Staff software engineer

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

This person will lead a multi-functional software development team.

You will work with the Global Platforms team plays a critical role in delivering and operating reliable, high-performing technology solutions across multiple regions. Supporting bp’s Mobility & Convenience and Pulse business lines, we provide the backbone for integration, operational applications, and services that power our fuel retail sites, EV charging points, and convenience stores worldwide. Our focus is on ensuring seamless operations across markets by demonstrating standardized, scalable technologies.

We own and manage a diverse portfolio of in-house built solutions and third-party vendor systems, ensuring that bp’s retail technology ecosystem remains reliable, secure, and high-performing. From integration services and payments technology to monitoring tools, operational data platforms, and core site systems, we drive efficiency and innovation across our global footprint. By building scalable solutions on global technology standards, we create seamless experiences for both customers and employees while optimizing bp’s retail operations.

Let me tell you about the role

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will act as a technical expert, mentor, and coach, providing guidance and support to your team, while fostering a positive and productive work environment. You will also be responsible for setting project and squad goals, prioritizing and completing initiatives, and delivering results in a product-led, empowered environment and their leadership skills, ability to manage multiple collaborators, and experience in software development and engineering will be essential to this role.

What you will deliver

Design sophisticated software components, services, and platforms. You’ll write design documents and review them with your software engineering and architecture peers, incorporating and quickly iterating on the feedback

Lead the delivery of your projects to production. You’ll follow standard processes including writing high quality code, developing unit, functional, and performance tests, and creating end-to-end deployment pipelines to production to maintain a fast velocity

Integrate your software with other distributed systems and shared APIs across bp. You’ll work closely with partner teams to help evolve their systems to make all of our services more re-usable and resilient

Partner closely with multi-functional teams including product management, data science, and UX design

Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends

Hire and develop others by mentoring junior software engineers and peers, and proactively sharing your expertise and interests with others

Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of standard processes

Collaborate with multi-functional teams to identify and resolve platform-related issues

Support internal and external audit teams to prepare for and participate in security, software licensing, and regulatory audits, ensuring that all necessary documentation and evidence is available and accurate

Collaborate with multi-functional teams to implement new controls and procedures to address identified compliance gaps or risks

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

Technical skills we need from you

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems or equivalent work experience

Master ability to adapt to new technologies and processes, and be able to work independently and as part of a team

Master in problem-solving, with the ability to analyze sophisticated problems, identify root causes, and develop creative and effective solutions

Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate with your peers through to senior leaders.

You should be able to engage and influence others to collect requirements, describe what you’re doing, work through problems, and find productive solutions

Self-starter, able to handle ambiguity, navigate uncertainty, identify risks, and find the right people and tools to get the job done

Software skills

Master in at least one programming language (C#, Python, or TypeScript) developing cross-platform solutions.

Master in writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects

Master in systems design

10+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on platform or service engineering

Master in software engineering practices & standard processes for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operations

Master in designing and building complex software systems end-to-end which have been optimally delivered and operated in production. You should understand security and privacy standard methodologies as well as how to properly monitor, log, and alarm production systems

Infrastructure skills

Master in building and scaling infrastructure services using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure

Master in the understanding of using core cloud application infrastructure services including identity platforms, networking, storage, databases, containers, and serverless

Master in solving large-scale distributed production systems

10+ years of experience working on production systems. You’ll have supported these production systems through on-call rotations

Database skills

Competent knowledge of databases, such as relational, graph, document, and key-value

Master ability in data modeling and database design

Master ability in SQL

Skills that set you apart

Possess a passion for mentoring and coaching engineers in both technical and soft skills

You have a product-centric attitude that you use to understand business needs. You have the technical and interpersonal skills to collaboratively design scalable systems and engineering solutions that meet those needs

You employ strong senses of empathy and curiosity to build the best possible experiences for the users of your products

You focus on delighting customers with amazing user experiences and customer service

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!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

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