Virtual jobs in Grande-Bretagne

Apollo is a specialised independent (re)insurer, established in 2009, to deliver top-tier products and services to clients, brokers, and capital partners at Lloyd’s. The name “Apollo” was inspired by the achievements of one of its founding investors, Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon in 1969. Together with Jim Hays, Neil identified an opportunity to create a unique service provider within Lloyd’s.

Since its inception, Apollo has significantly broadened its portfolio of insurance solutions. This includes Apollo 1969’s traditional and specialty lines, ibott 1971’s innovative sharing economy products, and managing agency services at Lloyd’s through our Platform Partner Syndicates. Today, Apollo continues to grow with a team of 300 professionals dedicated to fulfilling the company’s mission of enabling a resilient and sustainable world.

“We attract and retain a diverse range of talent by fostering an inclusive, equitable team environment where individuals from all backgrounds have opportunities to grow, succeed, and contribute. We empower our teams to achieve excellence and drive forward‑thinking solutions, aiming to enable a resilient and sustainable world.” - David Ibeson, Group CEO

Apollo is strengthening its engineering capability as we continue to modernise our digital estate. As Lead Application Engineer, you will take a central role in shaping how applications are designed, built, and supported across Apollo. You will combine technical expertise with leadership, guiding standards, influencing technology choices, and ensuring teams deliver secure, scalable, high‑quality solutions.

You will work across application architecture, engineering best practice, modern delivery methods, and cloud‑native development. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will define engineering patterns, improve tooling and automation, and enable consistent, reliable, well‑designed applications that support Apollo’s growth.

• Define the technical vision for application engineering, ensuring robust standards and clear architectural direction.
• Lead design and development of scalable frameworks, APIs, integration models, and user experiences.
• Review and approve complex technical designs, supporting delivery teams with planning, estimation, and best practice.
• Champion automation, secure coding, observability, and performance optimisation across all applications.
• Mentor Application Engineers and support recruitment, onboarding, and development of talent within the team.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Digital Leads, and stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
• Strengthen governance, lifecycle management, reliability, and resilience across the application estate.
• Identify opportunities to improve tooling, architecture, and engineering practices; reduce technical debt; and enhance automation.

• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining secure and well‑documented software in regulated environments; both hands‑on and in leadership roles.
• Extensive experience with .NET/C#, React, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL.
• Proven ability in designing and delivering cloud‑native applications using IaC techniques such as Terraform.
• Strong experience building and operating API‑driven architectures.
• Proficiency with containerisation technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of application security, identity management, and performance optimisation.
• Experience mentoring or leading engineers with strong communication, collaboration, and influence.
• Understanding of integration architecture and data modelling.
• Experience improving and maturing engineering practices.

Our compensation package is designed to attract top talent. In addition to a fair and attractive salary, this role offers a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive range of benefits, including 31 days of annual leave, a non‑contributory pension and private medical insurance.

Apollo is a growing and diverse team of empowered and passionate experts who focus on bringing innovation, data‑driven decision making and collaboration to every relationship and every risk. To meet the needs of a demanding global insurance market, we need a diverse workforce that truly understands the international communities we serve.

That is why we’re focused on developing diverse talent at every level; inclusion and diversity means more to us than just chasing a target and we are committed to supporting and celebrating difference. Our people are at the heart of our business which is why we value the diversity of thought and talent of every member of our team.

We offer a range of support and run a programme of events and training that recognise the challenges and opportunities relating to diversity.

At Apollo, hybrid and flexible working is fully embraced and we do not see the benefit of presenteeism. We understand that no two colleagues are alike, and as such we support the ability to remain agile and achieve a home and work balance to best suit business and personal commitments.

Apollo are committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive recruitment experience for everyone. Our process includes both virtual (Microsoft Teams) and in‑person interviews. If there’s anything we can do to make your experience more comfortable or accessible, please let us know.

You can use the following link to share any adjustments or support you may need in advance or on the day: Clear Talents.

Thank you! To find out more about our values, ESG strategy and commitment to inclusion please click on the ‘Life at Apollo’ pack.