Senior Full Stack Developer

at  Auto General Insurance

ABOUT US

Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest growing major Motor and Home insurer in Australia. We provide insurance products and solutions to safeguard a brighter future for our customers, delivered through our multi award-winning brand Budget Direct and partnerships with leading brands - ING, Qantas and Virgin Money.
Our range of general insurance products protect customer’s most valued possessions 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.

WHAT EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Essential:

• At least 5+ years of Software Development or relevant industry experience
• Excellent knowledge of modern front-end architecture
• Excellent knowledge of Angular 2+, JavaScript (ES 2015+) and Typescript
• Deep knowledge of and adherence to software application security implications for web applications (e.g., OWASP)
• Working knowledge of Java
• Working knowledge of Spring Boot and Spring Cloud Microservices frameworks
• Proficient in SQL and ORM technologies
• Experience with technical documentation, including high-level and low-level designs, UML diagrams, user guides and system documentation
• Experience using and configuring application and system monitoring tools
• Experience with AWS Developer Tools and ecosystem, as well as Cloud deployment with Docker
• Adherence to, and application of software application security standards
• Ability to work in the Atlassian suite of products. JIRA, Confluence and Bitbucket

Advantageous:

• Familiarity with other modern web frameworks such as NgRx, React, or Vue
• Understanding of security implications for web applications (OWASP)
• Experience in or knowledge of GitLab DevOps Platform
• 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 - 2 days WFH, 3 days in 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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This role is a key Development role building out the best digital online experience for Auto and General’s customers. You will be building out applications to allow customers to buy and manage their policies online. Also contributing to the development of internal applications used by our staff to support the business operations.
The role will be working in one of several cross functional agile teams, supported by a product owner and Scrum master. All software is delivered via agile teams and deployed via a modern DevOps/CI pipeline to AWS. This role will be involved in developing software that covers both our Front-End applications as well as supporting and building out our Java Microservices deployed on AWS that are business critical.
This role will be working within a large team, consisting of developers, testers and agile practitioners in one of Auto and General’s three fantastic locations of Toowong, Kawana or North Lakes.

THE ROLE

• Design and develop fit-for-purpose solutions to achieve sprint goals and deliver value to our business partners.
• Leverage your experience to lead solution designs and development of our modern architecture.
• Help build out our CI/CD pipeline and AWS deployment infrastructure.
• Take ownership of the product, contribute improvement and innovation ideas.
• Establish and own best practice testing across unit, integration and end to end tests.
• Work collaboratively within a cross functional Agile team, contributing to development, deployment and support activities as required.
• Perform other reasonable and relevant activities as requested from time to time to meet operational requirements