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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 mission to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of Choice to the UK General Insurance market. Our people are placed at the heart of this and diversity, equality 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
This is an exciting position with the opportunity to design and develop Open GIs Digital products in a cross-functional software development squad. As a Lead Software Engineer, youll be given a platform to mentor other engineers and hone your own skills on a pathway to becoming Technical Lead.
Your key responsibilities
- Writing high-quality, testable code
- Playing a lead role in delivering features and improvements to production
- Documenting architecture decisions and being actively involved in the tribes architectural governance
- Providing advice and feedback on proposed architecture and design decisions
- Coaching and mentoring the squads software engineers
- Leading by example to help build a high-performance team culture
- Supporting platforms and services in production, responding to change failures and fixing issues
- Improving customer outcomes
Experience
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Java developer/software engineer
- Building and running enterprise-scale web applications in production
- Leading the development of systems and/or major new features in Java
Skills
- Coding in Java
- Refactoring
- Design patterns in Java
- SQL database development
- Training and mentoring colleagues
- Secure coding practices
- Effective communication
- Debugging and problem diagnosis
- Technical decision making
- Estimation
Other Information
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 cant do this without each other
- Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and 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
- Salary of circa £57,000 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 youre 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 in-office attendance at our
Worcester office twice a week , therefore we are looking for candidates who live within a commutable distance to this office.
To apply for this role please click the apply button and send us your covering letter and CV.
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