Mobile Software Engineer - React Native

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

An opportunity to play your part

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mobile Application Engineer (React Native) to develop and maintain the mobile app and supporting APIs for Hive Connected Homes. You can expect to work across the full range of our supported products, including Hive Active Heating, Lighting, EV Charging, Sensors & Plugs, and associated subscriptions and services.

You will be involved in the latest Hive trends helping our customers to transition towards net-zero by developing solutions like electric vehicle charging and assisting heating customers to keep an eye on their energy usage and save on their gas bills by continuously improving the new Hive Heating Plus service.

You will be a part of the team that is encouraged to investigate and adopt the latest technology trends into Hive’s services. They will be customer-focused by writing efficient and reliable code while at the same time aware of the new trends in the technology space. They will get their hands on a wide range of the Hive platform systems.

Location: We have a hybrid-work environment, where you will be predominantly home-based but maybe be asked to travel to the Windsor office occasionally

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows:

• Competitive salary and bonus potential

• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap

• Pension scheme

• Company Funded Healthcare Plan

• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days

• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

On a day-to-day basis you will:

• Work with stakeholders to deliver new and improved Hive features

• Maintain existing Hive mobile application through bug fixing and refactoring

• Explore ways to constantly improve/modernise the current codebase

• Support the wider technical team by contributing to best practice ways of working, knowledge sharing and creating technical documentation

What we need from you

• Experience developing cross platform mobile applications using JavaScript/TypeScript, React and React Native

• Experience with unit/integration testing using Jest and RTL or similar

• Experience/familiarity with Redux/Redux-Sagas/Redux Toolkit or similar

• Some experience with iOS or Android development and creating or integrating with native modules in React Native is desirable but not essential

• Experience/familiarity with continuous integration and build distribution tools such as CircleCI/AWS CodeBuild/TestFlight/Firebase App distribution is desirable but not essential.

• Familiarity with AWS Cognito, OAuth or other SSO providers

Competencies

• Ability to plan, manage and organise their own work

• Willing to learn new technology and improve existing solutions

• Ability to collaborate and work with stakeholders to identify and refine any incoming requirements

• Ability to think tactically and strategically about the solutions we provide and maintain for our customers

Our commitment to diversity

We are proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer. Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world for everyone. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by The Times for being one of the Top 50 Employers for Women.

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being Flex First. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.