Senior Software Developer Opportunities

Permanent employee, Full-time · Derry

About us
When you join Alchemy, you will be part of a dynamic and high performing team with strong customer focus, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a structured career progression model that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career.  You will receive unparalleled training and certifications in the latest software solutions developed by our partners, who are the leading providers in the industry.  You will get global opportunities; and technology-driven methodologies to help you provide quality service to our clients. We have ongoing opportunities for growth and promotion in our rapidly expanding organisation.

We focus on technology implementation services, to support major Insurance Companies with their digital transformation journeys and respond to their most complex business challenges. We offer a full lifecycle approach to projects, from inception through implementation, data migration through run services (BAU).

Working alongside our trusted partners you can help insurers future-proof their business by implementing software that creates a seamless experience for the insurance agent and their customers. The administration and management of insurance policies have historically been very complex and inflexible. Introducing effective processes will save our clients time, money and improve the customer experience.

Our Insurance Technical Analysts work with our client’s internal teams, as well as our software partners, to address their technical and business needs, while in the process becoming trusted advisors.  You will be involved in the analysis and creation of user requirements to design, build and configure technical solutions within agile methodologies. As a Technical Analyst with Insurance experience, you’ll be naturally curious and get to the bottom of issues to support your clients. You will have strong communication skills, with both written and verbal being important to deliver the requirements of the role.
Why us?
Salary
Salaries for this position will start at:
Gold 1 (£42.5K+)
Further salary levels and pay ranges dependent on your years of experience and individual skillset.
In addition to your salary, you will receive a discretionary 20% bonus of your base salary paid quarterly as well as other additional benefits.

Benefits
We are always striving to create an attractive benefit package that helps you from day to day but reflects our culture and values. In addition to the exceptional training opportunities, you will receive at Alchemy, some perks you will receive are as follows:
  • Electric Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Cycle to Work Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
  • Workplace Pension
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Life Assurance
  • Group Cash Plan

The role
  • BSC in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 3 – 5 years plus insurance and or / insurance software experience
  • Clear understanding of insurance processes and knowledge of full insurance lifecycle i.e., policy administration, rating, billing, underwriting, claims, renewals etc
  • Commercial development experience in an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java, Javascript or .Net)
  • Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL
  • Solid experience of software development lifecycle both waterfall and working within an agile environment
  • Ability to document designs and estimate solutions for low complexity product gaps and enhancements
  • Previous experience working with technologies related to a software development role (Git, agile tools, build automation tools etc)
  • Track record of producing quality code utilising best practices
  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal, are important to liaise with clients to interpret their issues into technical solutions
  • Proven experience leading small to medium sized development teams
  • Ability to work independently when necessary
  • Experience of working collaboratively in a team environment to build and update technical documents according to customer specifications
  • Track record of mentoring and coaching junior developers
  • Self-motivated individual with strong analytical and communication skills
  • Any additional language would be an advantage
  • Ability to travel to our customer sites as required
Thank you for your interest in joining Alchemy! Please fill out the following short form, should you have any difficulties, please email careers@alchemytechs.com.   
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