Software Engineer

Company Description

Here at esure Group, we’re no strangers to change. As one of the industry leaders in the insurance business, striving to become a world class digital insurer, we’re getting ready for more. It’s creating great new opportunities for innovative and talented industry professionals to join us at a pivotal point in our development.

Join a dynamic cross-functional team dedicated to designing, building, and supporting innovative technical products and services that drive esure’s ambitious digital transformation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Collaborate as a key member of a high-performing Agile team, crafting the future of esure’s digital journey.
• Design and develop pioneering digital and technical products to improve the experience of our customers and business partners
• Help define the technical direction for the products you support, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Write secure, tested, and high-quality code that performs at scale.
• Participate in second-line support for applications and platforms, including occasional out-of-hours support.
• Contribute to the rollout of our Enterprise Agile approach and support esure’s ongoing transformation journey.
• Proactively find opportunities to improve technical quality, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt.
• Continuously improve ways of working by challenging existing processes and proposing innovative solutions.
• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and foster collaboration across teams and departments.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience as a developer in a scaled Agile environment, ideally working with delivery partners and third-party applications.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot is essential. Familiarity with the Spring Framework and tools like Apache Kafka is a bonus.
• Knowledge of finical billing domains / systems
• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, database programming, and event streaming in a cloud-based environment. Full-stack development experience is beneficial but not essential.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts in a way that’s clear and engaging for non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in applying standard methodologies in code quality, such as continuous integration, unit testing, and peer reviews.
• Eagerness to research and adopt new programming tools and techniques quickly.
• Experience developing and scaling high-traffic websites or critically important business systems.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks, especially BDD frameworks, is a plus.
• Previous experience working with core insurance billing platforms, such as the EIS insurance platform, is advantageous but not mandatory.

What We Offer:

• Opportunities to work on meaningful projects that directly impact our customers and drive innovation within the insurance industry.
• A collaborative, Agile-focused environment where your voice is valued, and your ideas can make a difference.
• Access to learning and development resources to encourage your growth and career progression.

This is your opportunity to shape our game-changing journey and be part of something truly special! And to top it off, here are some perks to life at esure…

• A competitive salary that recognises your skills and potential
• A bonus scheme that celebrates your contribution to esure’s success
• Discounts on our insurance products, for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 flex days to be taken as and when suits you
• Benefits just for you: our hub – My Benefits Box – is loaded with perks to choose from, so you can build a personal toolkit to support your health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and finances.
• Grow your career with us: whatever your goals, we’ll support you with hands-on training, mentoring, a LinkedIn Learning licence, access to our exclusive Academies, regular career conversations, and expert partner resources from the likes of Women in Data and Women in Tech.
• Join our communities: our networks give you the chance to connect, learn and share with like-minded colleagues across the business – for work and play. So, it’s no surprise our people consistently rate ‘making friends at work’ one of the highest scorers in our colleague engagement survey
• More flexibility for you: we’re a proud supporter of the ABI’s Make Flexible Work campaign and welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need.
• Live a healthy lifestyle: we offer lots of support, so you feel like the best version of yourself – like specialist advice through our employee assistance programme, wellbeing classes, access to the My Health Advantage app, our Big Team Challenge, and learning sessions on topics like menopause.
• A helping hand to do your bit for a greener and safer world: driving good in the world couldn’t be more important to us. That’s why we encourage colleagues to use volunteering days to support their local communities and have lots of initiatives to help you live a greener lifestyle.
• Everyday appreciation: praise from your colleagues means the world! Our social recognition tool makes it easy to give colleagues the praise they deserve, and you could even be shortlisted for a company-wide ACE Award.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.