Senior Software Engineer - Speciality Insurer

This is an opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Innovation team of a leading Speciality Insurer as they progress into the next phase of their global digital transformation journey. Specifically aligned to designing and creating greenfield digital solutions for Underwriting and Reinsurance performance teams, the successful candidate will bring a "roll up your sleeves" and creative approach to solving business challenges.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively as part of a cross functional team of software engineers, data engineers, underwriters and actuaries to define, design and develop the future of Underwriting digital services throughout the organisation.
• Be the Backend SME of the team, sharing knowledge and best practices of Python and Fast API / Flask.
• Bring modern software engineering expertise and practices to the forefront of solution innovation.
• Work cohesively with technical and non-technical teams; strong appreciation of working with end users to decipher needs and goals is critical.
• Work independently to deliver valuable software in small increments
• Proactive approach to learning / adopting new technologies as per the needs of the development team.
• Drive technical excellence, agile ways of working and DevOps practices across the organisation.
• Continuously seek to improve and positively your team and the companies services.

• Core Tech stack: Python, Fast API, Flask
• Ideally, some front-end experience: HTMX / React / Angular
• 5+ years commercial experience developing complex software solutions
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, TDD & BDD
• Experience and working knowledge of agile engineering practices
• Awareness of modern technology techniques, such as Domain Driven Design, integration patterns, microservices and containerisation
• Cloud experience with AWS or Azure
• Team player with hunger to learn make long term impact to an organisation and industry
• Experience with DevOps practices, using Terraform and deployment pipelines in AWS or Azure
• Experience working with large databases and their use cases (SQL/NOSQL)
• Knowledge of CICD and experience with observability / monitoring
• As much Speciality Insurance / Insurance / Financial Services experience as possible
• Appetite to learn and adopt new technologies, with a combined "have a go" and experimental approach to problem solving

• Salary: £70k - £80k + excellent benefits and bonus package
• Location: City of London / hybrid working arrangement
• All candidates must have the right to work in the UK with no requirement for sponsorship