Application Developer

Location: Greater London

INTL Application Developer I - ID09YY
We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.
** This role will be based in London, UK and you are required to have the necessary right to work details prior to application.**## The Hartford IT department seeks an experienced and driven Application Developer to join its London-based team with the objective of helping to roll out technical solutions (projects, fixes, small changes and enhancements) that will support our business within the international segment of Hartford Global Speciality.

The role will involve gaining a comprehensive understanding of our current insurance transaction and workflow management systems along with custom-built web applications, integration middleware technologies, and MI platforms to enhance technology capabilities for the organisation.

This is a hands-on software development role that is expected to be engaged in the design, development, and testing of solutions whilst investing in the improvement of departmental development best practices and self-development where appropriate.## Reporting Relationships
* Reports to Lead Developer.
* Works in close co-operation with our solution architect, project managers, business analysts and the Hartford Global Speciality IT teams.##

Job Responsibilities & Competence
* Design and develop custom-built, robust, and intuitive web applications that deliver both strategic and tactical business requirements in accordance with industry best practices.
* Utilise system integration technologies to enable external and internal web services & APIs to interact effectively so that operational efficiencies are generated.
* Ensure the principles of data storage and integration are at the forefront of design decisions and align to The Hartford's architectural principles.
* Maintain responsibility for producing high quality and accurate solutions by implementing robust testing and reconciliation processes throughout change work.
* Ensure design and implementation documentation is created or updated where necessary, covering application environments, data-flows, and support processes.
* Assist in the resolution of business-impacting production support issues.
* Act as a strong team player and share knowledge with fellow developers.
* Suggest ways to improve application maintainability and improvements in the technology landscape.
* Demonstrate the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
* Liaise with third-party application providers to ensure smooth integration of their systems with The Hartford's infrastructure and applications.
* Constantly learn and improve the way people interact with software.
* Conduct code / system reviews and provide feedback where appropriate.
* Collaborate with business analysts to determine functionality options and associated level of effort and any trade-offs between usability and cost.

Procedures
* Comply with and follow Hartford’s policies and procedures
* Adhere to any common standards set across the company and ensures that policies and procedures are adequately documented

Other Duties
* The job description is intended to describe the main duties only.  Job holders are expected to maintain flexibility and perform all other reasonable duties that relate to the job as assigned by The Hartford
* The job holder may need to travel to our other office locations on an ad-hoc basis to satisfy assigned duties## Qualifications and Capabilities
** Technical Skills
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* Required:

hands on development experience in technologies such as:  + C#    - .Net…