Senior Software Engineer

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.

• Work primarily in Go, Graph
  
  QL, Docker & Kubernetes
• Break down complex work and deliver with minimal oversight
• Maintain strong engineering standards across code, documentation and security
• Own deployments within the team’s Kubernetes namespace
• Mentor mid-level engineers through pairing, PR reviews and technical leadership
• Collaborate with product/design to refine scope and solve problems pragmatically

• Improving resilience, scalability and system reliability
• Raising engineering standards across observability, SLAs and deployment quality
• Contributing to key launches (including partner rollout and rebrand work)
• Supporting distributed system improvements and database migration projects

• Strong production experience with Go (non-negotiable)
• Fluency with Graph
  
  QL, Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with distributed systems
  , concurrency and event-driven architectures
• Good understanding of resilience, observability, uptime, SLAs and progressive degradation
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (Git Hub Actions, ArgoCD), Terraform and cloud workflows
• Familiarity with Kafka and database migrations (Cockroach
  
  DB → RDS) is beneficial
• Comfortable contributing to React/Type Script when required
• Strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills
• Experience mentoring mid-level engineers and modelling engineering best practices
• Comfortable working in autonomous, product-focused teams

• An industry-benchmarked salary. We’ll share it during your first conversation.
• Share Options and Save as You Earn scheme.
• Flexible working — remote-first with access to hot desks across the UK and a central London hub.
• Work-from-anywhere policy for up to 2 weeks per year.
• Discounts on our services and a free Cashback Card.
• Matched-contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x salary.
• Family-friendly policies designed to help you and your family thrive.
• Discounted private health insurance, Employee Assistance line and free Virtual GP.
• Belonging groups helping shape an inclusive future.
• A commitment to learning and progression through our Career Development Framework.

We’ve got big ambitions so there’s going to be plenty of challenges. There are also a lot of benefits. If you’re ready to help grow a fast-moving startup while working on cutting‑edge cloud‑native infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you!

Worried you don’t hit every criterion? We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds — let us chat!

David Finlay will be your point of contact throughout the recruitment process.