Staff Software Engineer

Tempcover Ltd; City of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance technology company in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to modernize large-scale systems and drive automation in a hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate has strong proficiency in Golang and AWS services, and a passion for mentoring junior engineers. This role offers competitive compensation, a discretionary bonus, and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

10% discretionary yearly bonus

Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%

Work-from-home budget

25 days holiday plus 2 days 'My Time'

Private medical cover

Learning and training budget

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Golang and AWS services.
• Experience with development methodologies and design patterns.
• Knowledge of containerisation and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and modernize large-scale systems.
• Improve performance and reliability.
• Drive automation for infrastructure deployment and scaling.

Skills

Golang knowledge

AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB)

Containerisation

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)

Development methodologies

Python

C# ASP.NET Core

Cloudflare

React

TypeScript

Astro

Node.js

Job description

Staff Software Engineer – Tempcover

London, United Kingdom | Hybrid: 2 days per week in-office, once per month to Fleet

About Tempcover
Tempcover is at the forefront of the fast‑growing world of short‑term insurance. Our mission is to make car insurance flexible, quick, and easy for drivers. We have sold millions of policies that have helped drivers get where they need to go, and we are growing our team to continue this mission. If you are extraordinary at what you do and want to be part of a rapidly growing business at the cutting edge of the Insurtech industry, we would love to hear from you.

Department: Engineering

Location: London

What You'll Be Doing

• Effectively evolve, enhance, and modernize large-scale systems to enable rapid adaptability and continuous improvement.
• Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of our systems.
• Develop and drive automation for deployment, monitoring, and scaling of infrastructure. Build tools and processes to enable continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).
• Make data‑guided decisions that impact core business metrics and processes.
• Maintain a solid understanding of platform and reliability engineering approaches, including observability, performance optimisation, capturing analytics, and security best practices.
• Drive the adoption of technologies like Go and Python.
• Facilitate collaboration between teams and build a culture of continuous improvement.
• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on engineering best practices, coding standards, and troubleshooting.

What We're Looking For

Applicants should have strong proficiency developing applications using the following technologies and approaches:

• Strong Golang knowledge and experience.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda and DynamoDB (proficiency in Azure and Azure DevOps is a plus).
• Containerisation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform is a plus).
• A solid understanding of development methodologies and design patterns.
• Python and SST (desirable).
• C# ASP.NET Core (desirable).
• Cloudflare (desirable).
• React, TypeScript, Astro, Node.js (desirable).

What We Offer

• 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews based on performance.
• Hybrid working approach: 2 in‑office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to work from anywhere.
• Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%.
• A one‑off £300 work‑from‑home budget.
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy.
• 25 days holiday (increasing with years of employment), plus 2 days “My Time” per year.
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover, and employee assistance programme.
• A healthy learning and training budget.
• Electric vehicle and cycle‑to‑work schemes.
• Regular events, team socials, and company‑wide events with insightful external speakers.
• Use of Metaview during interview processes to record and transcribe interviews to enable interviewers to focus on conversation; opt‑out possible.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industry: Insurance