Senior Software Engineer

At Lunar Energy, we're on a mission to transform the way we power our homes by building an ecosystem of all-electric products, starting with a next-generation home battery system and a cloud PaaS to manage large fleets of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) assets. Comprising a team of visionary entrepreneurs and dedicated technology and industry experts, we're united by our shared vision of deploying and building products to electrify homes that are connected through an integrated software platform.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our talented team of Software Engineers in the UK.

Your Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing the business logic to expose our functionality via APIs and UI interfaces, using functional programming and serverless computing


• Implementing Frontend code on mobile or web applications


• Working and co-ordinating across multiple teams to ensure delivery, raise standards and ensure consistency


• Contributing to the continual improvement of our development best practices

Your key skills & experience:

• 4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer


• Experience in strongly typed languages, such as Typescript, Rust or others


• Experience in both Frontend and Backend software systems


• Working experience with Unix operating systems


• You enjoy working in a smaller team where you can see the huge impact of your work


• You value learning and approach new information with an open mind, willing to reconsider your opinions when presented with compelling evidence


• You are autonomous and enjoy managing your own workload and deadlines

Desirable skills:

• Experience with the Functional programming paradigm


• Experience in UI/UX design, and tools such as Figma


• Knowledge of Functional Reactive Programming and related frameworks such as React or RXJS


• Professional experience in the renewable energy sector, or an interest in green tech


• Japanese language proficiency

Joining us gives you:

• A competitive salary and stock options package


• Access to a private Medical Insurance scheme through BUPA (medical history disregarded)


• A wellbeing and lifestyle benefits plan through Medicash


• 5% employer contributions pension matching


• Life assurance & income protection schemes (available after 12 months of service)


• A budget of £1,000 per financial year for work-related training and an allowance of 4 training days.


• Cycle To Work scheme and Workplace Nursery benefit.


• A £200 bonus upon joining for remote work setup.


• Access to Spill - a Mental Health Support platform.


• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay


• 25 days of annual holiday entitlement plus 8 Bank Holidays.


• Fully remote working within the UK 

Duration: Full-Time

Location: Fully remote, but you are welcome any time at our office in Spitalfields, London (UK), as often as you like.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, age or social background. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply