Senior Software Engineer

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We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic professional who will be a key and influential member of our Hiscox London Market Engineering Team, within the Software Engineering Chapter. In this role you will be working in one of our various squads as we create new “Cloud First” solutions to add value to the business, while supporting and transforming our existing on-prem and cloud systems. We are looking for someone who is aligned with modern software engineering practices and ready to embrace the use of AI enabled development tool and adapt to the ever changing space as we enter the agentic SDLC phase to allow rapid delivery of high quality value. 

• →Work collaboratively with your squad and stakeholders, taking a technical leading role in shaping and delivering business outcomes.
• →Write and review clean, maintainable code, guiding others on best practices such as SOLID principles, design patterns, unit testing, peer reviews, and CI/CD processes.
• →Ensure documentation is accurate and up to date, and mentor team members on maintaining high-quality story documentation and technical clarity.
• →Actively support and mentor team members by sharing knowledge, providing guidance, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• →Guide and contribute to solution design, working closely with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable and maintainable implementations.
• →Collaborate with engineers across teams to influence and evolve our architecture, promoting best practices and alignment.
• →Champion security and engineering standards, ensuring your work and that of the team adheres to organisational guidelines.
• →Adopt new ways of working, including AI-assisted development tools, and help the team navigate the evolving engineering landscape, including the move towards an agentic SDLC.
• →Foster effective collaboration with distributed teams across the United Kingdom, Portugal, Poland, and India, promoting alignment and consistency in delivery.

• →Demonstrates strong technical competence and takes ownership of delivering high-quality software solutions.
• →Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively with team members, stakeholders, and cross-functional partners.
• →Open to feedback, actively learns new technologies and shares knowledge with colleagues to support team success.
• →Seeks to understand business objectives and contributes solutions that deliver tangible customer and business value.
• →Makes informed, risk-aware decisions within their area of responsibility and escalates issues appropriately when needed.
• →Consistently follows engineering standards, best practices, and secure software development principles.
• →Approaches problems with curiosity, analytical thinking, and a pragmatic mindset, balancing quality, time, and business needs.
• →Adapts positively to changing priorities, new technologies, and evolving business requirements.
• →Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, tools, and ways of working.
• →Builds positive working relationships through professionalism, empathy, and respect for diverse perspectives.
• →Takes accountability for personal development and actively seeks opportunities to expand technical and domain knowledge.
• →Supports team success by being dependable, collaborative, and willing to help others when needed.

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.

We have also learned over the past couple of years that working life doesn’t always have to be in the office, and have adopted hybrid ways of working to encourage a healthy work life balance.

We see it as the best of both worlds: structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.

If you don’t meet every requirement but are excited about the role, we’d still love to hear from you.

Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture