Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Fleet

Description Location: Admiral House Fleet office, Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office. The in-office schedule may vary depending on the team's setup, with Wednesdays typically being a key day.

About Tempcover:

Tempcover is at the forefront of the fast-growing world of short term insurance. Our mission is to make car insurance flexible, quick, and easy for drivers. We've sold millions of policies that have helped drivers get where they need to go, but we're not finished there. We're growing our team to help us continue in that mission. If you are extraordinary at what you do and want to be a part of a rapidly growing business at the cutting edge of the InsureTech industry, we would love to hear from you. About the role:

Joining our engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer, your role will be to contribute to the development, delivery, and ongoing maintenance of our insurance-based systems, both public-facing and internal. Working closely with the Technical Lead, you'll play a key part in shaping the systems owned by the team, engaging in all stages of the development lifecycle, from initial design through to delivery and continuous support.
You'll be involved in solving technical challenges, ensuring the reliability and performance of our systems, and working collaboratively with engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless user experiences. Your contributions will directly impact the success and efficiency of our product offerings, helping to drive improvements and maintain high standards across all platforms.
What you'll be doing:

• Drive the migration architecture from C# ASP.NET, .NET Core to Golang.
• Iteratively develop new application features to improve our products.
• Write code that follows our patterns and practices and fit for purpose.
• Automation testing of built features.
• Build functionality that is extensible.
• Take part in peer reviews with your colleagues, offering advice and taking on board suggestions to share knowledge.
• Identify issues and their underlying causes and clearly communicate them.
• Participate in project kick off meetings, offering suggestions and timeframes.
• Mentoring of team members where necessary.

What we're looking for: The highest level of proficiency developing applications using most of the following:

• C# ASP.NET, .Net Core
• AWS products like Lambdas, DynamoDB, etc but also comfortable in Azure and Azure devops
• Containerisation and IaC approach (Terraform it's definitely a plus)
• A good understanding of development methodologies and design patterns
• SOLID Principles
• The ability to investigate issues and both define and follow through on their resolution.
• Golang is also a plus

Experience with the following:

• Cloudflare, Fastly
• React, Typescript, Astro, NodeJS are a nice to have

You don't need to tick off everything on this list - so don't let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you're learning plenty during your time with us!

Our commitment to you:

At RVU, we are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. To achieve this it's essential that our teams reflect the diverse range of people in our community. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and holding ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and wider community members.
What we offer: We want to give you a great work environment, support your growth both personally and professionally, and provide benefits that make your time at RVU even more enjoyable.

Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to:

• 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance)
• A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week and up to 22 days per year to "work from anywhere"
• Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
• A one-off £300 "Work from Home" budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
• 25 days holiday (increasing with years of employment to 30 days) + 2 days "My Time" per year
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover and employee assistance programme
• A healthy learning and training budget
• Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
• Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected

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