Software Engineer

Overview Open GI West Midlands, England, United Kingdom Join to apply for the Software Engineer role at Open GI. Open GI is a leading software development company and a trusted partner to the general insurance industry. Based across the UK and Europe, our support and development services make us a diverse organization that offers a range of IT solutions to insurance brokers, insurers, and managing general agents. Our vision is to connect the insurance community through market-leading technology. We value diversity, equity and inclusion and foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative working culture. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic team where you can leverage modern technologies and contribute to scalable, high-availability software solutions. Position Here at Open GI we aim to give everyone the confidence to create market-leading technical solutions for our customers. Our products cater for high scale, high availability and high performance by leveraging cloud-native PaaS solutions. After recent investment we are expanding the Integrated Products team to support anticipated growth and continue to explore new technologies. You will be working on a very modern technology stack alongside colleagues who are committed to maturing and improving all areas within the product and software lifecycle. Your Key Responsibilities Work within the team to deliver high quality software to our customers Drive towards professional coding, lead colleagues by championing agreed coding standards Promote and facilitate communication Collaborate with the team and stakeholders to drive the continuous improvement of our Ratings platform Work closely with the team to drive comprehensive automated tests and performance tests Design, create and evolve applications to be scalable, maintainable, secure and aesthetic Our Technology and Tools Latest versions of .Net (up to version 8) Angular Azure Dev Ops for Pipeline management GIT Blazor MongoDB Microservice architecture Fully hosted in Azure including Service Fabric, WebApps, Datalake, Storage, EventHub, App Insights, DataBricks SignalR CI/CD Agile Principles Essential Requirements Proven professional experience in software development Experience working within a cross-functional delivery team Experience supporting software in a production environment Expertise in C# and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Expertise in WebAPI Expertise in Unit Testing Experience with relational databases (e.g., SQL, MySQL, SQLite) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) Experience of code review practices Experience in Web Development (HTML, CSS & JavaScript) Experience in at least one Agile Framework Desirable Experience with evolving architectures Experience with cloud-native architecture (Azure, AWS or GCP) 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) Interest in containerisation (Kubernetes / Docker) Experience of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) Other Information Mission and Values Our Mission Is To Be Both The Technology Partner And Employer Of Choice For The UK General Insurance Market. Our Values Are Central To This Vision, As They Represent How We Collaborate To Continually Deliver For Our Customers. 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 cant do this without each other Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and mutual respect We are looking for individuals who embrace our values in their actions, decisions, communications and processes to inspire positivity and exceptional performance. Benefits Competitive salary depending on skills and experience Company pension Bonus opportunity Life assurance and critical illness cover Cycle to work scheme Perkbox for discounts and benefits Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, increasing to 26 after three years, with a holiday purchase scheme Flexible start/finish times to accommodate events outside of work Social clubs and wellbeing initiatives including employee assistance program Please note: this is a hybrid role requiring a minimum two days in-office attendance at our Worcester Office; candidates should live within a 50-mile commute. How to apply To apply for this role please click the apply button and send your covering letter and CV. Job metadata Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Information Technology Industry: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr