Staff Software Engineer (MobileWeb)

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Team: Engineering Mobile & Web Platform

Salary banding: 95833 - 138000

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full time

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Pragmatic. Enabling. Hands-on.

Top 3 qualities for this role: Systems thinking. Technical leadership. Delivery excellence.

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 Staff Mobile/Web Engineer youll be a hands-on technical leader across one or more teams. Youll shape and deliver architecture within your domain raise engineering standards and mentor engineers to multiply impact. Youll partner closely with Product Design and Backend teams contribute to our design system and shared libraries and help the Community of Practice drive consistent modern front-end practices across squads.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Own the end-to-end technical delivery for complex initiatives balancing architecture quality and speed.
• Contribute to and evolve our mobile/web architecture within your domain (design system adoption shared libraries cross-platform patterns).
• Set and uphold engineering standards for performance accessibility observability security and reliability across apps and web properties.
• Influence API and BFF design to optimise clientserver contracts and reduce complexity at the edges.
• Reduce tech debt with clear measurable plans; guide teams through refactors and incremental modernisation.
• Mentor and grow engineers (pairing design reviews talks) building a strong pipeline of future staff engineers.
• Contribute to hiring through calibrated interviews and fair skills-based assessments.
• Support incident response and own the operational excellence of your services.

Within your first 6 months month youll:

• Be recognised as a trusted leader and advisor across multiple teams and in the Mobile/Web Community of Practice.
• Co-lead architectural reviews within your area/team author ADRs and drive adoption of agreed patterns; partner with Principals on org-wide standards.
• Define and own performance & accessibility targets for your domain.
• Act as the primary technical counterpart to Product Design and Backend for your team planning work aligning roadmaps and unblocking cross-team dependencies.
• Level up the craft through mentoring design/code reviews and pair programming.
• Play an active role in hiring top talent into the mobile/web engineering teams.
• Drive discussions and contribute in the Mobile/Web Community of Practice fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across the organisation.

Youll be a successful Staff Mobile/Web Engineer at OVO if you

• Bring deep expertise in mobile/web engineering including TypeScript/Javascript React Native Swift and/or Kotlin is a plus.
• Have a track record of technical leadership leading complex projects across squadsaligning stakeholders unblocking teams and shipping reliably.
• Are passionate about performance UX and accessibility and know how to measure and improve them in production.
• Are an excellent communicator and mentor raising the bar around you.
• 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 95833 and 138000 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