About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><p>Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.</p> <p>We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market. </p> <hr> <p> </p></div><p></p> <h4><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><strong>Location:</strong></span> London Office / Hybrid (3 days a week working from home)</span></h4> <h4><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><strong>Reporting to:</strong></span> Engineering Manager</span></h4> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><span data-c>The role</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-c>As a Senior Software Engineer I, you will own the delivery of high-quality software and products, able to be deployed frequently and safely into production. Working with similarly minded people, you collaborate with your team to encourage best coding practices. You are an advocate of test automation and have a clear view of where to make the best use of it.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-c>At Rightmove we work as part of autonomous cross-functional teams in an agile environment. Each team owns a part of the Rightmove experience made up of design, product and engineering. You will deliver quality solutions that satisfy millions of users, thousands of agents and hundreds of passionate Rightmovers. You will contribute towards defining solutions to business and technical problems in a way which ensures maintainability, scalability and high performance standards. We work collaboratively across a mix of product and centralised teams, together working towards Rightmove’s strategy. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-ccp-props="{}">For a glimpse into the technical make-up of the UKs favourite property portal works, head to our <span style="color: rgb(0, 222, 182);"><strong><a style="color: rgb(0, 222, 182);" href="https://rightmove.blog/">tech blog.</a></strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 222, 182);">Key Responsibilities:</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Design and deliver impactful features across our applications using technologies such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, Express, Kubernetes, and GitLab.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to solve meaningful problems and build thoughtful, scalable solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Contribute actively to sprint planning, helping shape the roadmap and influence feature prioritisation.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Participate in engineering forums and initiatives that strengthen our craft and promote continuous improvement.&l