Software Engineer - Insurance

Utility Warehouse

1d•Remote

About The Position

UW is on a mission to simplify utilities by offering energy, broadband, mobile, and insurance all in one place, aiming to double in size. The company prioritizes its people and seeks a collaborative problem-solver capable of designing robust, high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in software maintenance and microservices.

Requirements

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.

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.

Benefits

Competitive salary: We benchmark against the industry and will share the salary openly during our first conversation.
Performance bonus: An annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%.
Flexible working: We’re a remote-first business.
Work-life balance: We offer an optional four-day working week (90% pay for 90% impact).
Work from anywhere: You can work abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year.
Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays (increasing with tenure), with the option to trade up to five days each year.
UW discounts: Save on our services and get a free Cashback Card.
Future planning: Matched-contribution pension scheme and life assurance (up to 4x salary).
Family first: Policies designed to help you and your family thrive.
Flexible benefits: An allowance for private health insurance, dental insurance, or gym membership.
Sabbaticals: An eight-week paid sabbatical after four years of service.
Growth: A dedicated learning and development budget and bi-annual promotion cycles.
Inclusion: Join belonging groups that help shape our culture.
Events: Company-wide celebrations including the ‘Great Big Get Together’ and our ‘Good Hearted Go-Getter Awards’.