Staff software engineer

Entity:

• Technology
• Job Family Group:

• IT&S Group
• Job Description:

You will work with

You will be a key leader in a small, high-impact team of engineers, where you'll take ownership of both technical direction and project leadership. You'll collaborate closely with teams across technology and business to drive the execution of strategic platform initiatives that deliver real-world impact.

Let me tell you about the role

As a Staff Software Engineer for HPC , you will take end-to-end ownership of a scientific application, ensuring its resilience, performance, security, and compliance within the broader technology ecosystem. You will provide deep expertise in security, infrastructure, and operational excellence, driving large-scale transformation and automation initiatives. Your role will encompass platform architecture, system integration, cybersecurity, and operational continuity. You will be collaborating with engineers, developers, and business partners, working to establish robust governance models, technology roadmaps, and innovative security frameworks to safeguard critically important enterprise applications.

What you will deliver

Lead a small team of enterprise platform engineers in designing, developing, and delivering a high-quality, single-application platform and its supporting services.

Accelerate team development through thoughtful feedback, technical mentorship, and continuous learning.

Prioritize team initiatives and drive execution in a product-led, agile environment.

Champion an inclusive, growth-focused engineering culture that values innovation and accountability.

Foster strong communication and alignment across engineering, product, and business partners.

Shape and deliver long-term technology roadmaps that enhance scalability, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency.

Promote engineering excellence through best practices, quality standards, clear documentation, and continuous improvement.

Partner across teams to align strategic goals and unlock bp’s ability to scale and innovate!

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

Technical skills we need from you

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Skilled in Python and Bash scripting, with cross-platform experience in Windows and Linux environments

6+ years of experience in enterprise technology, site reliability, and cloud operations in large-scale environments.

4+ years of experience focused on identifying and prioritizing activity sets to enhance reliability, automation, and customer success within service engineering teams

Deep knowledge of ITIL , Agile, and enterprise IT governance frameworks.

Essential skills

Deep expertise in crafting and maintaining highly available, scalable, and resilient distributed systems in Azure using containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Expertise in incident management, disaster recovery, and proactive reliability engineering within Azure environments, ensuring high availability for mission-critical systems.

Experience with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) in Azure, including CI/CD pipeline development and deployment using tools such as Helm charts and YAML configurations.

Proven expertise in networking, storage, compute, and identity platforms, ensuring secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.

Experience in cloud cost optimization and resource efficiency in Azure, including rightsizing, usage monitoring, and implementing cost governance strategies.

Skills that set you apart

Proven success navigating global, highly regulated environments, ensuring compliance, security, and enterprise-wide risk management.

A strong product-centric approach, enabling you to bridge the gap between engineering, operations, and business needs.

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

Familiarity with deploying and maintaining JupyterHub instances

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.

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:

• Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytics, API and platform design, Business Analysis, Cloud Platforms, Coaching, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Facilitation, Information Security, iOS and Android development, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Source control and code management {+ 4 more}
• Legal Disclaimer:

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, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, 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 .

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.