About us

Come be a part of driving National Grid’s digital transformation!  We are digital creators, continuous learners and daring innovators.  We leverage digital innovative ways to create products and catalyze the transformation of National Grid's business units into more agile and digitally native organizations in our shared purpose of bringing energy to life. 

 
At National Grid, we keep the lights on and homes warm.  But it’s so much more than that.  We keep people connected and society moving.  This is no easy feat, and it takes all of us.  But National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen.  As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark.  So, join us and help bring energy to life. 

National Grid is hiring a Senior Frontend developer for our Electricity Transmission department. This is a hybrid role based out of either Warwick or London.

Key Accountabilities

• Be actively involved in the product development process from ideation to launch
• Work closely with different disciplines and key stakeholders across the organization to deliver the best digital experiences for our user
• Write readable, idiomatic, secure, and maintainable code
• Build observable and resilient systems
• Contribute to the engineering culture across the organisation (eg, innovation, process improvements, introduction of technologies, and mentorship)
• Maintain appropriate documentation
• Contribute to system design and architectural discussions
• Constructively challenge to improve processes and ways of working
• Support and mentor more junior engineers

About You

• Full software development lifecycle experience
• Be driven to deliver software products that are of the highest quality and maintainability
• Ability to demonstrate having built solutions in cloud architectures
• Experience working autonomously and managing ambiguity
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Experience working in an Agile / Scrum development process
• Enthusiasm to learn new skills and share with the wider engineering community
• A breadth of knowledge across multiple technologies with a deep understanding of at least one the following (or transferable skills from similar):
  • Javascript
  • TypeScript 
  • ReactJS
     

More Information

A competitive salary between £65,000 – £80,000 – dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

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At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.