Senior Software Engineer

Conversational AI technology is now the backbone of several of Admiral’s customer engagement teams. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-skilled agile team in which you will be part of the development to transform the way customers interact with Admiral.

You will be building cloud-native products with NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technologies and customer centre integrations. We’re using tools such as Google Cloud Platform, Dialogflow, Azure DevOps, Terraform and Git.

How we work

You will be part of the Digital Assisted Channels team, working with small squads that are inclusive, open and collaborative.  We encourage team members to share ideas, solutions and decision-making to drive forward the effectiveness of the teams and products that we deliver.

About you

As a new team using a range of technologies, you’ll be working across a range of things. We don’t expect you to be an expert at everything but you will need to flexible and willing to learn. If so, we’ll do everything we can to make sure you are able to work on anything, and everything.  That could mean writing serverless code using Javascript, writing infrastructure code using Terraform or building automated test code that plays the role of a customer chatting to virtual agents.

Some specific responsibilities include:

• Adherence to all relevant coding technologies to defined standards.
• Responsible for generation of good unit test coverage and solid version control.
• Assist in the introduction of emerging technologies and their suitability to business demands.
• Production of technical and functional specifications where applicable.
• Support the team’s agile ways of working and contribute towards its continuous improvements.
• Working directly with the product owners and business to develop solutions to support the product roadmap.
• Work with the Chapter Lead and other engineers to help to develop and promote the long-term technical strategy.
• Support the deployment of changes into the production environment and aid in the investigation of live issues or incidents.
• Learning new skills and technologies and that will help the team and yourself

Experience and Qualifications Required

• · Strong working knowledge of Javascript, especially of node and its ecosystem
• · Strong working knowledge of unit testing and test driven development
• · Strong knowledge of web technologies and working with APIs (e.g. REST)
• · Experience of public cloud platforms (GCP a bonus)
• · Experience with CI/CD tools
• · Experience of modern version-control systems, such as Git
• · Understanding of agile/lean/DevOps methodologies and practices
• · Ability to design solutions and cater for non-functional requirements such as performance and security
• · Good communication skills, to present effectively to peers and stakeholders

Technical skills: Desirable

• · Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• · Experience of working with databases, whether RDBMS or NoSQL
• · Experience of Typescript
• · Knowledge of NLU technologies
• · Knowledge of Azure DevOps
• · Familiarity with CPaaS (Communication Platforms as a Service) and/or messaging platforms

Interview Process

There will be a 2- stage process. The first stage is an on-line technical test and second stage is a competency-based interview via MS Teams. Interviews will take place throughout March.

Location

This is a remote working role.

Salary, Benefits, and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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