Overview

Quality Release Engineer (Engineer II) at Kaluza. Location: London / Bristol / Edinburgh - Hybrid. Salary: £55,000 - £73,000. Team: Quality Release Engineering. Reporting To: Software Engineering Manager. We are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role at this time. We encourage monitoring our careers site for future opportunities where sponsorship may be available.

Kaluza reimagines energy to bring net-zero within everyone’s reach. Our platform enables energy utilities to unlock the full value of a changing energy system and drive a future where renewable energy is sustainable, affordable, and accessible for all. We automate core operations, optimise energy usage across smart devices, and focus on delivering value for customers, suppliers, and the energy system. We support a flexible, hybrid work model and prioritize team collaboration, well-being, and meaningful company-wide gatherings.

What you will be doing

Working within the Quality and Release Engineering team, you will contribute across Kaluza’s software development lifecycle. Your focus will be on developing engineering solutions that enable our software teams to frequently deploy high-quality code for clients, and you will enhance engineering productivity by optimising testing, deployment, and release processes for all engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with Engineering teams and QA teams to engineer high-quality and usable tooling across the build, deploy, and release pipeline.
• Engineer a fully automated release pipeline that incorporates testing best practices and reduces toil for engineering teams.
• Maintain and support Kaluza’s existing tooling across release and quality, including test frameworks, test data generation, code repositories, and centralised build and deploy tooling.

About you

• Proven experience with CI/CD methodologies and tooling.
• Proven experience building and maintaining release and testing tooling, adhering to CI/CD best practices.
• Hands-on experience building robust test frameworks with a deep understanding of testing best practices.
• Excellent grasp of DevOps principles, including practical application of DORA metrics.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), enabling effective communication, strong customer relations, and high-quality releases.
• A strong appreciation for automation and a passion for developing internal tools that streamline workflows.
• Strong ownership and customer obsession. Developers are our customers.

What will set you apart

• Experience designing and building release processes for enterprise clients.
• Experience designing and building GitHub Actions and Workflows.
• Proficiency in full-stack or backend development with a strong preference for TypeScript.
• Practical experience using AWS with Terraform for infrastructure management.
• A strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset with a focus on system reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Our tech stack

TypeScript, GitHub Actions, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Datadog, React, Python.

Visa sponsorship

At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role-by-role basis. We encourage you to stay informed about future opportunities on our careers site.

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