Graduate Full-Stack Developer Chippenham 2023

Good Energy helps customers generate, share, store, use and travel with clean power. Our aim is to help one million homes and businesses cut their carbon by 2025. We are developing smart services to support customers to do more with their renewable energy.

We supply truly renewable electricity sourced from over 1700 generators across the UK. Our tariffs are independently certified with the Uswitch Green Tariff Gold Standard and we are accredited as an Eco Provider by Which?

We are also a major investor in Zap-Map, the UK’s go-to electric vehicle charging app with half a million registered users.

Our customer service is rated ‘excellent’ on TrustPilot and according to Best Companies, we’re a ‘World Class’ employer — in the top 100 best large companies to work for in the country.
If you’re ready to make combatting the climate crisis your job, and believe in our values of being, fair, straightforward, determined, and inclusive, then we want to hear from you. Let’s power a cleaner, greener future together.

So, where do I fit in?

As a Graduate Full-Stack Developer you’d help drive innovative new technologies that enhance functional capabilities, performance and technical delivery.

We’re looking for Graduates with a passion for problem solving and who are keen to start/further their careers in software development. As well as writing great code you’ll be contributing towards ensuring the software we produce is of high quality and meets the standards that our customers expect.

Accountabilities

• Writing code and tests for internal and customer facing Web Applications and Mobile Apps
• Writing code and tests for automating internal payment streams for both business-to-business and business-to-customer audiences
• Contribute to strong team ethos in delivering high quality, innovative, technical solutions to empower a greener future.

How would I be spending my time in the day?

• Writing code - 70%
• Writing unit tests for code – 10%
• Working closely with Lead Developer to identify training needs and attend half a day’s training every fortnight to develop – 7.5%
• Code reviews – you’ll code will be reviewed and you get to participate in peers code reviews – 5%
• Support team in completion of sprints – 5%
• Help in presenting sprint reviews at the completion of the sprint, present on topics to the wider business – 2.5%

What do last year’s Graduates say?

“It has been a great honour to work with Good Energy on their graduate program. Upon completing a coding boot camp, I joined Good Energy and was given ample time to learn their tech stack and adjust to my role. The company has provided extensive support for my professional growth, while also consistently challenging me. I spend three days a week working on sprint tasks with my team, contributing to the development of new projects. The other two days, I work alongside my fellow graduate colleague to build an advanced personal project that allows us to continue strengthening our skills. I'd highly recommend Good Energy to anyone thinking of joining."

“For graduate developers at Good Energy, there’s always something to learn and plenty of support available. Dedicated personal development projects let us explore technologies across a modern tech stack at our own pace, and we can use that new understanding to quickly become valued and influential members of the development team. Alongside that, the company’s inclusive culture, flexible working and regular social activities have made my time here so far fulfilling. I’m sure that will continue into the future!”

Have I got what it takes?

We’re looking for passionate individuals that want to contribute to the high performance of an Agile Development team. With an infectious motivation and excitement for development, you'll be comfortable balancing your own deliverables as well as supporting the efforts of others within the team.

The ethos of our Scrum teams is an everyone supports everyone environment.

Our supportive and collaborative environment will see our graduates mentored throughout the early stages of their careers. In the future, we envisage our Graduate Developers be working towards supporting Technical Architect and Lead Developers to seek opportunities to introduce compelling new technologies that will enhance functional capability, improve technical delivery, and support implementation.

Our Scrums consist of a team of 7 (1 x Product Owner, 1 x Automation Tester, 4 x Developers, 1 x Graduate Software Developer).

Our front-end tech stack consists of:

• React and TypeScript
• NextJS
• SCSS
• React-Native for our brand new under development Android and iOS mobile apps

Our back-end tech stack consists of:

• C# .Net 6.0
• SQL and CosmosDB
• Hosted in Azure
• Azure Functions
• Service Bus
• WebAPI

We encourage an early application and we may close the role before the closing date if we receive a high amount of applicants.

An inclusive place to work

We’re committed to being an inclusive employer and creating a fair workplace for all. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life, irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity or sexual orientation.

To make sure everyone is treated fairly, regardless of disability or circumstance, we can offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. If you would like to discuss or make us aware of any access needs or reasonable adjustments that may be required, please let our Talent Acquisition team know during the recruitment process.

Benefits

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer. Check out our careers page for more!

• 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy more
• £500 annual Remote working allowance – supporting the costs of working from home
• £500 annual Travel allowance – supporting with any travel to the office
• Active personal development community, with a £500 annual learning and development allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave, with family friendly return to work coaching
• Healthcare cashback plan for support with everyday health costs

Where are we?

Our office is based in Chippenham, Wiltshire - just a two-minute walk from the train station, with fast connections to Bath, Bristol, Swindon and the surrounding areas.

Flexibility and work-life balance are really important to us. We offer hybrid working, with one mandatory team anchor collaboration day in the office per week. Where you work for the rest of the week is for you to decide – whether this be at home or in the office.