Sr Software Engineer – Python /FastAPI
What’s the role
Our team, together with our extended colleagues at Shell, specializes in Oil Market Analysis. We develop complex data products grounded in the fundamentals of the oil market, providing innovative and often industry-first insights that support our commodities trading business. As a Senior Software Engineer with proven experience in offering technical and process guidance, as well as mentoring the team for long-term success, you'll be challenged to think and act differently. You'll have opportunities to engage in all stages, from discovery and design to embedding and scaling.
What you’ll be doing
Work in a product team to deliver the backlog items on product development and enhancement.
Champion and drive the technology best practices
Mentor and coach the junior engineers
Work with your users, stakeholders and delivery team to understand and deliver value through your product
Align with technical leaders to shape and implement Shell's strategy
What you bring
Have substantial experience in technical and process guidance
Experience in Python FastAPI development, Spark/pySpark, Typescript/React,T-SQL/SQL/Azure SQL and other programming frameworks and paradigm
Able to mix strategic and pragmatic approaches to drive product delivery
Experience in leading an engineering team
You have a very strong technical knowledge in current web technologies, cloud services, and infrastructure
Strong experience in delivering multiple global products
Knowledge of other Cloud (Azure etc) is highly desirable
Knowledge of containers and functions is highly desirable
Demonstrated application of the best patterns & practices in the software development life cycle
Experience working in agile teams with demonstrated application of the principles, including facilitation of the planning process
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performancerelated salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.
Shell in The United Kingdom
Shell UK remains one of the North Sea’s biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK’s total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell-branded service stations.
In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.