[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer 2 @AIOI NISSAY DOWA INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (ANDIM)

Role Description

As a Senior Software Engineer 2, you will be a core contributor to delivering our products and solutions, with the opportunity to lead projects end-to-end. You'll set the bar for engineering excellence, mentor those around you, and step into line management as the team grows.

• Key contributor to the development, testing and maintenance of Lab projects, products and initiatives.
• Deliver robust, maintainable and operationally viable software and infrastructure, typically using our core stack: React, Typescript, Material UI, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS.
• Work with internal colleagues (ML Engineers, ML Scientists, Product Managers etc) and external project partners to understand technical requirements, constraints and delivery priorities.
• Use code review, pair programming, mentoring and other methods to support other engineers and champion best practices.
• Troubleshoot technical, data and integration issues arising during development and deployment.
• Drive the development and improvement of internal tooling, engineering standards, reusable frameworks and deployment practices across the Lab.
• Communicate technical trade-offs, risks and progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Take on a Technical Lead role when necessary, leading a team of engineers to deliver excellent results within agreed timescales.
• Take on Line Manager duties when necessary, with regular syncs to provide advice, mentoring, pastoral care and continuous feedback, with an annual performance review cycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial software experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering or another relevant STEM discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Familiarity with our core stack, with strong experience in at least 2 components: Python, Typescript, Relational databases, APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Kubeflow, AWS.
• Strong core software engineering and DevOps skills, including CI/CD, Version control, containerisation and cloud deployment.
• Knowledgeable on engineering best practices and comfortable with producing clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Comfortable with code review and giving clear, actionable, constructive feedback to others.
• Highly effective when working in a remote-first, iterative agile environment.
• Experience working across the lifecycle from experimentation and prototyping through to integration and operationalisation.
• Ability to work effectively in technically complex and ambiguous environments involving multiple stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues and trade-offs clearly to non-specialists.

Requirements

• Experience architecting and designing complex distributed software systems for cloud environments.
• Experience developing and deploying machine learning, AI or data-driven systems in production or near-production settings.
• Technical Lead and/or Line Manager experience.

Benefits

• Recognised as the Best Large Insurance Employer for 2023 at the prestigious British Insurance Awards.
• Unmatched Work-Life Balance.
• Competitive Salaries and Benefits Package.
• Up to 28 Days annual leave with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday.
• Healix Private Medical Insurance Options.
• 3 x Annual Salary Life Assurance.
• Health and Well-being Support: Including money back on health expenses (optician, dental, physio), free flu jab voucher, 24/7 virtual GP service, employee assistance programme, and enhanced family-friendly policies (e.g. £200 baby bonus).
• Financial and Lifestyle Benefits: Offers £250 towards driving lessons, interest-free season ticket loan, cycle scheme with discounts, Wagestream for financial flexibility, and pension advisory services for retirement planning.