Senior Software Engineer

RVU group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their product engineering team. The role entails collaborating across disciplines to enhance product performance and reliability. Key qualifications include experience in agile teams and proficiency in web technologies such as HTTP, Node, and React. Benefits include a hybrid work model, competitive leave policies, and a learning budget for professional development. Join a team that values innovation and user experience.

Benefits

Employer-matching pension up to 7.5%

Work-from-home budget

Learning and training budget

Health insurance

Free breakfast in the office daily

In-office gym

Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave policy

Qualifications

• Experience working in both large and small agile teams.
• Good understanding of web development technologies.
• Pragmatic approach to effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement best ideas.
• Work on feature ideation, development, and measurement.
• Maintain the full stack from product to payouts.
• Build efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize the product UX and performance across devices.

Skills

Experience in agile teams

Web Development technologies (HTTP, Node, CSS, JavaScript, React)

A/B Testing

Monitoring and DevOps principles

Accessibility improvement

Performance optimization

User experience optimization

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Description

Hybrid: 2 days per week in our Tower Bridge office (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

About us

At Uswitch, our goal is to be the UK’s favourite way to choose and manage home-life essentials - from broadband and mobiles to energy and insurance. As we continue to grow and expand our services, we are looking for talented individuals who share our passion for making a positive impact on people’s lives. If you want to be part of a team that is transforming the way consumers navigate their household services, we would love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

• Excellence: work in an established and experienced product team branching into new feature development, supporting and improving the team’s delivery and technical expertise
• Collaboration: work with various cross-functional disciplines across the organisation to make the best ideas a reality
• Autonomy: authority over technical decisions and implementation approach, so you can deliver using methods that best align with your ways of working
• Data Driven: utilise rich real-time logs, metrics, and data to monitor and improve product performance and reliability
• Culture: enhancing a diverse engineering culture by taking part in various technical catch-ups, working groups, and All Hands
• Experience: enrich RVU’s perspective by sharing your experience, knowledge, and expertise in a continuous learning environment.

As part of a product engineering team, you will be accountable for the whole product, and work on:

• Feature ideation, development, and measurement
• Defining, evolving, and applying team processes
• Developing simplified domain models for the product
• Maintaining the full stack, from product to payouts
• Building efficient CI/CD pipelines
• Optimising the UX and performance of the product across devices.

What we're looking for

• Experience working in large and small agile teams of engineers, and eager to collaborate with other disciplines, such as Designers, Analysts and Product Owners
• Good understanding of Web Development technologies, including HTTP & the Browser, Node, CSS, JavaScript, React. As well as an appreciation of A/B Testing, Monitoring, and DevOps principles
• Pragmatic approach to deliver effective solutions to address business & consumer challenges
• Passionate about improving accessibility, enhancing performance, optimising user experience
• Committed to your own development and excited to make a direct, substantial impact within a company that provides you with full autonomy to release changes daily.

You don’t need to tick off everything on this list - so don’t let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you’re learning plenty during your time with us!

What we offer

• Employer-matching pension up to 7.5%
• Hybrid approach of in-office and remote working, and a work-from-home budget to contribute towards a great home environment
• Excellent maternity, paternity, and adoption leave policy
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
• Up to 30 days per year “working from anywhere”
• Learning and training budget with opportunities to attend conferences
• Electric vehicles scheme
• In-office gym
• Free breakfast in the office daily
• Health insurance
• Access to wellbeing apps
• Regular events and opportunities to connect with the team