Senior Software Engineer

Ki; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering insurance technology firm in Greater London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain robust web-based applications. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team and focus on developing Kotlin-based services. Candidates should possess strong software engineering principles and experience with server-side languages like C# .NET or JVM-based technologies. Experience in agile teams, preferably in the financial or insurtech sectors, is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Professional experience with a server-side language, ideally C# .NET or JVM based.
• Experience as a senior level engineer working across a modern web stack.
• Experience working in agile teams, following Scrum or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Build robust and scalable software for business critical, web-based applications.
• Develop new functionality in core Kotlin based services.
• Mentor and coach colleagues in both engineering and business domain subjects.

Skills

Strong software engineering principles

Experience with server-side language (C# .NET or JVM)

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure

Agile team experience

Tools

Maven

Git/Github

Jira

Job description

Who are we?👋

Look at the latest headlines and you will see something Ki insures. Think space shuttles, world tours, wind farms, and even footballers’ legs.

Ki’s mission is simple. Digitally disrupt and revolutionise a 335‑year‑old market. Working with Google and UCL, Ki has created a platform that uses algorithms, machine learning and large language models to give insurance brokers quotes in seconds, rather than days.

Ki is proudly the biggest global algorithmic insurance carrier. It is the fastest growing syndicate in the Lloyd's of London market, and the first ever to make $100m in profit in 3 years.

Ki’s teams have varied backgrounds and work together in an agile, cross‑functional way to build the very best experience for its customers. Ki has big ambitions but needs more excellent minds to challenge the status‑quo and help it reach new horizons.

Where you come in?

Our broker platform is the core technology crucial to Ki's success – allowing us to evolve underwriting intelligently and unlock massive scale. We're a multi-disciplined team, bringing together expertise in software and data engineering, full stack development, platform operations, algorithm research, and data science. Our squads focus on delivering high‑impact features – we favour a highly iterative, analytical approach.

What you will be doing: 🖋️

• Build robust and scalable software for business critical, web-based applications
• Design, build, test, document and maintain API’s and integrations
• Develop new functionality in our core Kotlin based services, working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Maintain several C# services, helping to migrate these to a new Kotlin based microservice architecture
• Ensure quality control using industry standard techniques such as automated testing, pairing, and code review

• Work with the Product team to understand end‑user requirements and translate them into an effective technical solution
• Document technical design and analysis work
• Assess current system architecture and identify opportunities for growth and improvement

• Build mock‑ups or prototypes to explore and troubleshoot new initiatives
• Explore new ideas and emerging technologies, develop prototypes quickly
• Uphold and advance the wider engineering team’s principles and ways of working
• Serve as a domain expert for one or more of Ki’s core technologies
• Mentor and coach colleagues in both engineering and business domain subjects

• Experience as a senior level engineer working across a modern web stack
• Strong software engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, ER modelling)
• Professional experience with a server‑side language, ideally C# .NET or JVM based
• Comfortable working with cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, familiar with standard logging and monitoring tools used to investigate issues
• Experience with continuous integration, or ideally, continuous delivery
• Strong familiarity with build tools (e.g. Maven) and version control tools (e.g. Git/Github)
• Experience working in agile teams, following Scrum or Kanban, participating in regular ceremonies including stand‑ups, planning, and retrospectives
• Experience using project management and workflow tools (e.g. Jira)
• Previous experience of software development in the financial markets, Fintech or Insurtech is preferable

What to expect during the recruitment process:

1. Initial recruiter screening call
2. Interview with hiring manager
3. Technical Interview (this may vary depending on the role)
4. Values Interview