About the job
Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.
We’ve been keeping Britain warm for over 200 years. Today we power 1 in 3 homes in the UK – but supplying energy is just part of what we do.
We’re on a mission to make the UK’s homes greener and more energy efficient. With clever tech like Hive thermostats, heat pumps, solar panels and EV chargers, we’re making it cheaper and easier to reduce your home’s carbon-footprint. And with our new PeakSave programme, we’re actively rewarding better energy use too.
Our nationwide team of 6,500 engineers are energy efficiency experts – offering practical ways to make homes more sustainable.
To help us achieve these ambitions, we need an experienced React/Next.js Product Developer to join the British Gas services and solutions team.
Key accountabilities:
- Create and maintain the front-end code for several customer journeys within the BG S&S estate comprised mainly of Next.js + TypeScript
- Work in an agile/SCRUM environment with a dynamic and highly skilled team.
- Perform Code Reviews ensuring code quality standards are met
- Write and maintain a suite of unit and automated UI tests that ensure the robustness of our system.
- Review and enhance existing functionality, ensuring it is performant
- Taking a supporting role in new projects and exploratory work.
- Supporting the creation and maintenance of code guidelines and testing frameworks within the team to ensure code quality.
- Supporting and/or mentoring junior team members.
Experienced with an object orientated language, design patterns, and multi-threaded development.
It’s beneficial if you have:
- Experience with ReactJS and at least one other JavaScript framework
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with Git or other DVCSs
- Experience with test frameworks such as Jest and Cypress
- Experience of working in an agile/SCRUM environment
- Experience in designing robust, highly scalable systems
- 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