The RAC is on a journey to revolutionise the way we provide our differentiated range of driving services to our 13 million personal and business members, so we’re looking for problem-solvers and passionate engineers to build digital products with cutting-edge technology.
We have the exciting opportunity to appoint a passionate Principal Frontend Engineer, who is interested in pushing the boundaries of the organisation's coding practices, extending languages and libraries.
Joining Digital Development Team on a permanent basis, his role will be a hybrid role, where you will spend two days in the office in Bradley Stoke and three days at home.
Principal engineers at the RAC are at the heart of the technical strategy and consistently drive for engineering excellence in both themselves and across the teams they work in. Principals except that they work as a multiplier for enabling a thriving product engineering culture. As the most senior frontend engineer in the RAC, you will shape the future of our React and React Native technology to support a highly ambitious product strategy.
What You’ll Do…
You will be working directly with the Director of Engineering to embed the technology strategy in our engineering team as well as help build the RAC’s first Developer focused platform, along with the following;
- Helping leadership to make sure we’re solving the most important problems. Have a clear view of the Product strategy but also be aware of what is the current priority or causing the most pain
- Be a member of two product teams but probably more mobile than most. Moving between teams to help bootstrap them and get them off to a good start.
- Be a direct/individual contributor to a team - contributing code each sprint.
- Chairing meetings to drive engagement, education, and adoption of best practice.
- Providing regular technical guidance on Pull Requests on key technical codebases
What You’ll Need…
- To be considered for this role you’ll need;
- Expertise in the organization's architecture, including all domains, their bounded contexts, and how they interact with each other.
- A proven track record for building sustainable React patterns that aid in the development for both React and React Native applications
- The ability to switch between multiple systems and technologies to help drive the right engineering practices.
- The interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with a diverse set of teams.
We work across a broad range of languages and technologies including C# (Backend), JavaScript (Frontend), React, React-Native, Kubernetes and all services within Azure. Proficiency in all is not a requirement as we have Principal engineers for both frontend and backend engineering. Previous experience working directly with Kubernetes is adventitious.
In return, we offer…
At the RAC, our colleagues do whatever it takes to help our customers. And we believe in rewarding you in return. As well as a competitive salary, there’s also an annual bonus scheme in place. Plus, you’ll have all these extra benefits;
- FREE RAC Breakdown cover from day one
- Car salary sacrifice scheme – including offers on electric vehicles
- Hybrid working
- Group Life Assurance of up to 4 x salary
Health and wellbeing benefits – including healthcare cash plan and private medical insurance and a number of lifestyle discounted benefits.