Associate Frontend Developer

London, UK

Kraken Technologies UK 🦑 – Software Engineering /

Full-time /

Hybrid



We believe energy should be better - for you and the environment.

We’re a leading energy technology (EnTech) company, providing a better experience for our customers through transparency, honesty and simplicity. Better for the planet, through real long-term investment in renewable generation and a low CO2 future. We make energy green and flexible for consumers, with fair and transparent pricing.

We're on a mission to make energy greener, fairer, and genuinely better for people. Our global energy revolution is backed by Generation, the sustainable fund co-chaired by Al Gore. To succeed with this mission, we need excellent technical people who want to use their skills on the biggest challenge the planet is facing.

We’re proud to be Europe's best-funded green tech start-up, and one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. We’re also the most awarded energy supplier in the UK, and have been Which? Recommended seven years running.

What will you be doing?

Octopus Energy Engineering is responsible for the sites, services, and tariffs that are used by the millions of Octopus Energy customers worldwide. From building the latest, cutting-edge time-of-use tariffs, to helping customers actually enjoy tasks like providing meter readings through our wheel of fortune - and everything in between. You’ll find a wide variety of challenges in the work we do as we help push the energy revolution forward. Our teams are multi-disciplined and collaborate between countries, meaning you have what you need to get the right people together and build the next great thing.

We are looking for an Associate Frontend Developer to join the OE Engineering team. You’ll be working on helping us to ensure that our customers are always excited to engage with us, with beautiful customer journeys that are highly intuitive and always customer-centric. This is driven by a fast, customer-driven feedback cycle, and we’re always looking to innovate with new features and campaigns which will help to drive our Green Mission forward! 🐙

What You'll Need

• Experience in crafting mobile-first responsive sites for a range of devices, meaning you can create code that works consistently across different browsers and platforms
• Experience with JavaScript Frameworks, such as React/Next.js
• A keen interest or ability to build web experiences that meet AAA accessibility guidelines
• The ability to write solid, semantic HTML and have experience writing CSS & styled components
• Experience with up-to-date front end testing methodologies
• The ability to take Figma designs and bring them to life in code alongside our amazing designers
  
  
  

Our tech stack

• TypeScript
• React/Next.js
• GraphQL & Apollo/React Query
• Styled components & CSS
• Jest, Vitest & React Testing Library
• Webpack
• Django/Python (server-side and templating)
• Vercel
  
  
  

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 Octo-fit!

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 best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people

Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits