Senior Software Engineer- Tiger

About bp

bp is a global energy business with a purpose to reimagine energy for people and our planet. We aim to be a very different kind of energy company by 2030, helping the world reach net zero and improving people’s lives. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Join bp and become part of the team building our future!

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Role Overview:

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader within a team who focus on solving high priority, critical business problems. You are expected to own the technical direction, deep dive into problems and come up with innovative solutions, ensuring that all aspects are considered and addressed. You will mentor engineers, help product teams navigate unforeseen challenges in product development, and drive architectural decisions that keep projects on track. You will analyse existing processes, pinpoint inefficiencies and lead the implementation of optimizations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Backend & API Development: Design, build and own backend services in C# .NET Core & Python, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and well-architected.
• Front End Development: Lead the design and development of web apps using React JS, Next.js and Node.js, ensuring a smooth and intuitive interface for users. Establish frontend patterns and best practices for the team.
• Azure/AWS Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and optimise AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring backend and platform services are performant, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective.
• CI/CD Integration: Own and improve e2e quality, deployment and production pipelines including testing, CI/CD, monitoring and incident management. Drive reliability and operational excellence.
• Collaboration with Product Teams: Partner with and influence product teams to navigate unforeseen issues, providing technical guidance to keep them on track.
• Documentation: Maintain clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation, ensuring that users and team members are equipped to utilize the tools effectively.
• Technical Leadership: Own architectural decisions, conduct design reviews, set technical standards, and be accountable for the team's technical quality and direction.
• Mentoring & Development: Actively mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing. Foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Strategic Problem Solving: Identify systemic issues across the platform, propose long-term solutions, build consensus around technical direction, and drive execution of strategic initiatives.
• Stakeholder Communication: Represent the team in cross-functional forums, translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, and influence product roadmap decisions with technical insights.
• Ownership & Accountability: Take end-to-end ownership of critical workstreams, from problem definition through to production delivery and operational health.

Qualifications:

• Software Development: 7+ years of full-stack software engineering experience. Proven track record of designing and building scalable backend services in .NET.
• Frontend Development: Deep expertise with React JS, including state management patterns, performance optimisation, and component architecture.
• Platform Technologies: Strong working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and the Kubernetes ecosystem, including production troubleshooting and capacity planning.
• Security & Authentication: Strong understanding of user authentication, authorization, securing web applications and APIs, and security best practices (OWASP, threat modelling).
• Architectural Patterns: Experienced in designing and implementing modern architectural patterns, including microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures. Ability to evaluate trade-offs and select appropriate patterns.
• Developer Experience (DX): Strong focus on optimizing and improving the developer experience for application users and internal engineering teams.

• Azure/AWS Experience: Significant hands-on experience with AWS or Azure services and cloud architecture, particularly in building scalable, resilient, and cost-optimised applications.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Strong experience with CI/CD principles, pipeline design, and automating deployment workflows at scale.
• Operations: Proven experience in monitoring, managing incidents, and driving post-incident improvements and reliability initiatives.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and lead technical discussions with platform engineers, UX/UI designers, and DevOps.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and making architectural decisions with measurable business impact.
• System Design: Proven ability to design end-to-end systems considering scalability, reliability, maintainability, and operational concerns.
• Influence & Communication: Track record of influencing technical direction beyond immediate team, building consensus across engineering and product stakeholders.

Approach & Work Style:

Growth mindset with a focus on challenging the status quo and driving creative solutions.

Self-motivated, organized and capable of managing work independently.

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, highly agile and iterative development environment.

Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to leverage them for organizational advantage.

Full SDLC Ownership: Demonstrated experience managing projects end-to-end – from ideation to architecture/design, implementation, delivery & maintenance