Software Engineer

INSTANDA is the world's first no code platform for Insurance. A pioneering Insurtech, we’re revolutionising the insurance industry by offering insurers a versatile tool to create, manage, and distribute digital insurance products. Our innovative technology empowers insurance carriers to adapt swiftly to market demands and navigate the evolving landscape. Our Technology is consistently recognised as the best policy administration platform for innovative insurers, winning awards in both the UK and US.

INSTANDA has grown significantly in recent years and we are now a team of 200+ employees globally, with partnerships that operate worldwide. We’re continuing to grow our business and our DevOps team is at the forefront of our growth plans.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Engineering Department is responsible for designing, developing, and testing the INSTANDA platform. All our applications are designed and developed in-house and hosted on Microsoft Azure.

INSTANDA is an innovative platform, where our engineers collaborate, develop, and test new features, using the latest technologies. The majority of our developers are full-stack, with some specialising in UI and databases. If performance or security are your thing you will find a place for them here too!

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Reporting to a Dev Lead, we are looking to hire an experienced smart and technically savvy Software Engineer to join our growing Software Engineering team with a passion for software development and building great products to work on our platform. You will be working as part of an agile team, building an industry changing SaaS platform using the latest technologies.

This role is UK based, primarily remote working with some travel required to our London Office.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

What you will do:

• Develop and unit test software to a high standard.
• Collaborate with the wider development team to deliver customer solutions.
• Develop new features for our platform.
• Improve existing functionality.
• Consistently advocating high quality of code.

Essential:

Technical Skills:

• C# .NET
• ASP .NET MVC
• LINQ and Entity Framework/LINQ to SQL
• Web-based languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• SQL Server
• Web APIs, e.g. REST
• Source control management, e.g. Git/ Azure/ Azure DevOps
• Unit tests, e.g. XUnit
• OOP and SOLID principles

Behavioural Skills:

• Proactive self-starter, who can work with minimal supervision
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and handle competing deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with OWASP would be advantageous

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Generous 28 days holiday allowance, in addition to public holidays.
• For every year of service you complete, we’ll give you an additional day of holiday (max. 5 days)
• One Dynamic Day per month on top of your holiday allowance to spend time doing the things you want to do or simply catching up with life admin.
• Freedom Pass work up to 4 weeks of the year from anywhere.
• FlexiBank you decide when to use your public holiday allocation.
• Hybrid Working approach varying with the nature of your role.
• Life cover; income protection and participation in the company pension scheme
• All employees are included in the company discretionary bonus scheme
• £100 per month to put towards wellness activities.
• Annual learning & development allowance of £1,250
• Free access to LinkedIn learning and Microsoft ESI learning platform

Additional Information:

Our company was built by looking at the world through a different lens and our culture today reflects that by encouraging you to be yourself, speak your mind, and share your opinions. We want people who want to push themselves, be part of something great, and be prepared to challenge if they think there is a better way. Collaboration sits at the heart of how we operate, it has fueled our growth enormously and our aim to be ‘world class.

We want everyone to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process; if you require any additional adjustments please let us know.

INSTANDA has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. INSTANDA does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly.