Software Engineer (Golang) - Energy
Hi! We're UW.
We’re on a mission to take the headache out of utilities by providing them all in one place. One bill for energy, broadband, mobile and insurance and a whole lot of savings!
We’re aiming to double in size as we help more people to stop wasting time and money. Big ambitions, to be delivered by people like you.
Got your attention? Read on…
We put people first. It’s all about you..
- We care about how we deliver and who we work with, we enjoy working on interesting problems with smart people and know that if it was easy it wouldn't be fun.
- We deliver quickly by keeping processes light and enabling autonomy.
- We’ve never believed in ivory tower leadership. Our leadership team are hands-on, roll-up their sleeves when needed to mentor and support.
- We encourage experimentation, don’t appreciate egos, believe in debate, collaboration and learning.
- We have 280+ people in Tech, as a team we’re very much backend heavy in terms of engineering fire power but with UX, Product and Data now growing quickly we’re in the right place to push on and hire people who want to very much take ownership of what they are delivering and more importantly how we go about it.
- Our primary backend language is Go, with frontends generally written using React + TypeScript.
- We run everything on Kubernetes spread over multiple clouds and an on prem cluster.
- If it can be open sourced, it shall be.
The team
The Smart Energy team's mission is to install & activate smart meters and maintain accurate device data for this crucial aspect of a future-proof, green UK energy solution. Our customers are both our end-users interacting with us via web and app, and our internal business users requiring access to data and troubleshooting smart meter issues. We're just finishing up a project to improve self-service journeys for customers to install smart meters, and we're about to dive into some integration and refactoring work to enable more automation and better efficiency for our users
In this role, you can expect to -
- Design, build, test and deploy Go event-driven microservices on Kubernetes in the context of the Identity and Access Management platform.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our ways of working. Identify pain-points and propose improvements.
- Own the whole software delivery process, from ideation through to in-life support and monitoring.
We deliver progress. What you’ll do and how you will make an impact.
The engineering team at UW are highly-visible, consumer facing and delivery-focused. You’ll need to be prepared to work at pace and be comfortable with constant iteration, whilst working in a regulatory ecosystem.
We are seeking an individual with natural curiosity and an inherent drive to explore. You'll thrive in unfamiliar territories, unafraid to dive in and get hands-on. Your forte lies in envisioning the bigger picture, looking beyond immediate tasks to craft holistic solutions. A 'devops mindset' defines you, acknowledging your responsibility in not just writing code but also ensuring its smooth operation.
You'll be self aware and emotionally intelligent.
Your skills & experience
- Go
- Kubernetes
- Kafka
- gRPC
- PostgreSQL/ CockroachDB
- Systems design and software architecture (high availability and fault tolerant)
- DevOps experience (software engineers are expected to run the software that they build)
So why pick UW?
We’ve got big ambitions so there’s going to be plenty of challenges. There are also a lot of benefits:
An industry benchmarked salary. We’ll share it during your first conversation.
Share Options and a Save as You Earn scheme.
Fully remote working.
Discount on our services and you get our coveted Cashback Card for free.
A matched contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x your salary.
Family-friendly policies, designed to help you and your family thrive.
Discounted private health insurance, access to an Employee Assistance line and a free Virtual GP.
Belonging groups that help UW shape an even more inclusive future.
A commitment to helping you develop and grow in your role.
Apply here!
You’ve got this far… Hit apply - we can’t wait to hear from you! Worried you don’t hit all the criteria? We welcome applications from diverse and varied backgrounds so get your application in and let’s chat!
Cameron will be your point of contact throughout the recruitment process.
We provide equal opportunities, a diverse and inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.