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Senior Full Stack Engineer

Admiral Group Plc, Adamsdown, Caerdydd - Cardiff

Senior Full Stack Engineer

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Admiral Group Plc, Adamsdown, Caerdydd - Cardiff

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 4 Dec | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: f2cef0fbee9744aa8e11a45a05bcf1be

Full Job Description

  • Develop backend services, using Python and Django
  • Develop modern front-end websites, using TypeScript, React and Redux
  • Build Infrastructure, using Terraform and cloud services such as AWS
  • Deploy your code to production and support it
  • Design REST APIs
  • Champion best practices like automated testing and continuous deployment
  • Share knowledge by pair programming, show and tell sessions
  • Actively contribute across ideation to release in empowered agile teams
  • Contributing towards the empowerment of delivery teams, from product ideation to live release with continuous improvement

    Has multiple years of production experience of full-stack or backend engineering
  • Enjoys pair programming, collaborating and mentoring
  • A curious mindset, eager to learn with the ability to breakdown and solve problems

    Veygo was founded 6 years ago - part of the pioneering incubation venture 'Admiral Pioneer' - created to seed and launch exciting scale ups to disrupt existing marketplaces.  
    • Veygo has so far seen an impressive 50% YoY growth. We currently provide our customers with temporary and learner car insurance - products designed to make life easier for those wanting to share or borrow cars, insure their own car for a short amount of time, or for people learning to drive.  What Makes Veygo Different?
  • We're building flexible policies for learner drivers and people looking to share cars - whether owned or borrowed.  
  • Veygo provides comprehensive cover to those customers, meaning that the car owner's existing insurance policy and no claims bonus is safe if the person borrowing the car has an accident. 
  • All Veygo's insurance is available by the hour, day, week or month and customers can get a quote in minutes.   
  • All backed by Admiral, voted Best UK Car Insurance Provider six years in a row by The Personal Finance Awards.  
    • Whilst our mission today is to put people in control of their own journey our ambition is to create a youth lifestyle brand that take us beyond car insurance. Disruption is in our DNA and we're always relentlessly looking for collaborative self-starters and innovators with the desire to challenge how we do things today; to push the boundaries and drive us through our onward growth journey. Veygo's culture is vibrant, open, creative, and disruptive. What you'll be doing All of our engineers are truly full-stack: we do everything we can to make sure our engineers are able to work on anything, and everything. A typical day in engineering can mean creating infrastructure using Terraform, debugging the inner-workings of one of our Python applications or writing a shiny new React component for use in our quote engine. Our pace is fast and the days are varied, but the work is energetic and very rewarding. Expect to collaborate with other departments across the brand from marketing to customer service, and data to claims.

    At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation. You can also view some of our other key benefits here