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About us:
is the UK’s first comparison platform for car insurance. We’ve been helping customers since 2002 by empowering them to make better decisions around insurance and financial services. Our mission is simple: take away the confusion when comparing financial products and services to help you save time and money.
We’re part of RVU, a group of online brands (including Uswitch, Tempcover, and others) that empower people to make confident decisions across a range of household services.
RVU’s purpose is to simplify complex marketplaces with intuitive and accessible applications that genuinely improve people’s lives. Saving a few hundred pounds a year on bills makes a fundamental difference to vulnerable people who sometimes have to choose between paying for utilities or groceries.
Our platforms serve millions of users a month, process thousands of comparisons a day, and drive hundreds of complex integrations with vastly different partners. We’re a tech-driven business that focuses on agile delivery and cross-functional product teams.
We are creating the next generation of comparison platforms, and as we scale, we are looking for passionate, empathetic engineers to build highly performant, accessible, and beautiful consumer experiences to facilitate switching and comparisons on the web.
The Acquisition and Retention guild has an exciting opportunity for an experienced people leader to join us. Half of your time you will take the lead as a technical mentor, advising on the best approach to delivering key objectives whilst creating an environment for the talented team to thrive. The other half of your time will be spent supporting the team and working hands-on with your engineering team. You will be responsible for the technical roadmap and accountable for architectural ownership within your team in partnership with principal and distinguished engineers.
Technologies and experience:
* Experience with Cloud Technologies (we use Azure).
* Strong experience with software lifecycle management.
* Strong experience working within the Microsoft ecosystem.
* Experience working in an agile environment.
* Demonstrable experience of coming up with novel ways to solve business problems.
* Experience mentoring or leading a team.
* Experience setting and owning technical roadmaps.
Main Responsibilities:
* Assist in the coordination and prioritisation of talent to ensure the team is working on the highest-value goals.
* Motivate the team, develop performance standards, and seek continuous improvements.
* Focus on code reuse before creating new code, working with peers to share best practices, libraries, and assets.
* Support communities of practice and promote these values within the engineering team.
* Balance improvement and tech debt pay-off alongside customer, product, and marketing requirements, ensuring uptime KPIs are maintained.
* Support team ceremonies, staff engagement, and development. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders (scrum master, product owner, Head of Engineering, etc.), maintaining a sustainable delivery pace.
* Promote a culture of accountable autonomy, safe-to-fail experimentation, balancing reliability, cost-effectiveness, and governance.
Key Objectives:
* Demonstrate positive leadership behaviors as a role model for the engineering community and wider organization.
* Monitor team productivity KPIs to ensure optimal delivery.
* Support and motivate engineers with clear objectives and career development paths.
* Maintain low error rates.
* Be aware of the financial implications of solutions.
* Maintain effective working relationships with product owners to ensure aligned guild goals.
What we give back to you:
We aim to provide a great work environment, contribute to your personal and professional development, and offer benefits to enhance your experience at RVU. Some benefits include:
* Employer matching pension up to a certain limit.
* Hybrid work approach with in-office and remote options, plus a “Work from Home” budget.
* Excellent maternity, paternity, and adoption leave policies.
* 25 days holiday (rising to 30) + 2 “My Time” days per year.
* Up to 30 days per year of flexible working from anywhere.
* Learning and training budget.
* Electric vehicle scheme.
* Health insurance.
* Access to wellness apps like Calm and Peppy.
* Regular social and company events.
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