We are Hastings Direct, a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to be The Best and Biggest in the UK market. We’ve invested in our data and tech capabilities and nurture a 4Cs culture. We provide insurance for over three million customers and are excited about the opportunity ahead. If you’re excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

Job Details

• You will be responsible for leading, validating and delivering the definition and description of solutions across the product and change lifecycle.
• You will work 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, solve problems and support decision-making where trade-offs are required.
• Design APIs, microservices and event-driven solutions across current, transition and target states and develop business, application, information and technology views.
• Embrace reuse, principles and patterns, and create reusable artefacts where possible.
• Adapt to technical realities revealed during implementation and collaboratively solve problems, leading architecture decisions.
• Establish a trusted advisory relationship with the business by influencing and negotiating with stakeholders on flexible facets of the solution.

Skills we would love you to have

• Proficiency in cloud-native technology and solutions, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience creating new or transforming application architectures.
• Essential experience in the design and consumption of APIs using a range of protocols.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns, solution architecture patterns & principles, microservice & event-driven architectures.
• Experience leveraging CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Relational and NoSQL databases and understanding of modern ETL processes.
• Experience in Underwriting, Fraud, Data Enrichment domain areas within Financial/Insurance industry.

What we offer

Join us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As a colleague, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so we’ll provide support, training and development, recognition and rewards, and the opportunity to voice your ideas and put them into practice.

Reward - Salary and car allowance with annual pay reviews.

Salary - Attractive salary based on experience plus car allowance.

Flexible Working - Flexible and hybrid working approach; discuss details with your recruiter.

Competitive Bonus Scheme - Annual 4Cs performance bonus based on Hastings' performance and your personal performance.

Physical Wellbeing - Private medical insurance (PMI) for you to access specialist care as needed.

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

Mental Wellbeing - Thrive mental health app, 24/7 colleague assistance programme, mental health first aiders, support groups and dedicated wellbeing team.

Other Benefits - 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, health and dental plans, cycle to work, tech schemes, onsite facilities, and regular social events.

Our 4Cs principles guide us: create the right culture and provide the right tools to deliver good outcomes for every customer and support sustainable growth and community investment.

Equal Opportunities 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 reference checks, and may include credit and criminal record checks.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Media

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