people who are keen to get stuck in.

If this sounds like you then we\'d love to hear from you.

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we\'re looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

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