Full Stack Software Developer

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate Full Stack Software Engineer to join one of many agile squads in the Insurance Retail family. We are looking for someone who likes a challenge, wants to embrace a Dev Ops culture, and brings ideas around improved ways of working. We also want a team player who can collaborate with others of technical ability.

Department
:
Insurance Retail

Location
:
North West UK - Hybrid

Compensation
: £42,000 - £49,000 / year

About CDL

CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high‑volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self‑service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.

Key Responsibilities

You will be working with a squad responsible for the delivery, maintenance, and support of several CDL products. You will be closely involved in projects to migrate some of those products to the cloud as well as providing support and feature enhancements adhering to a product delivery roadmap. This role is heavily back‑end loaded with the front‑end component making up 20% of workload.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Strong knowledge of Java and Spring frameworks.
• Proficiency in front‑end development with React and Type Script.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks.
• Proficient in using Gitlab for version control.
• Experience with Kibana for monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Highly Desirable

• Experience with Automated Testing
• Experience with Cloud technologies particularly AWS.
• Experience with Dev Ops tools and practices.

Benefits

• Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD
  )
• Truly flexible working.
• 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
• Top employer for 9th year running.
• Excellent training and development platform.
• Opportunities for career progression with our Career Framework.
• 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.

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.

Seniority level
:
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type
:
Full‑time

Job function
:
Engineering and Information Technology

Industries
:
Software Development