Job Description

Discipline: Standard


Job type: Permanent


Job ref: 009722



Correla are looking for a

Lead Software Engineer

to join Correla's SaaS team.

Salary: circa 80,000 (advertised salary achievable for a candidate fulfilling all role criteria)

Job Type: Permanent

About us

In March 2021, Correla was created, as an independently owned business to bring in private investment to fuel innovation in the centre of the energy market and beyond.





Correla is derived from correlation, because

we're all about exploring and enhancing relationships between data, people, and processes

. Our SaaS products and Managed Service solutions combine to power industry innovation, simplify an increasingly complex market, and deliver cost and operational efficiencies.

Our goal is to support industry transformation, to move to a net-zero future and to positively impact the end-consumer.

About the Role

Technical leadership: Provide guidance and direction to a team of engineers, ensuring alignment with technical goals, architecture, and best practices being a technical authority with Python (Django) and React (Next.js). People management: Support the growth and development of your team through regular coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback. Delivery ownership: Take responsibility for planning, delivering, and maintaining high-quality software solutions that meet business and customer needs. Collaboration: Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders to define requirements and deliver projects effectively. Engineering excellence: Champion best practices in software engineering, driving improvements in quality, testing, deployment, and observability. Problem resolution: Act as a key point of escalation for complex technical or delivery challenges, working with the team to identify and implement solutions. Innovation and continuous improvement: Foster a culture of experimentation and learning, encouraging the team to explore new tools, technologies, and methodologies.

About You

Leadership: Proven ability to lead and inspire a team of engineers, balancing technical guidance with people management. Technical expertise: Strong understanding of modern software engineering principles, including system design, architecture, and delivery pipelines, regardless of specific programming languages. Collaboration and communication: Excellent skills in building relationships with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams, ensuring alignment and transparency. Delivery focus: Experience delivering complex projects with a focus on timelines, quality, and customer outcomes. Continuous improvement: A proactive mindset to identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, and team dynamics. Cloud and DevOps: Strong familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and DevOps practices such as CI/CD, monitoring, and automation. Problem-solving: Ability to navigate ambiguity, break down complex challenges, and implement practical solutions.

What we offer

Locate for your day Uncapped annual leave 6-12% Pension Contribution Private Healthcare 26 weeks' full pay equal parent leave Wellbeing Services

And more!

At Correla, we are committed to working towards being a more diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can truly be themselves. We recognise the benefits of having talented people from a range of backgrounds and cultures who bring different perspectives, life experiences and diversity of thinking.





Our aim is to attract and retain the very best diverse talent to help create an exciting, innovative, and successful business that enables us to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers. We would therefore like to encourage applications from people with varied skillsets and experience and from different backgrounds and sectors to help shape our future.





Correla is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender re-assignment, age, record of offences, marital/civil partnership status, family status, pregnancy, maternity and paternity, religion/belief or disability. We promise that your opportunity for employment with us depends solely on your qualifications and relevant experience.