Staff Engineer

• Assist in the detailed design, engineering, and quality of the technical delivery of the Value Stream
• Support the creation of technical designs, solutions, and capabilities that align with the business strategy
• Promote values such as productivity, quality, transparency, and openness
• Facilitate open and effective communication channels to enhance knowledge transfer across the Value Stream
• Ensure technical solutions follow architectural governance processes and align with technology roadmaps and engineering strategy
• Drive continuous improvements to the Value Stream’s processes, resulting in increased efficiency and stability
• Oversee technical debt processes and ensure solutions do not result in uncontrolled technical debt
• Oversee the dependancies and vulnerabilities processes and ensure we reduce the overall vulnerabilities without adding to them, through coaching and mentoring and best in class designs and solutions
• Provide leadership and mentoring to the engineering community within the area of their expertise
• Collaborate and lead to help the creation of the Value Streams epics/stories in conjunction with the technical solution, collaborating across teams to ensure timely and quality delivery
• Provide estimates for user stories, considering technical complexities and dependencies
• Drive technical leadership and guidance to engineers in the Value Streams, resolving technical constraints and roadblocks
• Support the Principal Engineer with technical risks/issues and help plan mitigation actions at the Value Stream level
• Manage remediation activities for service issues at the Value Stream level
• Support Senior Leadership with the technology strategy of Admiral UK and actively contributes to the strategic agenda
• Own technical dependencies and provide input to Quarterly Value Stream Alignment, Monthly Value Stream Planning, and Sprint Planning
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to engineering processes, resulting in increased efficiency and greater ROI
• Manage specific epics addressing technical debts, ensuring solutions do not result in uncontrolled technical debt by reducing the dept and reporting on it
• Take ownership in resolving technical impediments for the Value Stream

• Strong hands‑on experience with Java and Spring Boot, with recent commercial use in the last few years
• Knowledge and experience with Guidewire PC/BC and integrations
• Knowledge and experience with Guidewire Customer Engage and Mobile App (desirable)
• Experience in design and development with programming languages such as Angular, React, Gosu, and Java/J2EE
• Familiarity with code repository tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) and code deployment tools (e.g., Jenkins, Nexus, Team City)
• Experience with performance and monitoring tools (e.g., AppDynamics, ELK)
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, Protractor)
• Experience with application server solutions (e.g., JBOSS, Apache Tomcat)
• Familiarity with cloud applications and services (e.g., Azure, GCP, AWS)
• Knowledge of microservices and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with coaching and mentoring techniques
• Experience operating within heavily regulated environments
• Knowledge of development and release toolsets
• Understanding of IT architectural governance, standards, and methodology
• Knowledge of CISO governance frameworks, standards, controls, and auditing documentation
• Familiarity with general insurance technologies (e.g., Guidewire core and digital products)
• Experience with tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Strong stakeholder management skills, communicating technical decisions clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Proven ability to lead, influence and mentor engineers across multiple squads, acting as a senior technical authority
• Experience owning and improving service reliability, technical debt, and vulnerability remediation, feeding insights into Engineering Leads / Heads of IT

Knowledge and experience with Guidewire Customer Engage and Mobile App

• Flexible hours
• Share package
• Career growth and development opportunities
• Financial & Mortgage Advice
• 24-Hour Ecare
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Annual Holiday Allowance
• Flexible Working
• Simply Health
• Private Health Cover
• Critical Illness Cover