Full Stack Engineer- Partner

We put people first. It’s all about you..

We are looking for a curious and collaborative engineer who excels at problem solving and continuous improvement. You should be a strong communicator who can make the technical simple to understand.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Technical Mastery: A strong command of backend development (e.g., Go, gRPC) and familiarity with event-driven systems like Kafka.
• Frontend Knowledge: Fluency with tools such as React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and gRPC.
• Quality Standards: The ability to define what quality software looks like and hold yourself and others to that standard.
• Operational Skills: Competence in observing solutions, creating automated alerts, and identifying the severity of production incidents.
• Adaptability: Comfort working in a dynamic, iterative development environment within a regulated framework.

Why join UW?

We have big ambitions, which means plenty of challenges to tackle and solutions for you to build. We’re looking for people who want to roll up their sleeves and get involved.

Our benefits

• Competitive salary: We benchmark against the industry and will share the salary openly during our first conversation.
• Performance bonus: An annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%.
• Flexible working: We’re a remote-first business.
• Work-life balance: We offer an optional four-day working week (90% pay for 90% impact).
• Work from anywhere: You can work abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year.
• Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays (increasing with tenure), with the option to trade up to five days each year.
• UW discounts: Save on our services and get a free Cashback Card.
• Future planning: Matched-contribution pension scheme and life assurance (up to 4x salary).
• Family first: Policies designed to help you and your family thrive.
• Flexible benefits: An allowance for private health insurance, dental insurance, or gym membership.
• Sabbaticals: An eight-week paid sabbatical after four years of service.
• Growth: A dedicated learning and development budget and bi-annual promotion cycles.
• Inclusion: Join belonging groups that help shape our culture.
• Events: Company-wide celebrations including the ‘Great Big Get Together’ and our ‘Good Hearted Go-Getter Awards’.

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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 don’t be afraid to ask about what we can do to support your needs. All requests will be carefully and fairly considered.

Please note, if you are successful and offered a role at UW, 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.

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 work together. Your team and the people you will work with...

You will join the Partner Pillar, a dedicated group responsible for developing applications that serve our partners. Using a modern stack of Go, GraphQL, and TypeScript, your team focuses on critical journeys including lead routing, partner onboarding, and appointment scheduling. You will work closely with your squad to define key metrics and iterate on projects across our website and mobile apps to help our partners manage their businesses effectively.

We deliver progress. What you’ll do and how you will make an impact...

You will participate directly in the entire software development lifecycle, ensuring our technical solutions are robust and scalable. Your responsibilities will include:

• Writing production-ready code: Delivering tested, easily understood code while maintaining technical diagrams and documentation.
• Driving Delivery: Breaking down large stories into smaller chunks, providing execution plans, and remaining persistent in the face of blockers.
• Operational Ownership: Participating in the on-call rota for your team and responding to production issues using relevant playbooks.
• Strategic Contribution: Participating in defining team goals and evaluating proposed work against the wider company mission.
• Cultural Leadership: Proactively fixing issues, proposing solutions to process gaps, and helping to explain the UW culture to others.