Job Description

Policy Expert -

Senior Software Engineer

Are you ready to transform the insurance industry?

Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience. Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we've won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK's No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013.



Hear from our team about what it's like working at Policy Expert ?

About the Backend Engineering Chapter:

The Home Acquisition team is crucial to how we acquire and keep customers. We manage the entire customer journey, from initial quotes and purchases to policy management and renewals. Our digital experimentation continually improves our website and purchase process, boosting customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. We have both front-end and back-end engineers who ensure we offer an excellent user experience.

Your day to day:

Lead the design and development lifecycle of medium-sized Home Acquisition backend projects, ensuring they are robust, scalable and fit to deliver our long-term goals. Mentor and guide other engineers, sharing your experience to foster their technical growth and elevate the team's effectiveness. Champion engineering excellence by advocating for and implementing best practices, including robust testing, effective code reviews and high-quality coding standards. Lead the resolution of bugs, identifying root causes and taking action to improve system resilience. Actively contribute to technical leadership within the team, helping to discover and shape upcoming initiatives. Collaborate closely with your team to deliver value through small, frequently integrated changes using CI/CD practices. Contribute to and shape the future of our AWS hosted technology stack, which includes: Containerised Java & Kotlin applications. Serverless applications using API Gateway and Lambdas. Event-driven architecture using SNS/SQS. Storage with Postgres, DynamoDB and S3. Orchestration with CloudFormation and GitHub Actions.

Who are you:

As a Senior Engineer in the Home Acquisition team, you'll own and evolve our backend systems to ensure they are high-performing, scalable, reliable and maintainable.


Great at working in a team and building relationships to get things done. Excellent at communicating clearly and explaining complex technical ideas simply. Highly skilled in Java development. Adept at designing and taking ownership of complex, scalable and reliable systems. Passionate about mentoring colleagues and helping them grow their skills. Experienced in leading projects from idea to delivery. Proactive in finding ways to improve code, processes and ways of working. Skilled at creating simple and effective solutions. Experienced with cloud technologies, preferably AWS. Familiar with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven architecture and event sourcing. Proven experience building and scaling high-volume transactional systems, ideally in sectors like insurance or retail.

Benefits:

This role will be based in our London office in a 50/50 Hybrid mode.



We match your pension contributions up to 7%



Private medical & Dental cover



Learning budget of 1,000 a year + Study leave (with encouragement to use it)



Enhanced maternity & paternity



Travel season ticket loan



? Access to a wide selection of London O2 events and use of a Private Lounge



Employee Wellbeing Programme



Prayer room in Office

What We Stand for and Next Steps

"We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We treat all applications equally and recruit based solely on an individual's skills, knowledge, and experience. The quality and growing diversity of our team is a testament to this commitment"



At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.

We aim to be in touch within 14 working days of your application - you will be notified if successful or unsuccessful. Please be encouraged to apply even if you do not meet all the requirements.

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