Job Description

Open GI is a leading software development company and a trusted partner to the general insurance industry. Based across the UK and Europe, our support and development services make us a truly diverse organization that offers a range of IT solutions to insurance brokers, insurers, and managing general agents.



It is our vision to connect the insurance community through market-leading technology. Our people are placed at the heart of this, and diversity, equity and inclusion are central to everything we do.



We know the key to achieving success is to enable a positive, inclusive, and collaborative working culture, and, as part of our commitment, we have signed up for a number of pledges and programmes designed to support and nurture our people.



No matter where you sit or which team you are a part of, we want you to know that you contribute in helping us to shape where the company will be in the future. We would love for each employee to be able to talk with pride about our company and, most importantly, consider Open GI to be an inclusive, fun and fulfilling place to work.

Position:

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Our team designs and develops high-quality software for the Commercial Insurance market. We integrate with multiple external and internal platforms, aiming to provide excellent software journeys, offering a wide range of products and services, to our growing customer base. We are looking for a technical contributor who can apply the knowledge of tools, engineering principles, programming languages, and technical practices to produce well-crafted quality software. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an evolving and fast-paced team whereby you can leverage your knowledge and expertise working on a variety of technology stacks.

Your key responsibilities

Take ownership of delivery of stories, meeting all requirements without gold-plating. Write high-quality, testable code. Understand the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. Get code of all types into production - including new features, configuration changes, bug fixes and experiments - into production, or into the hands of users, safely, rapidly, and sustainably. Work autonomously in both group and individual projects, taking initiative in researching/problem solving and idea generation. Effectively manage stakeholder relationships by maintaining clear, proactive communication and ensuring alignment of project goals with business objectives. Follow established secure coding guidelines and understand the importance of always shifting left on security. Actively participate in team ceremonies, understanding their purpose and working towards getting the right value. Understand the business value and domain detail delivered by their team, with empathy for the end user. Apply various estimation techniques to predict the amount of effort required to develop or maintain software requirements. Support platforms and services in production, responding to change failures, and fixing issues. Ensure personal progress is visible, escalating in a timely and effective manner when blocked. Work with others to co-create and achieve a common goal. This includes learning, practising, techniques, and frameworks that foster collaborative working environments. Give and receive feedback. Demonstrate a positive impact on wider team engineering practices. Support peers and juniors. Actively take part in knowledge sharing activities and encourage others to do the same. Continuously look for ways to improve processes and ways of working.

Our Technology and Tools

C#/VB MVC Multi-tiered ASP.NET Web Application Partially hosted in Azure, including Azure Kubernetes, Application Insights, Azure API Management, Blob Storage Microservice architecture Latest versions of .Net Core (up to version 8) Latest versions of .Net Framework (up to version 4.8) Azure Dev Ops for repository and pipeline management GIT/TFS CI/CD SQL Agile Principles

Requirements:

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Essential Experience/Skills

Proven demonstratable experience working as a Software Engineer. Building, running, and supporting enterprise-scale web applications in production. Working within an agile environment. C# and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) MVC and ASP.NET web applications Writing comprehensive unit tests Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., SQL, MySQL) Strong problem-solving skills Knowledge of API development Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) Dev Ops

Desirable Experience

Azure Dev Ops Working with evolving architectures Cloud-native architecture (Azure, AWS or GCP) Knowledge of Azure Kubernetes and containerisation

Aptitudes

Drives to outcomes: focuses on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them. Able to execute plans through to action. Persistent to complete tasks and a strong commitment to take action that moves things along to ensure delivery of objectives.


Ownership and accountability: takes personal accountability and ownership for their work. This includes personal follow through, making and defending difficult decisions and trade-offs, removing blockers, driving collective progress.


Continuous improvement: advances by ongoing, incremental improvement through continuous learning, questioning the status quo and trying out creative and novel ideas. Shows curiosity and has a keen interest to drive learning for themselves and others.


Emotional Intelligence: recognizes, understands, and manages their own emotions and recognizes the emotions of others.


Teamworking - Demonstrates strong teamwork skills, by collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals and resolve challenges. Contributes to a positive team environment through open communication, mutual support, and a commitment to collective success.

Other information:

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Mission and Values

Our mission is to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of choice for the UK General Insurance Market. Our values are central to this vision, as they represent how we collaborate to continually deliver for our customers:



Accountability: We own our actions and shape our success on the results we deliver Innovation: We tackle challenges with fresh thinking and bold ideas Teamwork: We work together, recognising we can't do this without each other Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and mutual respect


We are looking for an individual who embraces our values in their actions, decisions, communications and processes to inspire positivity and, ultimately, exceptional performance.

Benefits package

Competitive salary depending on skills and experience Company pension Bonus opportunity Life assurance and critical illness cover Cycle to work scheme Perkbox - an exclusive platform offering a wide range of discounts and benefits Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme Opportunity for a more flexible approach to start, finish, and lunchtimes to allow you to better manage events outside of work Social clubs - whether you're into your cycling, crafts, or other hobbies, we have a number of groups at Open GI where individuals who enjoy the same pursuits can get together Wellbeing - wills at work scheme, employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders


Please note, this is a hybrid role requiring a minimum two days in-office attendance, at our

Worcester or Winchester office

, therefore we are looking for candidates who live within a 50 mile commutable distance to one of these offices.

To apply for this role please click the apply button and send us your covering letter and CV.