Overview

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We are a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. Our CIO team leads innovation and ensures our technology infrastructure supports our goals. We emphasise collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement within our 4Cs culture. The CIO team works on cutting-edge projects to enhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement as we scale to serve millions of customers.

We understand some people may not apply unless they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, we would love to hear from you. Our CIO team is always looking for passionate individuals who are eager to make a difference and contribute to our success.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for leading, validating and delivering the definition and description of solutions across the product and change lifecycle.
• You will be working with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders to develop and communicate solutions that address requirements, comply with standards and conventions, regulation, security, quality / non-functional needs, understand as-is and to-be, solving problems and developing decisions where trade-offs are required.
• Design digital-oriented solutions across current, transition and target states and develop business, application, information and technology views
• Embrace re-use, principles and patterns, use opportunities to create re-use artefacts
• Adapt to technical realities that are revealed during implementation and collaboratively solve problems, leading on architecture decisions
• Establish a trusted adviser relationship with the business by influencing and negotiating with stakeholders on the flexible facets of the solution

Skills we would love you to have

• Proficiency in cloud native technology Microsoft Azure
• Essential experience in the design and consumption of APIs using a range of protocols
• Previous experience with enterprise integration patterns and microservice architectures
• Experience leveraging CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code

What we offer

Reward - Salary based on experience + car allowance (pay reviews completed each year).

Flexible Working - We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach; discuss in more detail with your recruiter, including days in the office and at home.

Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus, based on Hastings performance and personal performance.

Physical Wellbeing - Private medical insurance (PMI) for colleagues, with flexibility to see a specialist or consultant.

Financial Wellbeing - Life assurance 4x salary, income protection, pension contribution match up to 10%, and access to discounts and financial wellbeing support.

Mental Wellbeing programme - Thrive mental health app, 24/7 colleague assistance programme, in-house mental health support, and dedicated team resources.

There's more! - 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, health and wellbeing schemes, and other staff benefits.

Our 4Cs principles are simple: create the right culture and provide the tools to deliver good outcomes for every customer, enabling growth and sustainable investment in communities.

We deliver good outcomes for our customers by providing great products at the right price with simple, straightforward service. We treat customers fairly, respectfully, and with their best interests at heart.

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. The recruitment process includes thorough referencing, credit and criminal record checks.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Industries: Technology, Information and Internet

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom