Lead Software Engineer - Comms

Kraken

2 months ago

4.2 on Glassdoor

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

Full Time

Senior

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Lead Engineer for Kraken's Transactional Comms team based in London, responsible for developing and rolling out a global transactional messaging platform used by clients and thousands of users. The role combines technical leadership and hands-on engineering across server-side Python/Django and client-side technologies, within Kraken's energy-focused platform. You will manage and mentor a remote team of engineers across the UK and Europe and help scale the organisation's communications capabilities.

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Kraken is a cloud‑native operating system for utility companies that centralizes customer experience, asset optimization, and field workforce management. Built to integrate smart meter and grid data, Kraken provides modular APIs, workflow orchestration, analytics and ML tools to automate billing, outage handling, dispatching and asset maintenance. Developed within the Octopus Energy Group, it’s designed to help utilities reduce operating costs, improve reliability and deliver faster, more personalised customer service. Utilities license Kraken to replace legacy stacks and accelerate digital transformation across customer, network and field operations.