Software Engineer

Brown & Brown UK; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday

Company pension

Flexible working

Funding for professional quals

Job summary

Brown & Brown UK is recruiting for a software engineer to work in a cross-functional squad in Borehamwood. You will contribute hands-on in building secure, reliable software with growing autonomy and collaborate across Product, Quality and engineering teams.

You will refine requirements, write automated tests, and participate in planning, stand-ups and reviews. The role emphasizes code quality, security, and continuous improvement in a shared, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Commercial development experience and practical capability.
• Understanding of testing, source control, CI/CD and secure coding.
• Interest in cloud engineering and Microsoft Azure.
• Collaborative communication style and pragmatic problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop front-end applications, APIs, services and integrations.
• Write clean, secure, maintainable and testable code.
• Refine requirements with Product, Quality and engineering teams.
• Create automated tests and contribute to quality in each change.
• Use Git, peer reviews and CI/CD pipelines to deploy safely.
• Participate in pairing, code reviews and collaborative problem solving.
• Own work through development, release and support with proactive help-seeking.
• Investigate defects and contribute to fixes and preventative improvements.

Skills

Commercial development

CI/CD understanding

Testing awareness

Collaborative problem solving

Tools

C#

ASP.NET

Azure

Entity Framework

Git

Job description

Brown & Brown (Europe) is building long-lived, product-led squads with end-to-end ownership of the services they create. You will work in a collaborative engineering environment that values practical delivery, automation, security, quality, learning and continuous improvement.

The day to day:

You will contribute hands-on within a cross-functional squad, building and supporting secure, reliable and maintainable software with growing autonomy.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop front-end applications, APIs, services and integrations.
• Write clean, secure, maintainable and testable code using agreed standards.
• Refine requirements and acceptance criteria with Product, Quality and engineering colleagues.
• Create automated tests and help build quality into each change.
• Use Git, peer review and CI/CD pipelines to build, test and deploy safely.
• Participate in pairing, code reviews and collaborative problem solving.
• Take part in planning, refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives, demos and showcases.
• Own assigned work through development, release and support, asking for help early.
• Investigate defects and contribute to fixes and preventative improvements.
• Use monitoring and logs to understand service behaviour.
• Maintain clear technical notes and support information.
• Seek feedback and contribute ideas that improve quality, security and automation.

How we work:

• Work in a long-lived, product-led and stream-aligned squad with clear service ownership.
• Follow a Build and Run model: design, build, test, deploy, monitor, support and improve squad-owned services.
• Use a transparent, prioritised backlog and deliver value incrementally through a regular agile cadence.
• Take part in planning, refinement, daily collaboration, reviews, retrospectives, demos and showcases.
• Use Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, including testing, security, documentation and operational readiness.
• Automate build, test, security assurance, deployment and repeatable environment activity wherever practical.
• Release in small, safe increments and use feedback and delivery data to improve.
• Work within shared architecture, cloud, security and platform guardrails.
• Use approved engineering and AI-assisted tools with appropriate security controls and human review.

Our technology environment:

• Backend: .NET, C#, APIs, Entity Framework Core, services and integrations.
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure, monitoring and platform guardrails.
• Practices: Automated testing, peer review, secure coding, pairing, test-first thinking and continuous refactoring.

About you:

• Commercial development experience or strong evidence of practical capability.
• Understanding of testing, source control, code review and CI/CD.
• Interest in Microsoft Azure and cloud engineering.
• Understanding of secure coding and maintainable design.
• A collaborative communication style and practical problem-solving approach.
• Willingness to contribute to Build and Run support.

How this role is distinct:

• Delivers engineering work with growing autonomy.
• Is supported by Senior Engineers and the Tech Lead.
• Contributes actively to squad quality, learning and improvement.

The rewards:

• A negotiable basic salary and all the usual benefits you would expect, including holiday and a company pension.
• A collaborative, open and honest environment designed to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and teammates.
• A flexible working
• An environment built around supporting and developing our teammates, with funding available for relevant professional qualifications.