Low Carbon Contracts Company

About the Company

The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) and our sister organisation, the Electricity Settlements Company (ESC), sit at the heart of the delivery of the UK’s goals for secure, affordable and sustainable electricity. LCCC was established to be the independent counterparty to Contracts for Difference (CFDs), a new incentive designed by Government to bring forward the investment needed to sustainably deliver the UK’s goals for renewable and other low carbon electricity.

Our mission is to build confidence in Electricity Market Reform (EMR) through effective commercial delivery, continuous improvement and helping to deliver secure, affordable and sustainable electricity that everyone can benefit from. We are managing CFDs relating to projects that are planning over 5.5GW additional low carbon capacity by 2020, equivalent to almost 7% of current total installed electricity capacity in the UK.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Low Carbon Contracts Company

Job Title

Full Stack Engineer - Python & JavaScript

Job Description

FULL STACK ENGINEERS - PYTHON & JAVASCRIPT

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: circa £65,000 depending on experience
Location: Canary Wharf
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Senior Fullstack Engineer
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary:

Join our exceptional team as a Full-Stack Engineer and be part of a growing group of skilled software engineers, data modellers and quant analysts. Together, we're driving the development and maintenance of LCCC's cutting-edge digital platform, powering multiple applications like settlements tools, forecasting systems, calculation engines, data portals and much more. Make a meaningful impact by contributing to the UK's Net Zero by 2050 goal, collaborating with diverse project teams in nuclear, hydrogen, solar, and tidal power generation areas. Your talent and passion will thrive in our dynamic and forward-thinking work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

The key accountabilities of your role are outlined below, covering both the Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity Settlement Company.

This role is very hands-on with coding so you will need to be comfortable getting stuck in.
Design highly scalable software solutions to improve functionality and system longevity.
Work with technical business analysts and solution architects to fine tune requirements and ensure that developer tasks and Jira tickets are feasible to deliver.
Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
Develop new user-facing features using frameworks such as React.js (other frameworks will be considered)
Write front-end components using JavaScript, CSS and integrate with back-end Python components (possibly other languages).
Develop modules that satisfy the functional and non-functional requirements.
Prepare, review and build reusable components and front-end libraries.
Participate in the maintenance and improvement of existing applications.
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

Essential:

At least 3 years’ experience of coding in a Python web-development framework, preferably Django.
At least 2 years’ experience of coding in a front-end capacity (preferably React)
Container-related tools – e.g., Docker, Docker Compose
Databases – e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL.
RESTful API development and management.
Proactive Performance Tuning.
Solid understanding of design patterns and relevant implementation models.
Solid understanding of DevOps tooling, GitLab, CI/CD, Jenkins, build pipelines and source control systems.
Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services (preferably AWS): compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security and IAM.
Contribute to the wider engineering team.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills particularly in communicating technical terms to non-technical audiences.
Implement software enhancements and suggest improvements.

Desirable:

Knowledge of other languages (e.g., C#, C)

Employee Benefits:

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

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

About Low Carbon Contracts Company:

The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.

Discover more about LCCC and what it's like to work with us by watching this video: https://vimeo.com/1046713265

Please take the time to answer the optional diversity questions
At LCCC, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves and contribute to our mission of advancing a flexible energy future. Our aim is to be reflective of the environments where we operate and truly benefit from a rich tapestry of backgrounds and experiences where everyone thrives which of course make us stronger together. Your diversity data is valuable to us, it helps us understand whether we are effectively connecting with underrepresented groups and realising our diversity aims. Please note that your diversity data will remain anonymised to us as it only feeds into high-level reports not connected to the candidates.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

19-03-2025

Company Name

Low Carbon Contracts Company

Job Title

Data Engineer - Python & Azure

Job Description

DATA ENGINEER - PYTHON & AZURE

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5
Salary: Circa £60,000, depending on experience
Location: Leeds City Centre
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Travel: You will be required to travel to the London office once a month (this is expensed by the business)
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Data Engineer Manager
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary:

As the Data Engineer, you will own LCCC’s data ecosystems and will work with developers, solution architects, technical BAs, analysts, data scientists, and other SMEs to define the optimum data platform for the business. You will build the required ETL/ELT pipelines for the ingesting, processing and storing of data and ensure data integrity, accuracy, and reliability throughout the data lifecycle.

You will have a specific focus on developing the data inputs that are utilised by the organisation’s internal forecasting model of the GB power markets and operations; designing a framework that scales effectively along with the source data.


Key Responsibilities:

Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines to make data accurate and easy to use
Work to ingest and transform data sets from a variety of data sources including APIs, web scraping, backup databases and third-party services
Analyze data to identify patterns, anomalies, and structure in preparation for Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes
Ensure efficient data synchronization and flow between various platforms and systems
Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability
Assist with the establishment of a data culture across the organisation
Drive better data governance through the creation and embedding of principles and processes e.g. Flow Diagram, Data Dictionary, Data Semantic Layers
Set service level indicators and monitor execution of data workflows and configure alerts Identify data quality issues through data profiling, analysis and stakeholder engagement

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

At least 1 year of data engineering experience - building data platforms and supporting modelling and data analytics
Hands on experience within the Azure Data ecosystem, with Azure Databricks, Data Factory, Data Lake, and Synapse. Certifications are a plus.
Strong competence in Python, ideally with PySpark experience
Strong competence in SQL
Experience building and maintaining data pipelines
Experience managing DevOps Pipelines
Strong experience in process optimisation, performance tuning, data modelling and SQL/database design skills.

Desirable:

Experience in data architecture

Employee Benefits:

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
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


About Low Carbon Contracts Company

The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.

Discover more about LCCC and what it's like to work with us by watching this video: https://vimeo.com/1046713265

Please take the time to answer the optional diversity questions
At LCCC, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves and contribute to our mission of advancing a flexible energy future. Our aim is to be reflective of the environments where we operate and truly benefit from a rich tapestry of backgrounds and experiences where everyone thrives which of course make us stronger together. Your diversity data is valuable to us, it helps us understand whether we are effectively connecting with underrepresented groups and realising our diversity aims. Please note that your diversity data will remain anonymised to us as it only feeds into high-level reports not connected to the candidates.

Leeds, United Kingdom

On site

20-03-2025