Software Engineer (React & React Native) - Insurance

Utility Warehouse; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a talented Software Engineer with expertise in React and React Native to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will design and implement user-facing features for both web and mobile platforms, ensuring seamless integration with backend systems. You'll collaborate closely with a small, autonomous team, contributing to the evolution of insurance products that impact thousands of customers. With a commitment to personal growth and a diverse work environment, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization.

Benefits

Share Options

Discount on services

Matched contribution pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4x salary

Discounted private health insurance

Access to Employee Assistance line

Free Virtual GP

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in building responsive frontend applications using React and React Native.
• Experience interfacing with GraphQL APIs and understanding of DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement user-facing features across web and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to define API contracts and ensure integration.

Skills

React

React Native

TypeScript

VanillaJS

GraphQL

UI/UX Design

Tools

Kubernetes

Next.js

Relational Databases

Job description

Software Engineer (React & React Native) - Insurance

• Full-time
• Employment Status: Full-Time

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…

The challenge

For our customers and Partners, UW just needs to work –there when you need it, and invisible when you don’t. Just like flicking a switch.

Our proposition to customers is simple, but for our technology teams, the behind-the-scenes complexity is what makes it so interesting. Learn more about life in our Tech teams here .

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

The ideal candidate is someone who has a strong foundation in building responsive, high-quality frontend applications using React and React Native. They should have a solid understanding of VanillaJS, be comfortable working with strongly-typed languages like TypeScript, and have experience interfacing with GraphQL APIs. Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as Next.js and an awareness of DevOps practices (e.g., Kubernetes, relational databases, or Big Data tooling) are also valuable.

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

We work in small, fully autonomous teams that have real ownership of their products. We use the best tool for the job and constantly look for better.

The Insurance team is in charge of creating, maintaining and supporting insurance products in Utility Warehouse. We currently have more than 110k live policies across multiple Insurance products, and the percentage of UW customers who hold an insurance policy with us keeps growing! Home Insurance, Boiler and Home Emergency Cover are meant to give peace of mind with our customer's most important asset! We have a small and mighty team across front-end and back-end and use a range of technologies, with event-driven architecture as our core.

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

We are looking for a collaborative engineer who can contribute to both new feature development and the ongoing evolution of our existing insurance products, while working closely with backend engineers to define and maintain contracts within an event-sourced architecture.

What you’ll do

Design and implement new user-facing features across web and mobile platforms using React and React Native.

Collaborate with backend engineers to define API contracts and ensure seamless integration within an event-sourced system.

Maintain and extend existing frontend codebases with attention to performance, accessibility, and scalability.

Support both internal teams and external users through thoughtful UI/UX and reliable interface design.

Contribute to architectural decisions and technical planning for new lines of business within the Insurance domain.

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with strong consideration for developer experience and system reliability.

Participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions to help grow and strengthen the frontend team.

So why pick UW?

We’ve got big ambitions so there’s going to be plenty of challenges. There are also a lot of benefits:

An industry benchmarked salary. We’ll share it during your first conversation.

Share Options and Save as You Earn scheme.

Discount on our services and you get our coveted Cashback Card for free.

A matched contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x your salary.

Family-friendly policies, designed to help you and your family thrive.

Discounted private health insurance, access to an Employee Assistance line and a free Virtual GP.

Belonging groups that help UW shape an even more inclusive future.

A commitment to helping you develop and grow in your role.

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.

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.