Principal Software Engineer, UNiDAYS
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+ Bonus and can participate in Employee Assistance Program
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Student-driven rewards and brand marketing platform
Job no longer available
Student-driven rewards and brand marketing platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ Bonus and can participate in Employee Assistance Program
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give students the power to make every experience more valuable and rewarding by offering them student discounts.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a commercially-minded Senior Software Engineer who can bridge the gap between user needs and business goals
- Master of Modern Web Technologies: Expertise in building complex frontend applications using React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- In-depth understanding of web performance: Proficient in optimization techniques like code splitting, server-side rendering, and performance monitoring tools
- Experience with UI/UX principles and accessibility: Ability to translate designs into high-quality, responsive, and accessible user interfaces
- Strong architectural capabilities: Proven ability to design and implement scalable and maintainable frontend architectures. Experience with microservices and API integrations is desired
- Expertise in state management and data fetching
- Strong leadership and mentorship: Ability to guide and inspire junior developers, foster a collaborative culture, and provide constructive feedback
- Technical visionary: Proactive in staying ahead of the curve with new trends and technologies, and readily sharing knowledge with the team
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills: Able to clearly explain complex technical concepts, collaborate effectively with designers and product managers, and find creative solutions to challenges
- Focus on quality and delivery: Possess a strong commitment to building high-quality code, meeting deadlines, and delivering impactful results
- Autonomous and decisive: Able to work independently, make informed decisions, and take ownership of projects from conception to completion
What the job involves
- A Principal Software Engineer in UNiDAYS is a hands-on software development role focused on building innovative solutions to delight our members and drive product success in a fast-paced company
- You will have the ability to build resilient, cost-effective solutions and navigate evolving market demands
- You will be working in our Marketplace team alongside our product, delivery, and engineering teams, defining, refining, building, and measuring the impact of the solutions you implement
- Our marketplace products are key to everything we do, enabling our users (students and graduates) to access a wide range of learning, earning, and retail experiences with some of the top brands on the planet
- You will play a key part in the transition of our marketplace services to a modern, distributed, event-driven, cloud-based architecture
- Contributing to the team's goal of delivering our next generation marketplace product
- Deliver impactful features with a pragmatic approach
- Proactively contributing to the betterment of other engineers in the company through sponsoring, mentoring and providing constructive, candid feedback
- Proactively giving technical and strategic feedback on projects that enable our teams to build more effective products that provide greater value to the business
- Prioritisation of the most impactful problems and being able to bring about change with effective momentum
- Communication of solutions/risks of technical problems to non technical stakeholders
- Championing user-centric solutions with a keen eye on market fit and profitability
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Rewarding loyal customers and offering discounts have long since been excellent strategies for brands to engage with their audience, and an example ideal audience for such engagement is students on a budget. However, discounts and rewards are fragmented by brand, leading many potential customers to miss out on the opportunity, presenting a gap in the market for a more unified student offer solution.
UNiDAYS provides a student-driven rewards and brand marketing network, partnering with brands to market discounted rewards, discounts, and opportunities to student demographics. Any student can sign up, giving them access to a large marketplace of curated freebies and deals, helping students to be rewarded for their shopping whilst greatly boosting brand engagement for the client.
Whilst there are various other brand marketing networks competing with UNiDAYS, the company shows great dominance in the market with over 13m verified student members and a 14% average conversion rate. Through its marketing network, the company claims it can empower brands to deliver multi-channel marketing experiences, whilst saving students money and enhancing their customer journey.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
- 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: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working and UNiDAYS has always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
- Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home
Company HQ
Nottingham city centre, Nottingham, UK
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Founders
Jon Hawley
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a B.A. in Graphic Design & Branding. Previously co-founded Orb & Crash and also worked as a Mentor/Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University.
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