Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer - London

Hybrid -  2 Days per week in the office

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.

Staff Software Engineer - Platform

Our mission at RVU / 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 building highly performant, accessible, and aesthetically pleasing customer experiences to make managing bills easier.

What you will be responsible for:

● Excellence: Work alongside established & experienced engineering teams, whilst supporting and growing the organisation’s understanding & utilisation of modern technology

● Collaboration: Work with various cross-functional disciplines across the organisation to make ideas a reality, whilst taking an active role in shaping and delivering the ongoing technical vision of the organisation alongside your peers

● Autonomy: Authority over technical strategy, decisions and implementation approach, so you can deliver using practices that align with your preferred ways of working

● Data Driven: Utilise rich logs, metrics, and data to monitor and improve system performance & 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 & expertise in a continuous learning environment.

Requirements

As part of a platform engineering team you will be accountable for the following

• Feature ideation, development and measurement
• Defining, evolving, and applying team processes
• Responsible for the entire stack to meet business requirements
• Building efficient CI/CD pipelines and robust DevOps practices
• Utilising a variety of infrastructure to keep systems performant, scalable & reliable

As a staff software engineer at RVU you will be expected to

• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement across the organisation
• Manage your time effectively between team and org level contributions
• Rotate around the business to build relationships and act as a multiplier

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, Data Analytics & Product Owners

● Good understanding of Cloud technologies, and their application to solve problems such as Event/Data Ingestion and 3rd Party API Integrations. As well as a strong appreciation of A/B Testing, Monitoring and DevOps principles

● A breadth of knowledge about all aspects of software development and familiarity with procedural & functional languages, preferably having experience with Golang, NodeJS, Clojure, or Python

● Pragmatic approach to deliver effective solutions to address business & consumer challenges

● 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

What we’ll give back to you:

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