Software Developer

Hastings Insurance Services Limited; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital insurance provider is seeking a skilled software developer to maintain and enhance live pricing code, focusing on efficiency and accuracy. The ideal candidate will have strong coding skills, especially in Python, and be able to manage multiple deployments independently. This role offers a competitive salary, flexible hybrid working, and a variety of employee benefits including a performance bonus and mental wellbeing support.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible hybrid working

Competitive bonus scheme

Life assurance cover

Mental wellbeing programme

25 days annual leave

Health care cashback plans

Qualifications

• Experience in a software development role.
• Accuracy and detail-oriented programming required.
• Exposure to UK Motor Insurance industry is ideal, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, design, and enhance live pricing code.
• Manage deployments and develop tools for business reporting.
• Work autonomously and ensure accurate coding with quick turnarounds.

Skills

Strong coding skills

Proficiency in Python

Attention to detail

Ability to work autonomously

Experience with live pricing systems

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Overview

The overall aim is to help support the significant growth plans for Advantage Insurance and Hastings Direct, and help differentiate us by being data and analytics leaders in the UK general insurance market.

Responsibilities

• The primary focus of this role is to maintain, design and enhance live pricing code within our Alternative Pricing Department.
• This code runs thousands of times a day to provide live quotes to prospective customers online.
• Manage deployments per month and develop tools and reports to ensure code has desired effect from business perspective.
• Follow guidance from senior management regarding deployments and work autonomously with flexibility.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, confidence in coding required.
• Develop Python code and use GitHub; exposure ideal but can be taught on the job.
• Handle short deployment windows and quick turnaround times.
• Work accurately and independently with little supervision.
• Pre-existing knowledge of UK Motor Insurance industry ideal but not required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a software development role with strong coding skills.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Exposure to GitHub preferred.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple deployments.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with live pricing systems a plus.

Company

We are a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. We've made huge investments in our data and tech capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture. We're proud of the journey we're on as a company and know that our continued success will rely on the contribution of our talented colleagues. We provide insurance for over three million customers, but we know there's even bigger opportunity out there.

Equal Opportunity

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• Competitive bonus scheme (4Cs performance bonus).
• Financial wellbeing: life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, matched pension contributions up to 10%.
• Discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support.
• Mental wellbeing programme: thrive mental health app, colleague assistance programme 24/7, in-house mental health first aiders, support groups.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, option to buy/sell one week.
• Health care cashback plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities.
• Social events throughout the year.
• 4Cs principles: culture, customers, company, community.

Welcome to Hastings Direct - From our Group HR Director, Pam Angel.

We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we'll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.