Senior Developer

at  Auto General Insurance

ABOUT US

At Auto & General (A&G), we provide smarter products and solutions to safeguard our customers in their time of need. Our range of general insurance products protect customers on the road, at home and on holiday with various Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents, Pet and Travel Insurance products as well as Roadside Assistance.
Our culture of ‘ high performance with high integrity’ underpins our values and the way we interact with our customers, the community and each other. We’re excited about the future and we’re always on the lookout for talented, passionate individuals who can help us achieve our goal of being Australia’s best insurer! If this sounds like you, apply today.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design and develop free format RPG code to implement the goals of the sprint and deliver value to our business partners.
• Contribute to the design and development of our modern API servicing customer data stored in the iSeries database.
• Take ownership of the product, contribute improvement and innovation ideas.
• Work closely with front-end developers in the cross functional team to provide REST APIs in different interfacing languages.
• Enhance and build upon the business rules in an Object Oriented implementation.
• Contribute to best practice testing across unit, integration and end to end tests.
• Attention to detail for the integrity of customer data while exposing interactions in online and consultant facing applications.
• Work within a cross functional Scrum team. Participate in all Scrum ceremonies such as planning, estimating and retrospectives. Contribute to the continuous improvement of team processes.Participate in support and deployment activities as required.

WHAT EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• 5 + years proven commercial experience in modern RPG development;
• Excellent knowledge and experience in OOP.
• Excellent knowledge of free format RPG and embedded DB2 SQL.
• Excellent knowledge of modernization of legacy code bases to enhance performance.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design and development.
• Experience using RDi and Aldon.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as New Relic.
• Knowledge of XML and JSON.
• Ability to work in the Atlassian suite of products: JIRA, Confluence and Bitbucket.
• Source code management preferred.
• Experience building highly available and reliable server side code.
• Ability to write and maintain detailed technical documentation.
• A background in financial services applications is an advantage.

OUR PERKS

• Location –Our head office is conveniently based in Toowong Village shopping centre – a city fringe location with access to retail, restaurants, various parking options and public transport. We also have office locations in Kawana (Sunshine Coast) and North Lakes – we are happy to consider applications from people wanting to work in these locations
• Extra leave - Enjoy additional leave days on us! You’ll receive a paid ‘ME’ day and one paid volunteer leave day annually. Team members can also purchase up to two additional weeks of leave per year.
• Paid parental leave - We support our new parents with paid parental leave and other benefits.
• Workplace giving - If you’re passionate about a cause, then we are too – we offer workplace giving and we’ll dollar match your donations to registered charities.
• Development opportunities - We’re championing your development with internal programs and access to a wide range of online courses.
• Employee discounts - You’ll receive discounts on Budget Direct insurance products.
• Reward and recognition - We reward high performance with employee recognition, reward and incentive schemes.
• Onsite facilities - There’s excellent end-of-trip facilities on offer and private spaces for nursing mothers.
• Get social - Join our vibrant social and community activities including annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events across each of our sites.
• Perks App - Access to an employee benefits and discounts app called ‘Perks’ offering your great discounts, offers and programs across a range of areas.
• WFH - Technology offer two days WFH and three days in the office
  If you are seeking a new challenge and would enjoy the opportunity to work in a growing and changing business, click on the APPLY NOW button and submit your application.

This role is a key RPG development role, supporting the best claims experience for Auto and General’s customers. You’ll be building and supporting applications to provide our customers with an optimal motor claims experience, and you’ll be developing and maintaining highly available and reliable APIs that are business critical.