Software Engineer

We’re pushing the boundaries of Insurance Technology

INSTANDA is the worlds 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 Software Engineering team is at the forefront of our growth plans.

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The Role
We are looking for a mid level software engineer to join our growing Software Engineering team!

Reporting to one of the Dev Leads, you will be working as part of an agile team, building a SaaS platform, using the latest technologies.

Our Engineering team is responsible for designing, developing and testing the INSTANDA platform. All our applications are designed and developed in-house and hosted on Microsoft Azure.  The majority of our developers are full-stack, with some specialising in UI and databases. If performance and security are your thing, you will find a place for them here too!

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

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 advocate high quality of code.
• Adhere to INSTANDA’s information security policies, guidelines and best practices to protect our company and our clients.
• Contribute to a culture of security awareness within the company.

Requirements

Essential:

Demonstrable experience of:

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

Desirable:

Experience or exposure to:

• AI-powered coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
• Modern frontend frameworks or libraries (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js or similar).
• Application security best practices, including secure coding principles and common web vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top 10).  
• Cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure, including understanding of core services and cloud-based application architectures.

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 days 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