Senior Software Engineer

Pod Point, Ltd.; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Product Engineering Manager

Compensation: £70,000 - £90,000 / year

Description

Leading the way in electric vehicle charging, we've been at the forefront of adoption in the UK since 2009. With over 250,000 charge points installed so far, out of a total of 1 million in the UK, we make EV ownership simple and affordable.

Partnering with top automotive brands like Mercedes, Jaguar Land Rover, BMW and Kia, as well as energy leaders such as EDF and Centrica, we’ve earned accolades such as the 'Which? - Trusted Trader' award and 'Best for Value, Home EV Chargers - What Car?'

With our international expansion, we aim to transform the EV charging landscape not just in the UK, but now across Europe.

Our Ways of Working

We’re all about flexibility, community and a healthy work-life balance. Our hybrid model offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office working. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but you can expect to work from our London office between 8-12 days per month.

To support this, the successful applicant should be within a reasonably commutable distance to our office (Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB).

Join the EVolution:

We're searching for a seriously talented Software Engineer to join our incredible Software department within our “Grid” team. You’ll be joining an established department with a mix of engineering backgrounds, and a friendly team of experienced engineers keen to spearhead your career development.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Continuously collaborating with your agile squad via pair programming, peer code reviews, helping QA with testing, or story writing & defining tech specs with project managers and product owners.
• Developing and supporting software products in line with product and architecture roadmaps.
• Demonstrating strong, sustainable and collaborative software development practices that are focused on delivering high quality, readable, maintainable and appropriate code and other artefacts.
• Actively participating in team and community events.
• Ensuring the high quality of delivered solutions through the development and maintenance of unit and integration tests and associated pipelines.
• Collaborating with your line manager to identify opportunities and areas of growth.

Electrify us with your skills:

We think the role would be great for somebody who is:

• Proficient at writing Typescript applications deployed on Node.js runtime.
• Good experience of unit, integration and functional testing.
• Good experience within the AWS ecosystem including, ECS, RDS, Lambda, SQS and Streaming services.
• Familiarity with Terraform and/or other IaaS models.
• Good understanding of OOP principles, design patterns, API design and event-driven architecture.
• Strong experience in modern development practices, such as agile, lean and continuous delivery.

Perks that spark joy:

• Access for you and up to 5 family/friends to the 'UnMind' wellbeing platform.
• Flexible hybrid working model.
• Work abroad for up to 20 days per year.
• Salary Sacrifice EV Scheme and free Pod Point.
• Family & friend discount scheme.
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays).
• Very generous parental and family leave.
• Pension scheme with a 4.5% matched contribution.
• Eyecare scheme.
• Life insurance covering up to 4x your annual salary.
• Virtual GP provided by HealthHero.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Free Mortgage Advice.
• Discounted Gym Memberships.
• Cycle2Work Scheme.

Important Information:

You must have the legal right to work in the UK. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Your privacy is important to us, all information shared will be handled according to our Candidate Privacy Notice.