Job Description
Job description
Hybrid - 2 Days per week in the office (London Bridge/Tower Bridge area)
At RVU we combine the close-knit and agile environment of a startup, with the know-how, technology and backing of a well-established company.
Our mission is to empower people to make confident decisions. With our unique set of brands, including Uswitch, Confused.com, Money.co.uk, and Tempcover, we have the power to reach millions of consumers and the technology to deliver a world class online experience for them.
Uswitch - Customer Platform
Our mission at Uswitch is to simplify intricate marketplaces through intuitive and easily accessible applications that genuinely improve people's lives. Saving hundreds of pounds a year on bills can make a meaningful difference to the lives of vulnerable people who face the difficult choice of having to choose between utilities or groceries.
Our platforms serve millions of users every month, processing thousands of comparisons daily, and managing hundreds of complex integrations with a wide variety of partners. As a business, we take a tech-driven approach to product development through agile delivery within cross-functional teams.
We strive to create the next generation of comparison platforms, and to reach that goal we are looking for passionate, talented, and empathetic engineers to take a crucial role in supporting our Marketing, Analytics, and Product teams to empower our customers to make confident decisions about their household bills.
Requirements
What you will be responsible for:
Excellence: Work in an established & experienced engineering team, supporting and improving the team’s delivery & 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 the performance & reliability of product, marketing, and analytics
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 & expertise in a continuous learning environment.
As part of a platform engineering team you will be accountable for solving stakeholder problems, and work on:
Feature ideation, development and measurement
Defining, evolving, and applying team processes
Owning problems end-to-end
Operating in a full stack capacity, from APIs and databases to data pipelines and warehouses
Building efficient CI/CD pipelines
What we look for in you:
Experience working in large and small agile teams of engineers, and eager to collaborate with other disciplines, such as Marketing, Analytics & Product.
Deep understanding of at least one of the following languages; Python, GoLang, NodeJS, Clojure.
An appreciation for Data and Marketing Engineering. As well as 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.
Benefits
We want to give you a great work environment; contribute back to both your personal and professional development; and give you great benefits to make your time at RVU even more enjoyable. Some of these benefits include:
Employer matching pension up to 7.5%
Hybrid approach of in-office and remote working, and a “Work from Home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
Up to 30 days per year “working from anywhere”
A healthy learning and training budget, as well as the chance to go to conferences around the world every year
Electric vehicles scheme
In office gym
Free breakfast in the office daily
Health insurance
Access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected
Hybrid - 2 Days per week in the office (London Bridge/Tower Bridge area)
At RVU we combine the close-knit and agile environment of a startup, with the know-how, technology and backing of a well-established company.
Our mission is to empower people to make confident decisions. With our unique set of brands, including Uswitch, Confused.com, Money.co.uk, and Tempcover, we have the power to reach millions of consumers and the technology to deliver a world class online experience for them.
Uswitch - Customer Platform
Our mission at Uswitch is to simplify intricate marketplaces through intuitive and easily accessible applications that genuinely improve people's lives. Saving hundreds of pounds a year on bills can make a meaningful difference to the lives of vulnerable people who face the difficult choice of having to choose between utilities or groceries.
Our platforms serve millions of users every month, processing thousands of comparisons daily, and managing hundreds of complex integrations with a wide variety of partners. As a business, we take a tech-driven approach to product development through agile delivery within cross-functional teams.
We strive to create the next generation of comparison platforms, and to reach that goal we are looking for passionate, talented, and empathetic engineers to take a crucial role in supporting our Marketing, Analytics, and Product teams to empower our customers to make confident decisions about their household bills.
Requirements
What you will be responsible for:
Excellence: Work in an established & experienced engineering team, supporting and improving the team’s delivery & 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 the performance & reliability of product, marketing, and analytics
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 & expertise in a continuous learning environment.
As part of a platform engineering team you will be accountable for solving stakeholder problems, and work on:
Feature ideation, development and measurement
Defining, evolving, and applying team processes
Owning problems end-to-end
Operating in a full stack capacity, from APIs and databases to data pipelines and warehouses
Building efficient CI/CD pipelines
What we look for in you:
Experience working in large and small agile teams of engineers, and eager to collaborate with other disciplines, such as Marketing, Analytics & Product.
Deep understanding of at least one of the following languages; Python, GoLang, NodeJS, Clojure.
An appreciation for Data and Marketing Engineering. As well as 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.
Benefits
We want to give you a great work environment; contribute back to both your personal and professional development; and give you great benefits to make your time at RVU even more enjoyable. Some of these benefits include:
Employer matching pension up to 7.5%
Hybrid approach of in-office and remote working, and a “Work from Home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
Up to 30 days per year “working from anywhere”
A healthy learning and training budget, as well as the chance to go to conferences around the world every year
Electric vehicles scheme
In office gym
Free breakfast in the office daily
Health insurance
Access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Software Engineer | Customer Platform |Uswitch position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in London offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.