Senior React Native Engineer - Tempcover (London)

The Business
At RVU we combine the close-knit and agile environment of a startup, with the know-how, technology and backing of a well-established company. Our mission is to empower people to make confident decisions. With our unique set of brands, including Uswitch, Tempcover, and Mojo, we have the power to reach millions of consumers and the technology to deliver a world class online experience for them. We’re proud to be recruiting a Senior Engineer for our sister company, Tempcover, who are based in Fleet, Hampshire. For over 15 years, Tempcover has been at the forefront of the fast-growing world of short term insurance. From originators to innovators, we’ve evolved our business and our industry with pioneering ideas that remove the frustration of traditional insurance and put drivers in control of their insurance. Our mission is to make insurance flexible, quick, and easy for drivers and so far, we’ve sold over three million 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.

Primary Function of the Position
Each senior is pivotal in developing, delivering, maintaining, and supporting our insurance systems, both public and internal. Currently, we seek a Senior Engineer for app development and innovation to enhance our app written in React Native for iOS and Android, available on the App Store and Google Play Store.

Core Responsibilities of the Position

• Identify opportunities for process improvement, perform thorough code reviews, ensure solutions are tested correctly, oversee quality assurance and ensure best practices are followed.
• Actively participate in sprint development, contributing to coding tasks, with a focus on tackling the more complex technical challenges that require specialised expertise.
• Use your technical knowledge and expertise to help build a better Tempcover, and bring people along with you on that journey.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Leverage real time metrics, data, and testing to continuously monitor and enhance your product’s performance, ensuring its health & robustness throughout.
• Working closely with product managers and designers to implement user-friendly interfaces.
• Pioneering the future of Tempcover’s product development, employing technologies - like React, .Net Core, Cloud-Native solutions, and more - to construct robust, scalable platforms to build upon.
• Staying up-to-date with mobile app development trends, tools, and technologies.

Skills and Requirements

• High level of proficiency developing applications using most of the following: React-Native, React JS/Typescript, C#, .Net Core, 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.

We want to give you a great work environment. We want to contribute to both your personal and professional development and give you great benefits to make your time at Tempcover even more enjoyable. Some of these benefits include:

• Discretionary bonus based on personal and business performance.
• Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life.
• Hybrid working approach of in-office and WFH, and a “Work from Home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home.
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year.
• Up to 30 days per year “working from anywhere”.
• Employer matching pension up to.
• Group Life Assurance.
• Employee Benefit Scheme that offers perks and discounts with major retailers.

Our commitment to you:
At RVU we believe that we can be the change we wish to see in the world. We hold ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and community members. We embrace our differences and are committed to creating an inclusive environment that reflects the world we live in.