Staff Software Engineer, RVU
2+ days a week in office (London Bridge, UK)
The home of: Uswitch, Confused.com, Tempcover, Mojo Mortgages and money.co.uk
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The home of: Uswitch, Confused.com, Tempcover, Mojo Mortgages and money.co.uk
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office (London Bridge, UK)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Empowering people to make confident decisions.
Role
Who you are
- The highest level of proficiency developing applications using most of the following:
- C# ASP.NET, .Net Core
- AWS products like Lambdas, DynamoDB, etc but also comfortable in Azure and Azure devops
- Containerisation and IaC approach (Terraform it’s definitely a plus)
- A solid understanding of development methodologies and design patterns
- Golang/Python are also a plus
- Experience with the following:
- Cloudflare, Fastly
- React, Typescript, Astro, NodeJS are a nice to have
What the job involves
- Tempcover is currently undertaking an overhaul of its systems to modernise and help us power the next generation of our technology
- We are looking for a Staff Engineer who can bring a depth of experience to help shape this journey; working in a role with a high level of ownership, empowerment and impact
- Each engineer plays an integral role in the development, delivery, maintenance, and support of our insurance-based systems, both public-facing and internal
- The platform engineering team enables our engineers to quickly build and run safe, secure and cost effective systems in our public cloud
- Reporting To Giorgia Amici
- Effectively evolve, enhance, and modernise large-scale systems to enable rapid adaptability and continuous improvement
- Improve the performance, reliability and scalability of our .NET systems
- Develop and drive automation for deployment, monitoring, and scaling of infrastructure. Build tools and processes to enable continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
- Make data guided decisions that impact core business metrics and processes
- Solid understanding of platform and reliability engineering approaches, including observability, performance optimisation, capturing analytics and security best practices
- Drive the adoption of new technologies like Go and Python
- Facilitate collaboration between teams and build a culture of continuous improvement
- Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on engineering best practices, coding standards, and troubleshooting
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With increases in everyday costs presenting a significant challenge to households across the UK right now, RVU’s ecosystem of brands has the potential to provide a one-stop shop for consumers to ensure they are better informed and can save money on their bills.
RVU owns and operates Uswitch, Confused.com, Money.co.uk, Mojo Mortgages and Tempcover in the UK, all of which help millions of people make more informed decisions on a range of products and services for their home, such as energy, mortgages, insurance, broadband and mobile phones.
With the 2022 acquisition of Tempcover adding to the portfolio of brands, RVU is doubling down on the breadth of its product offering - expanding into the temporary insurance market. Tempcover is an insure-tech that brings flexible and affordable insurance solutions to motorists - whether hourly cover or month-long policies.
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Insights
41% female employees
Company
Company benefits
- Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
- 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance)
- A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week
- Maternity leave: after 12 months of service, you'll receive 26 weeks at full pay, followed by 13 weeks at half pay
- Parental leave: after 12 months of service you'll receive four weeks at full pay, followed by 8 weeks of flexible working
- Adoption leave: after 12 months service - 26 weeks at full pay, followed by 13 weeks at half pay
- £300 ‘Work from Home’ budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
- 25 days holiday excl. bank holidays (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
- Private medical cover, critical illness cover, dental plans and employee assistance programme
- Up to 22 days per year “working from anywhere”
- Electric vehicles scheme and carbon offsetting scheme
- Free breakfast in the office daily
- Free in-office gym, accessible 7 days a week
- Free access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
- Employee discounts programme
- A healthy learning and training budget
Company values
- We believe in making every second count
- We believe in getting better every day
- We believe in winning the right way
- We believe that everything is written in pencil
- We believe in being great people to work with
- We believe that we can be the change we wish to see in the world
- We believe in leaving the wood pile higher than you found it
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Tariq Syed
(CEO)Joined Red Ventures in 2017 to lead the inception of their European operations, which included the joint acquisition of the ZPG Group and subsequently the creation of RVU.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at RVU
- 'We can choose to do nothing, we can choose to be angry with the world, or we can choose to take action. We choose action. Not hollow words or quick fixes that make us feel good. Deep-rooted action that will make a lasting impact way beyond the boundaries of our organisation.' Tariq Syed - RVU CEO
- Empower: Our approach to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) includes executive sponsorship, funding, and professional development for ERG Leaders. Current ERGs are focused on Women, BAME and LGBTQIA+ and Disabilities.
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