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Octopus Energy Generation (OEGEN) is a leader in sourcing, investing in, and managing a wide range of utility-scale renewable energy assets. As we continue to expand our investment base, we are dedicated to building a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. Currently, we manage a global portfolio of over £8 billion in renewable energy assets.
We are committed to delivering best-in-class responsible investment activity, offering like-minded investors the means and products to invest their capital sustainably. It is our ambition to change the entire energy lifecycle and make every green electron matter, delivering the best outcomes for customers, investors, the environment and society, accelerating the transition to net zero.
OEGEN Data, Tech & Transformation Team
We are embarking on a comprehensive transformation program designed to drive significant advancements in our business operations and technology landscape. Our primary goal is to transition from our current reliance on legacy systems and specialized off-the-shelf tools to a more integrated, AI-driven, and data-centric operational model.
Leveraging insights and guidance from our other technically mature entities like Kraken and OE, we plan to adopt cutting-edge tools and capabilities, particularly in AI and Python-driven solutions.
By investing in a diverse range of skills, we aim to create a hybrid team capable of operating in both our legacy and future environments, ultimately transforming OEGEN into an efficient, data-driven organization.
About the role
The tools are already here. Like the rest of OE Group, OEGEN runs on Databricks, we're moving onto our own Microsoft 365 tenant, and Octopus Energy Group gives us access to a powerful set of shared data and AI capabilities. What we're missing is someone whose job is to make all of it work together for our Fund Management business - and then build genuinely useful things on top of it.
This is a two-sided role. On one side, you'll integrate: wiring third-party systems, internal apps and document storage into the environment we already have, setting sensible guardrails around access and cost, and adopting existing Group capability wherever it does the job rather than rebuilding it. On the other, you'll build: turning those connections into data products, internal tools and AI-enabled workflows that fund management, asset management and finance use every day. Tying the two together, you'll develop and own the playbook - the documented, repeatable patterns for how a new system gets connected, how a tool gets built and shipped, and how both get supported afterwards - so that what you learn once becomes how the whole team works. The two halves feed each other: you'll understand what's possible because you built the plumbing, and you'll build better plumbing because you know what people actually do with it.
We want someone with genuine ideas about where AI can take a business like ours, and the pragmatism to ship them. Our team has already built an Excel data mart plugin that puts gold-layer tables directly in the hands of non-technical staff, a metrics taxonomy app that keeps third-party definitions aligned with our own, and AI-assisted workflows that scaffold documentation automatically. There's a long list of things we haven't got to yet. Expect roughly half your time on integration and enablement and half on building, and expect to work closely with the central data platform team so what we do in OEGEN stays consistent with the wider estate and our specific needs get onto their roadmap.
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What You'll Do
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Integrate the systems our business runs on - third-party providers, internal tools, our own SharePoint and Microsoft 365 tenant - into our existing Databricks environment, via APIs and existing connectors.
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Build data products on top of what you connect: well-modelled, documented, reusable datasets that the business consumes directly through Excel, dashboards and natural-language querying, rather than one-off extracts.
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Design and ship internal applications and AI-enabled tools - using Python, Streamlit, Databricks Apps (HTMX), Lakebase, FastAPI or similar - that put data and AI directly into the hands of fund management, asset management and finance teams.
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Prototype, evaluate and productionise new AI capability, from document AI and retrieval to agentic workflows, and turn the ideas that prove out into supported products rather than abandoned experiments.
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Bring cost management from reactive to proactive: tagging, budgets, alerting and usage monitoring, so Databricks and AI token spend can be attributed to the right team, project or fund before the invoice arrives.
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Standardise how we build and ship internal apps: shared templates, authentication, deployment and documentation, so a tool remains supportable by someone other than the person who wrote it.
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Consolidate the ad-hoc scripts, spreadsheets and no-code workflows we've accumulated into fewer, better-understood integrations that don't need babysitting, and automate the repetitive parts of our own workflow.
What You'll Need
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Practical identity and access experience - SSO, service accounts, credential management and access lifecycle - enough to make sensible, secure choices without a security team holding your hand.
Bonus Points For
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Familiarity with the Databricks ecosystem - Unity Catalog, Databricks Apps, Lakebase, Genie - or equivalent tooling.
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🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We've also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership.
Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we'll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, you'll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at hiring@octoenergy.com and we'd love to help!
If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you. 🚀
Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!
Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
Where necessary, we sometimes use AI tools to help with parts of our hiring process, like reviewing applications or assessing responses. We're lucky to receive a huge amount of interest, so these tools help our recruiters manage that volume, not replace them. Ultimately, every hiring decision (for example, whether to progress your application or not) is always made by a real person in our Talent team. If you'd like to know more about how we use your data, you can reach out to us via email at talent@octoenergy.com. We're happy to help!
