Senior Software Engineer

RAA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and mentor a talented team. In this role, you will drive innovation by developing high-quality software solutions while fostering collaboration across teams. Your expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and C# will be essential in shaping strategies that enhance development processes and improve software quality. With a strong focus on problem-solving and communication, you will play a pivotal role in delivering impactful solutions that benefit the organization and its customers. Join a passionate team and make a difference in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Free RAA premium road service

Access to RAA Rewards Program

Generous discounts on RAA products

Flexible work arrangements

Ongoing Training & Development opportunities

Wellbeing facilities

Corporate Health Insurance Plan

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of hands-on software development experience.
• Proven leadership ability, coaching junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior engineers, improving skills and productivity.
• Develop high-quality software solutions with best practices.
• Collaborate across teams to solve customer problems.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Communication

Proactive Innovation

Stakeholder Management

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

C#

React

Angular

Node.js

AWS

Azure

Job description

Are you passionate about driving innovation, mentoring teams, and building high-quality software? We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and expertise, ensuring our team thrives and delivers impactful solutions.

What You'll Do

As a key member of our engineering team, you'll:

• Coach and mentor junior engineers, improving technical skills, fostering collaboration, and boosting productivity.
• Develop high-quality software solutions with best practices, reducing technical debt and ensuring efficient maintenance.
• Enhance development processes, optimising testing methods for faster time-to-market and improved software quality.
• Collaborate across teams, working with product, design, and operations to solve real customer problems.
• Influence strategy, making key software decisions that shape the team's success.

What We're Looking For

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to innovation.
• Passion for simplicity and efficiency, always seeking better solutions.
• Proven leadership ability, coaching and guiding junior engineers to success.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, translating complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, escalating issues when needed to ensure commitments are met.

Your Technical Toolkit

• Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and C#.
• Strong knowledge of web development frameworks (React, Angular, Node.js, REST APIs).
• Practical experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure).
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps practices.
• Ability to design secure and high-performance software solutions.
• Proficiency in debugging and optimising applications.

Experience

We’re looking for someone with 5-8 years of hands-on software development experience, with exposure to a variety of programming languages, technology stacks, and cloud platforms.

About us

We’re proud to be one of South Australia’s most iconic brands, trusted by members for more than 120 years. SA born-and-bred, RAA might be best known for our road service and insurance products, but we’re excited to be continuously diversifying to better help our members and community.

Our goal? To make life better for South Australians. That’s why we’re proud to offer a range of services to our 820,000+ members, including travel, energy, solar and battery, electric vehicle charging, our RAA Rewards program and more. With motoring still a priority, we’re just as passionate as we were in 1903 about road safety, advocating for a safer SA into the future.

We’re also one of the state’s largest employers, with more than 1300 employees working across our local sites at Mile End, RAA Place (CBD) and Adelaide Airport and our many retail and travel shops. With new office spaces in the city and city fringe in the works, and a buzzing people-first culture, we’re proud to be the State’s #1 Employer Brand.

Benefits

We love our people at RAA and believe our employees should be rewarded for being a part of the RAA family. Some of our employee benefits include:

• Free RAA premium road service
• Access to our RAA Rewards Program
• Generous discounts on all RAA products
• Flexible work arrangements
• Ongoing Training & Development opportunities and a Study Support Program
• Wellbeing facilities and Corporate Health Insurance Plan

How to apply

To be part of something bigger and work for a passionate South Australian organisation with members at heart click‘Apply’to submit your application by: 9.00am Monday 19^th May 2025.

This role is Adelaide-based, and applicants must be available to work on-site as required. While we appreciate interest from across Australia, please note that remote work is not an option for this position.

You'll need to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in Australia and we'll also need you to undertake a police check before you can work with us at RAA.

We are committed to building a workplace that’s diverse and inclusive, where employees are embraced for their unique qualities and valued for their contributions. We believe a diverse and inclusive workplace brings out the best in everyone and helps us to give our members better service. That's why we encourage applications from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, First Nations Peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.