Principal Software Engineer (MobileWeb)
Principal Software Engineer (MobileWeb)
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Role OVO-View
Team: Engineering - Mobile & Web Platform
Salary banding: 121000 - 174000
Experience: Expert - Principal Level
Working pattern: Full time
Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
This role in 3 words: Visionary. Influential. Hands-on.
Top 3 qualities for this role: Strategic thinking. Technical authority. Mentorship.
Where youll work:
Depending on the needs of your business area we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week and to go to OVO Connection events in-person.
Youll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices Bristol Glasgow or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop is designed to inspire people help them connect and bring big ideas to life.
Everyone belongs at OVO
At OVO we are on a mission to solve one of humanitys biggest challenges the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. Thats why we need diverse people from all abilities gender identities ethnicities ages sexual orientations life experiences and backgrounds to join us.
Teamworking for the planet
Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So naturally the team youll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen.
This role in a nutshell:
As a Principal Mobile/Web Engineer you will be the technical authority driving OVOs mobile and web strategy. Youll define long-term frontend vision shape architecture and design systems and ensure our apps deliver exceptional user experiences at scale. Youll mentor senior engineers influence cross-company technology adoption and represent OVO as a thought leader in the industry. Youll also play a key role in driving the Mobile/Web Community of Practice shaping hiring strategies to attract top talent and building a strong pipeline of future engineering leaders.
Your key outcomes will be:
- Define and drive the long-term technical vision for OVOs mobile and web platforms.
- Establish and evolve frontend/mobile architecture including design systems shared libraries and cross-platform strategies.
- Mentor and guide senior engineers fostering technical excellence and consistency across teams.
- Influence API and BFF design to optimise client-server communication.
- Ensure performance accessibility and scalability across mobile and web applications.
- Represent OVO externally as a thought leader in mobile and web engineering.
Within your first 6 months month youll:
- Be recognised as a trusted advisor in mobile/web strategy across multiple teams.
- Lead architectural reviews and set standards for frontend development.
- Establish measurable performance and accessibility benchmarks for apps and web platforms.
- Build strong relationships with product design and backend teams to ensure alignment.
- Contribute to OVOs engineering community through internal talks workshops and mentoring.
- Play a key role in hiring top talent into the mobile/web engineering teams.
- Lead the Mobile/Web Community of Practice fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across the organisation
Youll be a successful Principal Mobile/Web Engineer at OVO if you
- Bring deep expertise in mobile/web engineering including TypeScript/Javascript React Native Swift and/or Kotlin..
- Have a track record of technical leadership influencing cross-team architecture and strategy.
- Are passionate about performance UX and accessibility setting high standards and holding teams accountable.
- Are an excellent communicator and mentor comfortable influencing stakeholders at every level.
- Thrive in innovation exploring and applying emerging frontend technologies.
- Are hands-on actively contributing to design code and architecture while leading by example.
Lets talk about whats in it for you
Well pay you between 121000 and 174000 depending on your specific skills and experience.
We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us and you flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.
Youll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.
We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVOand theres flex pay. Well give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits including our green benefits which weve put at the heart of our offering add to your pension or even take it as cash.
Heres a taster of whats on offer:
For starters youll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).
For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level critical illness cover life assurance health assessments and more
For your wellbeing
With gym membership travel insurance workplace ISA will writing services dental insurance and more
For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying discount dining home & tech loans and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations
For your home
Get up to 400 towards any OVO Energy plan plus great discounts on solar smart thermostats and EV chargers
For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.
For your Belonging
To find better ways to support our people we need to listen to each others experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people for our people - so when you join OVO you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. Its up to you.
Oh and one last thing...
Wed be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe its just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what were looking for but not every single thing go ahead and hit apply. Wed still love to hear from you!
If you have any additional requirements theres a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
