Senior Software Engineer

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future. We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Are you ready to help drive change on one of the most visible and business critical platforms in our business that impacts the lives of millions of customers?

We have a unique opportunity to join Domestic & General as a Senior Frontend Software Engineer for Bright.

Bright is D&G’s flagship greenfield platform designed to deliver best-in-class repair management for our customers around the world. It’s a complex, multi-faceted platform that will redefine how our business manages repairs with both customers and repair partners alike. With its ambitious scope and strategic importance, Bright is a cornerstone of our future success.

You will be part of a dynamic squad focused on developing and launching a suite of innovative solutions to meet the demands of our business.

Working alongside the Product Manager and Designer, you will be helping to define the future direction of the products that we build, solving complex problems and developing new features and products through quality, scalable, performant and maintainable technical solutions. The solutions that you will be responsible for will have a global reach, impacting millions of customers.
You’ll be a passionate, pragmatic Frontend Software Engineer with an inquisitive mind who is motivated to make change for the better and most importantly put our customers first. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team and be a keen problem solver. Comfortable with modern engineering practices and frontend development tooling and technologies you’ll use innovation to improve the customer experience and efficiency of engineering teams.
Some of the tech we are using at scale: ES6, React, React Native, Redux, Node, Typescript, graphql, Styled-components Webpack, Cypress, Docker, EKS, AWS services.
Key Responsibilities
 

• Use your in-depth knowledge of JavaScript, Typescript, React, Node and the tool ecosystem to develop and implement scalable frontend systems.
• Profile and optimise code.
• Produce test driven features and demonstrate familiarity with the TDD cycle.
• Identify patterns in code and refactor the code towards them where it increases understanding and/or maintainability with minimal guidance.
• Translate requirements into tasks & code.
• Develop high quality code that can lead to rapid delivery, ruthlessly pursuing continuous integration and delivery – CICD.
• Commit code early and often, demonstrating understanding of version control & branching strategies.
• Automate everything by default.
• Write secure code by default.
• Write maintainable code and observe basic hygiene practices.
• Implement relevant project instrumentation.
• Follow the best practices of continuous BDD/TDD/Performance/Security/Smoke testing.
• Work effectively with product stakeholders to communicate and translate needs into product improvements.
• Lead group discussions on system design and understand domain well enough to work with Product Managers and Designers to drive value.
• Support production systems, resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Debug/find complex problems and support/maintain the software solution.
• Share knowledge with the wider engineering community.
• Mentor and develop others around you.
• Produce proof of concepts to evaluate new tool.
   

Skills And Experience
 

• Experience delivering production apps in React, JavaScript and Typescript.
• 5+ years of experience as a Frontend or Fullstack Developer with expertise in React JS/UI development, and experience working alongside backend technologies.
• Strong proficiency in Typescript, JavaScript, React, Node, ES6+, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience writing automated software tests (e.g. unit tests, integration tests)
• Experience with React JS and its core principles.
• Proficiency with React Hooks.
• Familiarity with state management libraries such as Redux or Context API.
• Understanding of REST APIs and asynchronous request handling.
• Understanding of GraphQL.
• Some experience with Storybook and design system development.
• Responsive design and development experience.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Preference for Atomic CSS, and experience with Tailwind or other CSS frameworks/tools.
• Experience using a headless CMS.

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave

Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression

Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

Attractive company pension schemeLife assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary

Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services

Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll

Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles

Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets

Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes

OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help

Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues

Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends

Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

At Domestic & General, we are proud of our 100-year legacy and excited about our future growth plans. We are expanding our horizons, entering new markets and territories internationally and we need your expertise to help us on the journey.