# Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Python)

About Octopus Electroverse We’re making electric vehicle ownership as smart and as simple as possible, by building the giant, virtual charging platform of the future. In just five years, Octopus Electroverse has grown to become one of the largest eMobility players globally, with over 1,400,000 connected electric vehicle chargers and a customer ecosystem spanning web, iOS, Android, CarPlay, Android Auto & Automotive OS, and more. But it’s just the start: we’re busy expanding internationally, working with more automotive and tech partners, building exciting new features at scale, and creating the integrated charging experiences of the future. We are working to make public EV charging simple across multiple customer bases, including whitelabel app users, EV business fleets, new international markets and our flagship consumer offering. Electroverse is a multifunctional team made up of product, development, commercial, operations, marketing, partnerships teams, and more - all focused together on making Octopus the go-to name in EV charging. And we’re looking for smart individuals with an interest in the space who can help us make it happen. About the role We’re looking for someone who’s

- **Id**: 1031736
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/octopus-energy-senior-software-engineer-backend-python>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-18T14:24:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-18
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T17:48:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 50
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3936
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Grid, Wind Energy, Smart Grid

## Company

- **Id**: 2332
- **Name**: Octopus Energy
- **Domain**: octopus.energy
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/octopus-energy>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 54
- **Ghost share**: 0.037
- **Stale share**: 0.87
- **Repost share**: 0.056
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 83000
- **Max usd**: 161000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 139

## Technologies

- **Celery** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Django** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 50

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-18T14:33:46Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Secondment Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker); Route: Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 24
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.553
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 49
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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