Software Engineer - Insurance at Utility Warehouse

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

06 Mar, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Golang, Event-Sourced Architecture, Kafka, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, Software Maintenance, Microservices, System Reliability, Scalability Optimization, Task Queue Modernization, Agent Script Enhancement, Migration, Billing Automation, Customer Communication Management, Monitoring

Industry

Utilities

Description

Company Description Hi! We're UW. We’re on a mission to take the headache out of utilities by providing them all in one place. One bill for energy, broadband, mobile and insurance and a whole lot of savings! We’re aiming to double in size as we help more people to stop wasting time and money. Big ambitions, to be delivered by people like you. Got your attention? Read on... We put people first. It’s all about you.. We are looking for a collaborative problem-solver who thrives in a team environment and can design robust, high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate has a strong background in software maintenance and microservices. Technical Skills & Experience: Golang proficiency. Event-sourced architecture experience. Hands-on experience with Kafka, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Terraform. Ability to optimise scalable insurance products while ensuring system reliability. We work together. Your team and the people you will work with... You will join the Insurance team, a small and mighty group of front-end and back-end engineers. We operate in small, fully autonomous teams with real ownership over products including Home Insurance, Boiler, and Home Emergency Cover. Our mission is to support over 110k live policies using the best tools available, centered around an event-driven architecture. We deliver progress. What you’ll do and how you will make an impact. As a Software Engineer, you will play an essential role in maintaining and developing UW's insurance products through close collaboration with product managers and fellow engineers. Your Responsibilities: Modernise technology used for managing task queues. Enhance agent scripts to drive efficiency and effectiveness. Perform migrations to transition third-party software to our internal infrastructure. Automate billing processes to ensure high accuracy. Improve customer communications management and ownership. Develop and deploy new features in microservices with full monitoring and alerting enabled. So why pick UW? We’ve got big ambitions so there’s going to be plenty of challenges. There are also a lot of benefits: An industry benchmarked salary. We’ll share it during your first conversation. Share Options and a Save as You Earn scheme. Flexible working - remote-first with access to hot desks across the UK and a central London hub. Work-from-anywhere policy for up to 2 weeks per year. Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker. Discount on our services and you get our coveted Cashback Card for free. You’ll also get access to 100s of rewards and discounts through Perkbox. A matched contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x your salary. You can also access free mortgage advice and a financial wellbeing tool. Family-friendly policies, designed to help you and your family thrive. Discounted private health insurance, access to an Employee Assistance line and a free Virtual GP. Our wellbeing app Unmind supports your mental health. Belonging groups that help UW shape an even more inclusive future. A commitment to helping you develop your career journey through learning, coaching and new experiences. Apply here! You’ve got this far... Hit apply - we can’t wait to hear from you! Worried you don’t hit all the criteria? We welcome applications from diverse and varied backgrounds so get your application in and let’s chat! Martyna Zbyszewska will be your point of contact throughout the recruitment process. Additional Information Not sure you meet all the requirements? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs if they think they may not meet every qualification, when in fact they often do. We provide equal opportunities, a diverse and inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Please don’t be afraid to ask about what we can do to support your needs. All requests will be carefully and fairly considered. Please note, if you are successful and offered a role at UW, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment. Employment Status: Full-Time

Responsibilities

The Software Engineer will maintain and develop UW's insurance products by collaborating closely with product managers and fellow engineers. Key tasks include modernizing technology for task queues, enhancing agent scripts, automating billing, and developing new microservice features with full monitoring.