Software Engineer

• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Translate application storyboards and user stories into functional applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, devise solutions
• Help maintain code quality, organisation and automation
• Collaborate with other Scrum team members
• Actively contribute to our developer community
• Actively contribute to a continually improving Agile software development framework

• Typically, 2-3 years of software development experience
• Working Experience supporting software in a production environment
• Working Experience in C# and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Experience in Java
• Experience in Web Service Development
• Working experience in databases
• Working experience of code review practices

Desirable

• Experience in Unit Testing
• Working experience in at least one Agile Framework
• Working experience in Web Development (HTML, CSS & JavaScript)
• Experience of Gradle
• Experience working with Agile Programming methods
• Working knowledge of GIT usages and pull request etiquette
• Working knowledge in JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Svelte, Vue, AngularJS, Knockout)

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience
• Company pension
• Bonus opportunity
• Life assurance and critical illness cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Perkbox - an exclusive platform offering a wide range of discounts and benefits
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme
• Opportunity for a more flexible approach to start, finish, and lunchtimes to allow you to better manage events outside of work
• Social clubs - whether you’re into your cycling, crafts, or other hobbies, we have a number of groups at Open GI where individuals who enjoy the same pursuits can get together
• Wellbeing - wills at work scheme, employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders

It is our vision to connect the insurance community through market-leading technology. Our people are placed at the heart of this, and diversity, equity and inclusion are central to everything we do.

We know the key to achieving success is to enable a positive, inclusive, and collaborative working culture, and, as part of our commitment, we have signed up for a number of pledges and programmes designed to support and nurture our people.

No matter where you sit or which team you are a part of, we want you to know that you contribute in helping us to shape where the company will be in the future. We would love for each employee to be able to talk with pride about our company and, most importantly, consider Open GI to be an inclusive, fun and fulfilling place to work.

An overview of the role

Here at Open GI we want to give everyone the confidence to create market leading technical solutions for our customers.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic dedicated team whereby you can leverage your knowledge and expertise working on a technology stack which spans C# and Java applications. You’ll be working alongside some great individuals that want to mature and improve all areas within the product and the software lifecycle., It is our mission to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of Choice to the UK General Insurance market. Our people are placed at the heart of this and diversity, equality and inclusion are central to everything we do.

• Accountability: We own our actions and shape our success on the results we deliver
• Innovation: We tackle challenges with fresh thinking and bold ideas
• Teamwork: We work together, recognising we can’t do this without each other
• Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and mutual respect

We are looking for an individual who embraces our values in their actions, decisions, communications and processes to inspire positivity and, ultimately, exceptional performance.