Full Stack Software Engineer

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance technology company seeks a Full Stack Software Engineer to join its dynamic team. The role involves using a modern tech stack to enhance development practices and deliver exceptional customer outcomes. Ideal candidates will have experience in various programming languages, Agile methodologies, and a collaborative mindset. The position offers a competitive salary around £70,000, plus bonuses and comprehensive benefits, in a flexible working environment with locations across the UK.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity of 10%

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares

Flexible benefits including cycle to work

Paid volunteering days

Support for well-being

Qualifications

• Experience developing across multiple programming languages.
• Well-versed in modern development practices.
• Take pride in delivering quality outputs.
• Confidence to share ideas on new solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent customer outcomes through ongoing development.
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve development standards.
• Use modern tech stack and contribute to continuous delivery.

Skills

Experience with multiple programming languages

Agile development practices

DevOps experience

Familiarity with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

Ability to deliver quality outputs consistently

Collaborative mindset

Tools

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Docker

GitHub Actions

AWS services

Go

Job description

Full Stack Software Engineer

Salary: circa £70,000

Locations: Manchester/ Perth/ Norwich/ Bristol

Do you like working with the latest technology and are interested in enhancing your tech abilities? We are currently recruiting for a Software Engineer with a strong programming background, who love to be hands-on and get enjoyment out of solving complex problems. If you like to challenge the status quo and think differently, we would really like you to be a part of our exciting new team.

A bit about the job

Aviva Zero is a greenfield Personal Lines insurer set with the ambition to be the best in the UK market. It will combine the pace, focus, and test & learn mentality of a start-up with the expertise, and financial backing of Aviva.

As a Software Engineer, you will work with Product Owners, SMEs and the rest of the team to deliver excellent and timely customer outcomes through continuous development and delivery. You will use your experience to contribute improvements to development standards and practices to increase the quality and efficiency of delivery.

We work with a modern tech stack, and while experience with some of these technologies is beneficial, it’s not essential; our UI tools include TypeScript, React, Next.js, HTML/CSS, Docker, GitHub Actions and AWS services such as CDK, ECS, ALB and VPC, while our API environment includes Go, REST, CDK, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge and S3 within a serverless, event‑driven architecture, and our platform technologies are built primarily on Go, CDK and AWS

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Experience developing across a wide variety of programming languages with an appetite to learn and implement new languages such as Go
• Well-versed in modern development practices including Agile and continuous deployments, DevOps and either AWS, Azure or Google cloud
• You take pride in your work and delivery quality outputs at every step of a project
• You appreciate the bigger picture, you are confident to contribute your ideas to the team on new technologies, solutions, and delivery approaches
• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, working through challenges with colleagues whilst having fun along the way

What you’ll get for this role

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary circa £70,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

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