Software Engineer

Who you are

• If you’re someone who brings fresh ideas, has a curious mindset, and thrives in an engineering environment focused on delivering strategic business value, we’d love to hear from you
• You’re a thoughtful and pragmatic engineer who sees software development as a means to solve meaningful problems, not just to write code. You care deeply about building systems that are simple, maintainable, and valuable to users
• You’re naturally collaborative, working closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to shape solutions that balance technical soundness with real impact. You thrive in team-based environments, such as pairing or ensemble programming, and see shared problem-solving as a core part of your day-to-day
• You’re comfortable navigating trade-offs, knowing when to prioritise speed and when to invest in long-term quality
• You take pride in your work but remain open to feedback, iteration, and learning from others
• You’re curious, proactive, and always looking for ways to improve, whether that’s refining your own skills, helping teammates grow, or evolving the systems you work on
• Demonstrated experience applying modern software engineering practices in a collaborative team setting, including iterative development, automated testing, and continuous integration and delivery
• Proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g. Java, Kotlin, or similar), ideally with experience in Spring Boot and cloud-native development
• Practical experience designing and building cloud-based systems, with the ability to use cloud services to create scalable, resilient, and observable solutions
• Proven ability to make sound technical decisions independently, while working closely with teammates to deliver solutions from idea to production
• Experience improving or evolving existing systems, including working with legacy codebases and simplifying or automating manual workflows

What the job involves

• We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and help build, enhance, and scale our products
• As a Software Engineer, you’ll play a central role in shaping the future of our product suite across the engineering teams at UnderwriteMe
• You’ll lead technical initiatives, mentor others and help us build systems that are scalable, maintainable, and deliver value to our users
• Your work will span the full software development lifecycle, from idea to production, and you’ll be empowered to take ownership of complex engineering challenges
• You’ll contribute directly to the development and continuous improvement of our products and platforms, focusing on building adaptable and resilient solutions that can evolve with the needs of our users and business
• Whether it’s designing new features or refining existing systems, you’ll ensure that everything we build is robust, production-ready, and aligned with our long-term goals
• You’ll be actively involved in system design and architectural discussions, helping the team arrive at thoughtful, simple solutions to complex problems
• Your experience and insight will be key in shaping how the team works, bringing fresh ideas, introducing new ways of thinking and helping to evolve our engineering practices to be more efficient and impactful
• Collaboration will be a core part of your role
• You’ll work closely with product managers to understand priorities, influence the roadmap, and ensure we maintain a healthy balance between delivering new features and strengthening our technical foundations
• You’ll also embrace a DevOps mindset, taking full ownership of your code from idea and development through to deployment, including AWS solution design, security, and observability
• Beyond your technical contributions, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the growth of your teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
• You’ll help foster a culture of learning, ownership and continuous improvement, ensuring that your team grows stronger together with every project you take on

Benefits

• Life Assurance - The Company provides a lump sum benefit payment, 9x salary
• Group Income Protection - The aim is to provide an income to employees if they are unable to work long-term, as a result of an illness or injury. 75% of basic salary
• Private Medical Insurance - Provided for all employees via Bupa Healthcare
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme - Up to 15%. The Company offers a group stakeholder pension to aid employees in planning for their future
• Employee Assistance Programme - Providing employees with third-party advice on a variety of topics including mental health
• Subsidised Gym Membership - The company subsidises memberships to any gym of employees' choice
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity scheme
• Bonus Scheme - based on individual and company performance
• 20 days a year working remotely - The opportunity to work abroad or from your home country (for those who may have moved country). This can be broken up through the year
• 24/7 GP Consultation - Through the Employee Assistance Programme, WeCare, employees and their families have access to a UK-based GP anytime it's needed
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme - Enables employees to purchase cycling equipment tax-free by paying for it in installments through salary sacrifice deductions
• 25 days holiday per year increasing by 1 day for every 2 years service, plus 1 additional flexible day off per year