Hybrid Software Engineer

at Low Carbon Contracts Company

• Job title: Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £70,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Django, Google Cloud Platform, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, React, Terraform, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Birmingham, United Kingdom

About the role

• Mid-Level Software Engineer contributing to digital systems supporting LCCC’s mission for Net Zero by 2050. Collaborating with various teams to implement high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Write, test and maintain high‑quality, secure and reliable code.
• Implement features aligned to engineering standards and architectural direction.
• Contribute to automated testing and continuous improvement of the codebase.
• Deliver assigned tasks reliably and consistently, working toward greater autonomy.
• Contribute to feature‑level design discussions and solution proposals.
• Apply system design principles under guidance from senior engineers, principal engineer and architects.
• Help ensure solutions are maintainable, scalable and aligned with platform architecture.
• Participate in peer code reviews, providing constructive feedback.
• Apply coding standards, design patterns and best practices during implementation.
• Follow technical guidance from senior engineers and technical leads.
• Communicate design considerations, progress and technical trade-offs clearly.
• Solve well‑defined problems with structured, thoughtful approaches.
• Learn from team members, pair with seniors and adopt modern engineering practices.
• Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, Principal Engineer and Architecture partners to deliver shared goals.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in Python and web-development framework (e.g., Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript, ideally in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Strong understanding of core software engineering principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and version control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.
• Willingness to learn new tools, technologies and domain knowledge.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• Exposure to frameworks such as React, Node.js, Terraform, Celery or containerisation (Desirable)
• Understanding of database schema design and query optimisation (Desirable)
• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code, cloud-native services or distributed systems (Desirable)

Benefits

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups