A Senior 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.
It’s more than just lines of code; we are looking for a commercially-minded Senior Full Stack Engineer who can bridge the gap between user needs and business goals. You will have the ability to build resilient, cost-effective solutions and navigate evolving market demands.
You will be working in one of our product, delivery, and engineering teams, defining, refining, building, and measuring the impact of the solutions you implement. Our marketplace and Identity 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.
Job Requirements:
- In order to be your best self in this role, you will be/have:
- A strong working knowledge of Typescript
- Experience with React or React Native
- An understanding of Modern Web frameworks, including Next.js
- Experience with unit testing (ideally jest) and e2e testing (e.g. Cypress/Playwright)
- Knowledge on web best practices for observability, performance, accessibility, core web vitals and SEO
- A passion for engineering craft - you practise writing maintainable code, reviewing code, pair programming at times, and writing tests
- A coaching mentality - you help make the entire team better by working with them
- A desire to build systems that are stable, scalable, secure, observable, and performant
- You seek to understand how your work aligns with business goals and maximise the impact
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies such as scrum, kanban etc. and the adaptability to respond to the needs of the business
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Lead by example to proactively foster an inclusive, diverse, and positive engineering culture across the business.
- A willingness to embrace AI tooling and processes
We’re aware that everybody is different and comes with differing experiences. If you don’t have all of the skills/experience in our list but are keen to learn and offer something different, please reach out as we are still keen to talk to you.
Job Responsibilities
- 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 that leads to better outcomes
- Communication of solutions/risks of technical problems to non technical stakeholders.
- Championing user-centric solutions with a keen eye on market fit and profitability
Job Benefits:
This is your opportunity to Join the world’s largest student verification network and help shape the future of how brands connect with the next generation. We engage a community of 23M+ verified students and graduates across 115 markets, making us a truly global platform. Our brand is a powerhouse in the UK, and we’re rapidly accelerating our presence worldwide—especially in the US, Germany, India, France, Canada, and Australia.
We partner with 850+ of the world’s biggest brands, bringing their products and services to the hearts and minds of tomorrow’s professionals—driving engagement, building affinity, and delivering real results.
We offer a fast-paced, fun, and social working environment where you can truly make an impact. We believe work should enhance and complement your life, which is why we provide a flexible hybrid working model. While there are expectations to attend the London campus periodically, you and your manager will determine the most appropriate balance together, ensuring both your needs and the needs of the business are met.
We work hard at UNiDAYS, and we believe in fair compensation for that hard work. That’s why we’re proud to offer all employees full access to our comprehensive benefits package.
Our perks include:
- 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
- Competitive salaries
- 4pm finishes every Friday
- Company bonus scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Private health insurance (BUPA)
- Dental Insurance (BUPA)
- Income protection policy
- Life assurance policy
- Employee Assistance Program
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Regular team building activities
- £150 pounds towards your home office set up
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London E1 6BT
