Frontend Software Engineer - Energy in London

Company Description 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.

To thrive in this role, you'll bring a strong blend of collaborative and technical skills:

• Collaborative mindset: You take a proactive approach to addressing team challenges, share a keen eye for great user experiences, and work closely with others to turn mockups into beautiful, functional interfaces.
• Problem-solving drive: You possess effective debugging skills and focus deeply on keeping code clean and highly maintainable.
• Core tech stacks: You have proven, hands-on experience working with React, React Native and TypeScript.
• State & data management: You hold a solid understanding of solutions like Redux and feel confident working with GraphQL for data interactions.
• Testing & CI/CD: You bring experience using GitHub Actions and writing robust unit and end-to-end tests.
• Bonus skills: Any experience with Next.js, Kubernetes or Containers is highly desirable, though we are equally happy to help you develop these in the role.

We work together. You'll join our cross-functional, fully autonomous delivery teams where real product ownership is the norm. Energy sits right at the heart of UW, with over 95% of our customers taking at least one energy service. As an engineer here, you will collaborate closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to navigate major, high-impact projects like our ongoing Energy Transformation. Together, we are modernising our core platforms to dramatically boost agent efficiency, lower costs, and reshape how multi-service billing delights our customers.

We deliver progress. In this role, you will make a direct impact on our core applications and future architecture:

• Build apps: Build and maintain responsive, user-friendly web and mobile applications.
• Develop components: Create modular, reusable, and testable frontend components that strictly adhere to modern design and accessibility standards.
• Integrate APIs: Connect frontend applications with GraphQL APIs to ensure seamless data fetching and reliable state management.
• Optimise performance: Manage application state effectively using Redux while continuously boosting performance across web and mobile platforms.
• Troubleshoot code: Use systematic analysis and modern debugging tools to track down and solve frontend issues smoothly.

Possible Next Career Steps Senior Software Engineer.

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’.

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!

Martyna Zbyszewska will be your point of contact throughout the recruitment process.

Additional Information Not sure you meet all the requirements? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs if they think they may not meet every qualification, when in fact they often do. 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.