Staff Engineer

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers across the Value Stream
• Mentor engineers within your area of expertise to support their technical growth
• Support the Principal Engineer and senior leadership team with technical risk management, strategy, and decision-making
• Help shape epics and technical deliverables in alignment with roadmap goals
• Own technical dependencies and contribute to planning cycles including Quarterly Alignment, Monthly Value Stream Planning, and Sprint Planning
• Contribute to the detailed design, engineering quality, and technical oversight of solutions delivered within the Value Stream
• Drive improvements to CI/CD pipelines, automation, testing practices, and secure delivery
• Lead on resolving technical constraints, blockers, and integration challenges
• Identify and address technical debt, ensuring sustainability and maintainability
• Oversee vulnerability management by promoting secure development practices and robust solution design
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to delivery and engineering processes
• Facilitate clear communication across squads and roles to ensure alignment and knowledge transfer
• Promote engineering values such as transparency, quality, openness, and productivity
• Collaborate with key technical stakeholders including Architecture, Information Security, Data Governance, and Heads of Capabilities
• Contribute to communities of practice, Chapter and Guild forums, and internal initiatives

• Proven experience in a Senior or Staff Engineer role, ideally within web and mobile application development
• Deep expertise in React and NestJS, including server-side rendering, state management, and API development
• Experience designing and operating micro frontend (MFE) architectures, including module federation and independently deployed pipelines
• Strong background in CI/CD practices, automated testing, and optimised deployment strategies
• In-depth knowledge of testing frameworks and strategies across unit, integration, E2E, and non-functional domains
• Extensive experience with cloud-native environments—preferably GCP and Azure
• Skilled in performance optimisation techniques such as caching, code splitting, lazy loading, and real-user monitoring
• Deep understanding of web and mobile security best practices, including OWASP guidelines, secure authentication and authorisation
• Experience with containerisation and infrastructure tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform
• Familiarity with mobile frameworks such as Ionic Capacitor
• Desirable: Awareness or experience with Guidewire Software products (e.g. PolicyCenter, BillingCenter)
• Strategic Thinking: Understands how technical decisions support broader business and platform goals
• Leadership & Mentorship: Actively mentors engineers, shares knowledge, and supports the development of others
• Collaboration: Works effectively across multiple squads, stakeholders, and functions
• Accountability: Owns engineering outcomes, promotes high standards, and ensures follow-through on technical commitments
• Problem Solving: Decomposes complex problems and drives practical, sustainable solutions
• Continuous Improvement: Seeks and drives opportunities to modernise practices, reduce friction, and improve delivery flow
• Security & Resilience Mindset: Promotes secure design and robust, scalable architecture
• Knowledge Sharing: Encourages documentation and collaboration to eliminate single points of failure and strengthen team resilience

Awareness or experience with Guidewire Software products (e.g. PolicyCenter, BillingCenter)

• Eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays)
• Option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave
• Financial & Mortgage Advice
• 24-Hour Ecare
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Flexible Working
• Simply Health
• Private Health Cover
• Critical Illness Cover