Description:

At Lunar Energy, we are on a mission to transform the way we power our homes by building an ecosystem of all-electric products, starting with a next-generation home battery system and a cloud PaaS to manage large fleets of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) assets.
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our talented team of Software Engineers in the UK.
Your responsibilities will include building the required platform infrastructure to ingest and process big streams of data in real time, using AWS primitives.
You will solve complex optimisation problems, using machine learning and other often bespoke algorithms.
You will design and implement the business logic to expose our functionality via APIs and UI interfaces, using functional programming and serverless computing.

Requirements:

You must have 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
Experience in strongly typed languages, such as Typescript, Rust, or others is required.
You should have experience working with IoT devices in the cloud.
Working experience with Unix operating systems is necessary.
You should enjoy working in a smaller team where you can see the huge impact of your work.
You must value learning and approach new information with an open mind, willing to reconsider your opinions when presented with compelling evidence.
You should be autonomous and enjoy managing your own workload and deadlines.
Desirable skills include experience with the functional programming paradigm, experience using AWS, serverless technologies, and infrastructure as code, experience with Machine Learning in Python, and professional experience or interest in the renewable energy sector.

You will receive a competitive salary and stock options package.
Access to a private Medical Insurance scheme through BUPA (medical history disregarded) is provided.
A wellbeing and lifestyle benefits plan through Medicash is included.
You will benefit from 5% employer contributions pension matching.
Life assurance and income protection schemes are available after 12 months of service.
A budget of £1,000 per financial year for work-related training and an allowance of 4 training days is offered.
You can participate in the Cycle To Work scheme and Workplace Nursery benefit.
A £200 bonus upon joining for remote work setup is provided.
Access to Spill, a Mental Health Support platform, is included.
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay is offered.
You will have 25 days of annual holiday entitlement plus 8 Bank Holidays.
The position allows for fully remote working within the UK, with the option to work from our office in Liverpool Street, London, as frequently as desired.