Senior Software Engineer

** Job Type:
** Permanent
* * Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
** Hiscox is searching for a passionate and highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with experience building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications along with a proven track record of delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced environment. We are a growing company and with a multi-disciplinary IT team of software engineers, test engineers and support. The team is responsible for the entire software development lifecycle and with your experience and skills you will contribute to the quality of our mission critical applications while helping the business execute against its objectives.

The complexity and nature of the applications combined with the latest technology trends makes working in IT at Hiscox a great and challenging experience.
** What You’ll Be Doing:
*** Provide support for existing systems, processes and applications by handling incidents, troubleshooting, and monitoring the execution of code as needed.
* Providing advice and guidance to teams involved on best practice and development techniques.
* Communicating with other IT teams on software related issues and suggested improvements.
* Regularly communicate solutions, expectations, priorities, status and impacts to all level of business and IT management.
* Work closely with customers, Business Analysts, and technology partners to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions that are aligned with the business and IT strategies
** Responsibilities:
*** Be involved in different phases of SDLC in various development projects.
* Design solutions and create the necessary supporting documentation in accordance with the Hiscox Change Delivery Framework.
* Comply with and help enforce reuse, design, coding, and testing standards, policies and software engineering best practices.
* Work collaboratively with test teams during the product test and UAT phases to fix assigned bugs.
* Support code deployment across environments.
* Report status, issues, and risks to tech leads on a regular basis.
* Trouble-shoot and problem solve issues that arise in the day-to-day running of processes and provide timely responses and solutions as required.
* Improve skills in software engineering by completing development certifications.
** Skills and Experience**:
* ** Hands-on experience across the Out Systems development lifecycle (requirements, design, build, test, release, and support)
*** Experience developing and maintaining Out Systems applications
* Strong understanding of Out Systems architecture, performance best practices, and platform governance
* Proficiency with integration patterns in Out Systems (REST/SOAP, APIs, databases) and troubleshooting integration issues
* Experience extending Out Systems with custom code and integrations using .NET (C#) and RESTful services
* Practical knowledge of Azure services used for application hosting and integration (e.g., App Service, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, API Management)
* Experience with CI/CD and environment promotion for Out Systems and supporting components (e.g., pipelines, release management, configuration management)
* Solid SQL skills and experience working with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server and/or Oracle) including performance tuning basics
* Ability to produce clear technical designs and operational documentation for Out Systems solutions and integrations
* Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with product, QA, and platform teams throughout delivery
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience
** Desirable

Skills:

*** Experience designing and implementing frontend applications
* Experience with API Management platforms
* Experience with cloud serverless applications
* Experience with mobile/tablet development including responsive design and hybrid applications
* Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, BDD, TDD
* Insurance experience is desirable although not essential
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* What We Offer:

*** 401(k) with competitive company matching
* Comprehensive health insurance,…