Tech Lead Developer

Acorn Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Tech Lead Developer, providing technical leadership for innovative insurance products. You will leverage your full stack expertise in C# and React to guide a talented development team in delivering quality software solutions. This opportunity promises growth in a supportive and inclusive environment with comprehensive training and motivating benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days

16 weeks full maternity pay

Colleague Assistance programme

Flexible benefits platform

Qualifications

• Experience leading a development team.
• Strong knowledge of C#, .NET Core, React.
• Experience with unit and integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to developers.
• Ensure quality code is delivered.
• Contribute to scrum meetings and sprint planning.

Skills

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Full stack development

React

C#

.NET Core

Micro-service understanding

Unit testing

Integration testing

SQL/SQL Server

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

Job description

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About the Role:

Providing technical leadership to one of our product-based development squads you’ll be responsible for delivering one of Acorn’s market leading specialist insurance products.

Role: Tech Lead Developer

Location: Liverpool

About the Role:

Providing technical leadership to one of our product-based development squads you’ll be responsible for delivering one of Acorn’s market leading specialist insurance products.

You should have strong full stack development knowledge in React and C# (.NET 8) to enable you to lead the development of software in one of our existing front-end technologies.

You’ll need to be strong team leader and problem solver, keen to continuously learn and adapt.

What you will be doing:

• Cutting quality code built to specification
• Providing technical leadership to developers in your squad
• Providing technical guidance to product managers, project manager and business analysts
• Writing unit and integration tests
• Contributing to daily scrum meetings
• Demonstrating your working software
• Contributing to sprint planning with tasks and estimations
• Being part of the wider Acorn development community
  
  
  

Ideal Tech Lead Skills & Experience:

• Experience of leading a small team of developers/scrum team
• C#
• .NET Core plus knowledge of Framework
• Web API experience
• Micro-service experience/understanding
• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• SQL/SQL Server
• React
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
  
  
  

It would be very beneficial to have experience of some of the following technologies and patterns:

• Clean Architecture
• Mediator Pattern
• MassTransit
• General experience in highly data intensive applications
• Keycloak
  
  
  

About Acorn Insurance

With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.

At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.

The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.

Why Acorn Insurance?

Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include:

Wellbeing:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
• Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
• Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
  

• 6 Free Counselling sessions per year
• Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
• Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
• Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
  
  
  

Financial:

• A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
• Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
• Company pension scheme
• Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
• Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
• Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
  
  
  

Reward, Recognition and Culture:

• Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
• A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
• Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
• Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
  
  
  

All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard.

Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships.

At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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