About Modo Energy
The energy transition is the biggest infrastructure buildout in human history. Modo Energy is the data platform at the centre of it.
We build the benchmarking, forecasting, and valuation tools that the world's most serious energy investors, developers, and operators depend on to make decisions. If a battery gets financed, built, or traded anywhere in the world, there's a good chance Modo data was in the room.
Founded in 2019, we're 75+ people across London, New York, Sydney, and Madrid; $30M Series B, AI-native, and moving fast.
This is a rare chance to join a category-defining company at the moment it's scaling globally.
The Role
We're hiring a Data Platform Engineer to join the foundational layer of the Modo Energy platform. The Data team ingests energy market data from providers across the globe, processes it through our data lakehouse, and makes it available to every team and product at Modo Energy - including The Modo Energy Terminal, forecasting models, and our LLM-based AI Analyst.
Right now, our focus is shifting from pipeline infrastructure to data presentation at scale. You'll help build the layer that puts data in front of users - interactive tools in the Modo Energy Terminal, MCP servers, AI agents, direct data lake access, and the semantic layers that let users discover our data.
You'll join a small team with full ownership of engineering and product decisions. The standards you set will shape how the platform grows.
What You'll Do
- Design and build stable, well-documented APIs that internal teams, paying customers, and our AI Analyst depend on - with real attention to versioning, backwards compatibility, and developer experience
- Build the query and response layers that make complex energy market data fast and accessible - thinking carefully about latency, caching, and how data needs to be shaped for different consumers
- Own the full lifecycle of what you ship: scope it, build it, deploy it, and keep it running
- Contribute to how our pipeline platform evolves and maintain the infrastructure it runs on
- Write and maintain Terraform, manage cloud infrastructure, and monitor platform health as a normal part of your week
- Write well-tested, maintainable code and contribute to engineering culture through thoughtful code review and clear documentation
What We're Looking For
The Essentials
- 4+ years of professional software development with a strong track record of delivering production-quality systems
- Strong Python proficiency
- Proven experience designing and shipping external-facing APIs - versioning, backwards compatibility, OpenAPI/REST standards
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud infrastructure day-to-day (we use AWS and Terraform, but equivalent experience is fine)
- AI-native working style - you already use AI coding tools as a core part of how you work, or are genuinely excited to
Nice To Have
- Experience with any part of our data stack: Django REST Framework, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Kafka, AWS (EMR, ECS)
- Experience running your own Airflow cluster or working with Spark at the infrastructure level rather than just the API level
- Familiarity with energy markets
Compensation, Legal, & Equal Opportunity
- Benefits: Salary sacrifice pension with 3% employer contribution; 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), plus 5 flexible days to be taken on a Monday or a Friday; top-tier private healthcare and dental coverage.
- Compensation: £70k - £90k per year
- Modo Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable UK law, including the Equality Act 2010.
If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected]
What You Can Expect From Us
At Modo Energy, we believe that exceptional work deserves exceptional reward. We're a high-performance team; ambitious, collaborative, and genuinely motivated by the scale of what we're trying to build.
You'll have real ownership from day one, work alongside some of the brightest people in the industry, and be part of a company that's defining a new category in the global energy market. We're hybrid: everyone works Tuesday to Thursday in office, with Monday and Friday flexible. We offer top-of-market compensation, equity for every employee, and the space to take your career wherever you want it to go.
We're looking for people who want to do the best work of their careers. If that's you, we want to talk.
Top Skills
What We Do
Modo Energy is the all-in-one platform for battery energy storage analysts.
Started in 2020 by co-founders Q and Tim, Modo Energy has become one of the most trusted voices in the ever-expanding battery energy storage market.
Through an integrated mix of price forecasts, revenue benchmarking, in-depth research, educational materials, real-time market screens, and downloadable data - Modo users have all the tools at their fingertips to finance, build, and operate the energy system of the future.
Modo Energy’s most recognizable products include:
- Benchmarking Pro, which tracks the most valuable revenue streams for individual storage sites and compares performance across leaderboards.
- Forecast Pro, a 2050 projection built for energy storage and used to finance future battery projects.
- The Energy Academy, a series of educational videos explaining the mechanics of the electricity market.
- Modo: The Podcast, on which some of the most respected doers, disruptors, and thought-leaders in the industry share their experiences and insights with a global audience.
- And much, much more. Head to the platform to explore Modo's products for yourself - sign-up is free.
Want to find out how Modo Energy can help you navigate the evolving battery energy storage landscape? Get in touch with a member of the team today.
Our platform includes specialist data, organised so that our users can intuitively navigate the wider market. We also provide written and video insights that cut through the complexity of the industry.
Here at Modo, we build connections. We stand by our core company values of inclusivity, transparency, impartiality. We work closely with others throughout the energy industry to deliver the information and insights people need in ways that make sense.
To learn more about Modo, visit modo.energy
