Hello, we're UW

We’re a bunch of great people, working together, disrupting the utilities industry. Utility Warehouse is a truly unique FTSE 250 company. Our business model puts real social impact at its heart. We take the headache out of essential home services by bundling them all in one place. One provider, one account, one bill and lots of savings. Simple!

Technology at UW

For our customers and partners, UW just needs to work; There when you need it, and invisible when you don’t – just like flicking a switch. Our proposition is simple to our customers but for our technology teams, the behind-the-scenes complexity is what makes it so interesting. Learn more about life in our Tech teams here.

We work in small, fully autonomous teams that have real ownership of their products. We use the best tool for the job and constantly look for better. Our current tech stack includes:

• React
• TypeScript
• React Native
• Next.js
• GraphQL
• Docker & Kubernetes for deployments
• Go (Backend)
• Kafka (Backend)

If there’s a technology here you’ve not worked with yet see this as a learning opportunity. We seek out curious, life-long learners!

We love open source and actively encourage contributions back to the community. Check our labs where we maintain fully supported open source projects, or some code in the open repositories here.

About the team and the role

The Contribution Frameworks team provides the frameworks for other engineers to deliver features and user journeys.

As a Senior React Native Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the core framework of our mobile application. Your contributions will be instrumental in establishing best practices, elevating the developer experience, and extending your expertise to web app development using Next.js. Your responsibilities include active participation in improving release cadence and automated test coverage, refining quality strategies, and leading the charge in enhancing our app’s observability and authentication systems.

What you’ll do

• Actively contribute to the development of the core framework of the mobile application.
• Get involved in creating guidelines and encouraging best practices.
• Enhance the developer experience for the app environment.
• Contribute to Web app development (Next.js).

About You

We are looking for someone willing to take the opportunity to make an impact on how hundreds of engineers within UW deliver value to their customers, through a choice of tooling.

The engineering teams at UW are highly-visible, consumer facing and delivery-focused.

Detail is critical, but pragmatic, commercial and customer-centric solutions are a priority at UW. There’s no ego here; collaboration is at the heart of our ways of working and we’re a close-knit team.

You'll be self aware and emotionally intelligent.

Your skills & experience

• Strong knowledge of developing mobile apps using React Native.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Collaborative approach to ensure quality design and practices.
• Experience in Web React/ Next.js apps.
• Familiarity with GraphQL or willingness to learn.
• Experience in test automation (nice to have).

This role can be fully remote in any of the following countries: United Kingdom, Poland, Romania, Spain & South Africa.

We recognise the power of human connection and so we encourage our teams to come together in person as much as possible. We have fantastic collaborative spaces in London (and access to hotdesk spaces around the world) which we encourage our teams to use on a regular basis.

What’s in it for you

UK based workers get the following benefits:

• Competitive, benchmarked salary
• Flexible/ remote working
• Share options -giving you ownership in the business
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Life Assurance up to 4 x your salary
• Private pension scheme
• Discounted UW services (30% mobile & broadband, 10% energy & insurance)
• A free UW cashback card - earning you cashback on all your spending!
• Discounted healthcare & medical cash plans
• A free virtual GP service
• Save As You Earn Scheme
• A range of Health & Wellbeing benefits including a confidential Employee Assistance Programme, virtual fitness classes and wellness tools
• Access to Spark – a holistic approach to learning and development created by UW to empower your personal and professional growth. You’ll have huge opportunities for exposure & development through involvement in a range of projects as we scale up as well as access to professional training relevant to your role.
• Regular team and company social events

Please note: Benefits and Terms may differ if you are not a UK-based employee

Apply here!

If you think this is the role for you and want to be part of UW’s extraordinary growth, apply now.