Engineering Architect

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ABOUT ZENOBE

Our goal is to make clean power accessible, to accelerate the shift to zero carbon power and transport.

We’re building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the uptake of more renewable power and accelerating fleet electrification, de-risking the transition to zero-emission transport at scale. We’ve been consistently innovative since we were founded in 2017, achieving major industry firsts and using proprietary software and data analysis to optimise operational performance for our customers. At the end of their life, we repurpose electric vehicle batteries to provide clean power at depots, on construction sites and film sets.

Today we have 730 MW of grid scale battery storage operational and under construction and are the largest owner and operator of EV buses in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, supporting over 1,000 electric vehicles worldwide. In our first five years we have raised nearly £1.8 billion in funding and have expanded into other markets such as the US. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As an Engineering Architect at Zenobe, you will play a pivotal role in designing and developing scalable, high-performance engineering solutions that support our energy storage and EV infrastructure projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical strategies, ensure architectural integrity, and guide the implementation of robust systems that meet the needs of our clients and align with our sustainability objectives. A key focus of your role will be driving the transformation of our existing monolithic systems into modular, microservices-based architectures.

A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY

Technology

• Accountable for Architecture principles, policies and governance

• Collaboratively defining the business wide architecture with teams

• Champion reliability, scalability, maintainability, and security.

• Provide high-quality feedback on designs, asking probing, insightful questions that solidify choices and surface erroneous assumptions.

• Act as a consultant to teams on architectural decisions.

• Encourage ways to simplify systems.

• Develop comprehensive architectural documentation, including system designs, specifications, and diagrams, to ensure clarity and alignment across teams

• Stay abreast of and integrate emerging technologies and industry trends.

• A portion of your week will be spent work as an individual contributor in one of the development teams

Process

• Ensure smooth running Architecture Decision Process (ADR’s)

• Ensure that decisions we make align with our technology principles.

• Work closely with product management, operations, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

• Support technical discovery process.

• Enable teams to learn from their mistakes and share the learnings to drive better business outcomes.

• Champion industry best practices.

• Risk Management: Identify potential technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Culture

• Champion a culture where cross-functional teams work with agility to delight their customers.

• Create a high trust environment of psychological safety where all staff are included and heard.

• Create an environment where views are shared, considered, decisions are made, and conflicts are resolved effectively.

• Proactively share information to ensure stakeholders are informed and aligned.

• Create a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and innovation focused on problems that add customer value.

• Build a great leadership team by helping, supporting, and challenging.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Accountability & Autonomy

• Help teams understand changes in the business and market and how it impacts them.

• Help teams understand new technology and different approaches

• Empower teams to grow their skills and experience and make better decisions

• Build healthy partnerships with stakeholders and teams with whom your teams have long-lived relationships.

Health and Safety

• Actively contribute to Zenobē's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobē plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

WHATWE’RE LOOKING FOR

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

Experience:

• Must have hands-on experience as a Software Engineer in a cross-functional team.
  
• Must have significant experience integrating software with third parties via API’s and be happy externally facing working with customers and suppliers
  
• Must have experience using Agile/Lean techniques.
  
• Must have experience as a manager of Software Engineers.
  
• Must have experience across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
  
• Must have experience managing fully remote teams.
  
• Must have experience with some of the following: AWS, Python, Node.js, Typescript, Javascript, Streaming Architectures, Data Lakes.
  
• Should have experience with CDK, Terraform, or other IAC tooling
  
• Should be familiar with Git, Slack, MS Office.
  
• Should have experience with TDD, DevSecOps, and ADRs
  
• Could have familiarity with Big Data, Machine Learning, and AI.
  
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

WORKING AT ZENOBE

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you’d like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT WE OFFER

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 25% annual bonus for being awesome

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

• Private Medical Insurance

• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do

• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions

• Enhanced parental leave

• Cash back health plan

• Plus more

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.