Technology Product Developer

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 – As a Technology Product Developer within the Hive Team at Centrica, you’ll dive into an exciting role where you’ll create and maintain the front-end code for various customer journeys within the Hive estate, primarily using Next.js and TypeScript. You’ll thrive in an agile/SCRUM environment, collaborating with a dynamic and highly skilled team. Your day-to-day will involve performing code reviews to ensure top-notch code quality, writing and maintaining a suite of unit and automated UI tests to guarantee system robustness, and continuously enhancing existing functionality to ensure peak performance.

Location: UK (talk to us about flexible working)

The day to day –

• Join the Hive Team at Centrica as a Technology Product Developer and immerse yourself in a dynamic and innovative environment. You’ll be at the forefront of creating and maintaining the front-end code for various customer journeys within the Hive estate, primarily using Next.js and TypeScript. Thrive in an agile/SCRUM setting, collaborating with a highly skilled team to deliver top-notch solutions.
• You’ll play a supporting role in solution architecting and breaking down larger pieces of work, take part in refining and scoping upcoming sprint work, and perform spikes/investigations into innovative technologies and integrations to assess the viability of future projects.
• You’ll be accountable for delivering assigned tickets promptly, reviewing teammates’ work to ensure it meets high code quality standards, and ensuring that contributions to releases are performant and free of significant issues.
• Collaboration is key, as you’ll work with stakeholders in other teams, such as product, to address any issues or new developments. You’ll also work with other business teams to ensure integrations are seamless and APIs are aligned, and partner with the Service Management team to investigate and resolve customer issues.
• Leadership is a crucial part of the role. You’ll mentor junior team members, guiding them through tasks and challenges, and utilize your experience with object-oriented languages, design patterns, and multi-threaded development to lead by example.
• At Centrica’s Hive Team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, explore new technologies, and make a significant impact on our customer journeys. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to grow in a supportive and dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you!

About you –

Join the Hive Team as a Technology Product Developer and dive into an exciting world of innovation and creativity! We’re looking for passionate individuals with:

• Proficiency in ReactJS and at least one other JavaScript framework.
• Strong skills in TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Familiarity with Git or other distributed version control systems.
• Experience with test frameworks like Jest and Cypress.
• A background in agile/SCRUM environments.
• Expertise in designing robust, highly scalable systems.

What’s in it for you –

• 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.

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.