Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hybrid
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Technology
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About the role
As the biofuel's market grows rapidly across the globe, BP's Supply, Trading & Shipping organization has developed a technology modernization programme to support its growth strategy in bio liquids and biogas. The Biotechnology team has a long roadmap to develop transformational solutions which includes the creation of a strategic platform for certificate management. This team supports the sustainability operations team who sits in the day-to-day execution layer of sustainability compliance and tracking for our physical trading business. They ensure that every bio trade we transact is fully traceable, properly certified, regulator-compliant, and reconciled against trading positions.
This is a unique opportunity to partner with our sustainability team, to deliver creative technology solutions that underpin license to operate for our trading business and allow us to achieve our carbon net-zero goals.
We have an exciting and challenging, digital vision to support business growth while redefining the day-to-day activities of operators through increased automation.
Responsibilities
As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and fixing the software and services that powers our technology solutions. In this role, you will work with a team of engineers and collaborators to ensure that the software is highly available, scalable, and secure.
Build, test, and maintain software features with guidance from senior engineers and tech leads.
Collaborate with frontend, QA, product, and platform teams to deliver high-quality product changes.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that follows team standards and engineering guidelines.
Understand requirements, ask clarifying questions, and break work down into manageable implementation tasks.
Add appropriate unit and integration test coverage to support reliable delivery.
Participate in code reviews, respond constructively to feedback, and learn from established engineering patterns.
Support platform reliability, scalability, performance, and security by following agreed practices and raising risks early.
Help investigate defects, environment issues, and integration problems with support from more experienced engineers.
Identify small areas of technical debt and contribute to improvements agreed with the team.
Communicate progress clearly, raise blockers early, and take ownership of assigned work through to completion.
Continue building product, domain, technical, and delivery knowledge to become more independent over time.
Technical Skills we need from you
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
Foundational knowledge of software engineering principles, data structures, algorithms, APIs, databases, testing, and version control.
Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code by following established team standards and engineering practices.
Basic understanding of backend services, frontend integration, cloud platforms, CI/CD, monitoring, and secure development practices.
Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain work, ask relevant questions, share progress, and raise blockers early.
Ability to collaborate optimally with engineers, QA, product owners, business analysts, platform teams, and other stakeholders.
Comfortable working through ambiguity with guidance, including clarifying requirements, identifying risks, and seeking input from the right people.
Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and use available people, tools, and documentation to make progress.
Open to feedback and committed to continuously improving technical skills, product knowledge, and engineering judgement.
Software Skills
Working knowledge of Python for building, testing, and maintaining backend software features.
Understanding of relational databases, SQL, schema design, and PostgreSQL.
Foundational knowledge of object-oriented programming, software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity.
Ability to write clean, readable, maintainable, and well-tested code following team standards and established engineering patterns.
Familiarity with software development lifecycle practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, and operational support.
Ability to debug issues, investigate defects, and work with other engineers to identify practical solutions.
Basic understanding of API development, service integration, validation, error handling, and secure coding practices.
Willingness to learn and apply best practices around reliability, scalability, observability, performance, and maintainability.
Openness to feedback and commitment to improving technical skills, code quality, testing discipline, and engineering judgement.
About bp
Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!
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.
Additional Information
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.
What you can expect from us!
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion:
At bp, you could be part of Business Resource Groups (BRGs) which belief in the power of inclusion, deeper connections, and shared experiences. They provide a place for employees to learn and share knowledge, to connect, and to improve. The BRGs focus on and encourage talent engagement, development, and retention while creating a broadened sense of community and inclusion for bp employees. The groups cultivate leadership growth by involving employees in developmental opportunities they would not otherwise have access to. Formal and informal mentoring also helps employees develop their professional goals and connect with colleagues. The BRGs’ dedication to growth at all levels helps employees feel more engaged and energized. The BRGs break down barriers, so we can all do better together. Examples of BRGs include (but are not limited to):
bpWIN (bp Women’s International Network)
Pride
Working parents
PEN (Positively Ethnic Network)
bpInclusia (bp’s Asian community)
bpEnergía (bp’s Latin community)
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We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
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