Software Engineer (Java)

Intermediate Java Developer
Are you driven by a passion for crafting user-centric SaaS web applications? If you are eager to make a meaningful impact at a progressive organisation, we are excited to meet you!
Our vision is to leverage technology to simplify and streamline insurance for consumers around the world. To achieve this, we are expanding our engineering team with an additional Software Engineer with skills in java.
We are looking for a motivated and talented Software Engineer to join one of our growing development teams. You will work collaboratively, championing agile best practise focusing on continuous integration and delivery, whilst facilitating problem solving. You'll be part of a DevOps Agile team building and modernising our APIs and middleware that power insurance aggregators and connect to our web journeys.
We're looking for enthusiastic, and passionate developers with an attitude to learn, collaborate, aspire, continuously improve, and thoroughly enjoy what they do. If this sounds like you, and you're up for the challenge, then we would love to talk to you.
About the team
You will be a team that will be responsible for advancing Digital's contribution to ecosystem 2.0 starting with maturing our RESTful JSON service application (we call Justice), building the strategic solution of Secure Data Transfer and advancing digitals authentication tooling (include AWS Cognito)
Applying internal and don't know Java? We welcome and support internal candidates wanting to learn a new programming language. As long as you an demonstrate competent programming fundamentals we have training budget set aside to help you, As a competent individual contributor in hybrid working environment, you will play a pivotal role in the development of innovative web applications.

• Designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, scalable serverless Java applications and related technologies on the AWS platform.


• Ensuring code quality by writing test-driven, well-structured, and maintainable code with a focus on performance, security, and best practices.


• Troubleshooting and debugging issues to provide technical support and guidance to the team.


• Leveraging AWS (Amazon Web Services) services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3 to build efficient, cost-effective, and scalable solutions - during your probation you will be given the opportunity to gain AWS certification.


• Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define, design, and implement new features and enhancements.


• Developing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services.



• Staying up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve our products and development processes.
  
  3 to 5 years proven hands-on commercial software engineering experience.


• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.


• Proficiency in writing test driven Java related technologies.


• Experience in developing and consuming RESTful APIs.


• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.


• Demonstrate an ability to communicate and work well with others to meet product delivery deadlines.


• Passion for learning and staying updated with evolving technologies.


• Agile working practices


• Beneficial to have working development knowledge of AWS.


• Beneficial to have written infrastructure as code.


• Beneficial to have TypeScript/JavaScript knowledge
  
  The UKs biggest insurance retailers rely on CDLs trend setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK.
  
  Hybrid Working (2+ Days a Week in the office)


• Truly flexible working.


• 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.


• Top employer for 8th year running


• Excellent training and development platform


• Opportunities for career progression


• Health and Wellbeing programme


• Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups.


• Life and health assurance


• Electric Vehicle Scheme


• Established Recognition Award System


• Great Parental Benefits


• Diversity and Inclusion network


• Pension scheme


• Community projects and volunteer days


• Refer a friend bonus


Campus Benefits:

• On-site free parking


• Open plan modern offices


• Quiet Spaces are also available


• Shuttle bus to and from the station


• Subsidised restaurant


• Games room and chill out zone


• Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events


• Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!


• Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site


• Cycle to work scheme


• Shower and dry rooms


Diversity and inclusion
We're on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking.

CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.