Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join UNiDAYS as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to building innovative solutions for our student marketplace. This hands-on role requires a commercially-minded full-stack engineer to bridge user needs and business goals, building resilient and cost-effective solutions. You will work within the Marketplace team, defining, building, and measuring the impact of implemented solutions, playing a key role in transitioning the product to a modern web stack. The position involves collaboration with product, delivery, and engineering teams. Remote work within the UK is possible with occasional travel to London or Nottingham campuses required. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Possess a strong working knowledge of Typescript
• Have experience with React
• Demonstrate an understanding of Modern Web frameworks, including Next.js
• Have experience with unit testing (ideally jest) and e2e testing (e.g. Cypress/Playwright)
• Possess knowledge on web best practices for performance, accessibility, core web vitals and SEO
• Have a passion for engineering craft - practice writing maintainable code, reviewing code, pair programming at times, and writing tests
• Have a coaching mentality - help make the entire team better by working with them
• Have a desire to build systems that are stable, scalable, secure, observable, and performant
• Seek to understand how your work aligns with business goals and maximize the impact
• Have a strong understanding of agile methodologies such as scrum, kanban etc. and the adaptability to respond to the needs of the business
• Possess strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Lead by example to proactively foster an inclusive, diverse, and positive engineering culture across the business

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the team's goal of delivering our next generation marketplace product
• Deliver impactful features with a pragmatic approach
• Proactively contribute to the betterment of other engineers in the company through sponsoring, mentoring and providing constructive, candid feedback
• Proactively give technical and strategic feedback that leads to better outcomes
• Prioritize the most impactful problems and be able to bring about change with effective momentum
• Communicate solutions/risks of technical problems to non-technical stakeholders
• Champion user-centric solutions with a keen eye on market fit and profitability

Preferred Qualifications

If you don’t have all of the skills/experience in our list but are keen to learn and offer something different, please reach out

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
• Competitive salaries
• 4pm finishes every Friday
• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Private health insurance (Vitality)
• Income protection policy
• Life assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
• Regular team building activities
• The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
• Good Vibes Program: virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers
• Support for home working, including £150 expense for additional furniture