Software Engineer

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 £65,000
• 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
• Background within trading platforms
• 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 company 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.