Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Description

Location: Butler's Wharf by Tower Bridge (Mondays and Tuesdays in-office, with flexibility to swap days for the Fleet office), and every Wednesday at Admiral House Fleet office.

At Tempcover , we are at the forefront of the fast-growing world of short-term insurance. Our mission is to make car insurance flexible, quick, and easy for drivers. We've sold millions of policies that have helped drivers get where they need to go, but we're not finished there. We're growing our team to help us continue in that mission. If you are extraordinary at what you do and want to be a part of a rapidly growing business at the cutting edge of the InsureTech industry, we would love to hear from you.

About the role:

Joining our team as a Senior Software Engineer for app development and innovation, your role will focus on enhancing and evolving our mobile app, built with React Native for iOS and Android, and available on both the App Store and Google Play Store. You'll play a critical role in ensuring the app delivers a seamless and engaging experience for our users.

Working closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers, you'll tackle development challenges from start to finish-transforming user needs, analytics, and business insights into impactful app features. You'll also contribute to refining user interactions and ensuring every detail aligns with our mission to create a world-class mobile experience.

What you'll be doing:

• Identify opportunities for process improvements, conduct thorough code reviews, and ensure solutions are properly tested with a focus on best practices and quality assurance.
• Actively contribute to sprint development, tackling complex technical challenges that require specialized expertise.
• Use your technical skills to help shape the future of Tempcover, inspiring and guiding the team along the way.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Utilize real-time metrics and testing to monitor and enhance product performance, ensuring its health and stability.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to create user-friendly interfaces.
• Lead the future of Tempcover's product development, employing technologies like React, .NET Core, and Cloud-Native solutions to build scalable and robust platforms.
• Stay up-to-date with mobile app development trends, tools, and best practices.

What we're looking for:

• High level of proficiency developing applications using most of the following:
• React and React-Native
• React JS/Typescript
• C# ASP.NET, .Net Core
• SOLID Principles
• Web API
• Hands-on experience with React Native, building apps for both iOS and Android
• Experience in releasing apps on the App Store and Google Play Store
• Awareness of best practices on each iOS and Android platform and the differences
• Experience working within agile teams (large or small) and aspiration to continue to do so.
• A source of enthusiasm in the team, continually driving people to think of the bigger picture and make impactful changes.
• You're pragmatic and deliver thoughtful and awesome solutions to business problems.
• You want to grow within your career and are looking for a place that lets you have immediate, meaningful impact.

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!

Our commitment to you:

At RVU, we are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. To achieve this it's essential that our teams reflect the diverse range of people in our community. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and holding ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and wider community members.

What we offer:

We want to give you a great work environment, support your growth both personally and professionally, and provide benefits that make your time at RVU even more enjoyable. Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to:

• 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 and up to 30 days per year to "work from anywhere"
• Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
• A one-off £300 "Work from Home" budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
• 25 days holiday (increasing with years of employment to 30 days) + 2 days "My Time" per year
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover and employee assistance programme
• A healthy learning and training budget
• Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
• Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected.

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