Full Stack Software Engineer-.Net, Angular, Azure

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the reinsurance sector is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join their Technology team. This role involves designing and developing innovative web-based software solutions, enhancing existing products, and ensuring best practices in coding. You will work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges and make a significant impact on the organization. The position promises growth and an opportunity to lead in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance up to 10x salary

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Three fully paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of application development.
• Significant experience with RESTful APIs.
• Ability to work across multiple product domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software products in a senior capacity.
• Conduct code reviews and provide coaching to colleagues.
• Enhance existing products for cloud native deployment.

Skills

C#

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Angular

RxJS

SQL

Git

Agile

Problem Solving

Tools

AzureDevOps

Webpack

Job description

Introduction

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Join Gallagher Re's Technology team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of one of the world's largest reinsurance brokerages! As a key player in one of our teams you'll have the exciting opportunity to design, create, test, and deploy cutting-edge web-based software products that drive our business forward.

In this exciting role, you'll not only build world-class software solutions but also lead the charge in implementing best practices that keep our code base at the forefront of industry standards. You'll be at the heart of innovation, crafting ingenious solutions to complex technical challenges that span our entire organisation.

With a focus on embedding security, performance, and accessibility into everything you do, you'll have the power to transform the daily experiences of colleagues across Gallagher Re. This is your chance to stretch your skills, tackle stimulating problems, and collaborate with talented colleagues, all while delivering exceptional outcomes for our business. Embrace the opportunity to grow both individually and as part of a team, and make a real impact in a role that promises excitement and growth at every turn!

How you'll make an impact

• Designing and developing all aspects of software products for use across Gallagher Re, in a senior capacity, taking ownership for large/complex applications across the full development lifecycle
• Enhancing and refactoring existing products using the latest versions of .net, and optimising for cloud native deployment
• Providing coaching and training to colleagues across the organisation
• Conducting code reviews of work carried out across the team
• Supporting the development and application of consistent standards and patterns across the team and wider business
• Conducting performance and security tests against new and existing codebases
• Analysing high level requirements and creating appropriate tasks for development
• Consulting with BAs, designers, QA’s etc to ensure the best quality software possible is created
• Creating appropriate unit tests for existing and new code
• Recommending evolutions to development methodologies and implementing as appropriate as part of our continuous improvement culture
• Working with 2nd line support function to troubleshoot, fix and refactor issues in live systems

About you

• Detailed knowledge of all aspects of application development, including C#, HTML, CSS and JavaScript with an emphasis on development using the Angular framework and the RxJS library.
• Significant experience creating and interacting with RESTful APIs via C# and Javascript interfaces
• Solid knowledge of SQL Server, interacting via ORMs and SQL stored procedures
• Experience working with bundlers such as Webpack
• Knowledge and experience across the following:
  • Design patterns
  • CI and deployment using AzureDevOps or similar tooling
  • Git version control
  • Agile development using Scrum
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills
• Ability to work across multiple, complex product domains

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.