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We are seeking for a talented C# Software Engineer to join one of our highly-skilled and close-knit development teams following Scrum methodologies to develop market-leading insurance pricing solutions.
These are varied and challenging opportunities where you will be able to play a key role creating new product features and enhancing existing code, whilst ensuring the product continues to meet high levels of reliability, maintainability, usability and performance.
The Role:
Working with the Product Owner to define, refine and deliver the product backlog,
Designing and documenting software solutions meeting functional and non-functional requirements,
Implementing and refactoring product code (C#), following best practices for maintainability, testability and performance,
Implementing unit tests, developing test frameworks and associated automated test cases,
Reviewing and debugging code to identify defects, performance bottlenecks or technical debt,
Working closely with test engineers to guarantee suitable test coverage, identifying and executing manual tests if necessary,
Participating in sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups and sprint retrospectives, striving to continuously improve the team velocity, its processes and engineering practices,
Depending on experience, mentoring junior members of the team and taking a lead role for some of the above activities.
The Requirements:
Proficient in software development using C# .NET,
Experience with the full software development lifecycle in a commercial/production environment: requirements capture and analysis, estimation, detailed software design, implementation, unit and system-level testing, installation and deployment, maintenance,
Experience with software engineering best practices: object-oriented design and implementation, design patterns, SOLID principles, Agile and Extreme Programming methodologies,
Experience with software development tools: IDE’s, version control, test automation, continuous integration, defect and backlog management systems
Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are:
Ability to coordinate day-to-day development and bug fixing activities,
Ability to design high-performance, scalable and extensible software architectures which are also easy to test, debug and maintain,
GUI design/implementation, knowledge of standards and frameworks such as WPF or WinForms,
Appreciation of current and emerging technologies along with their potential benefits and limitations,
Visual Studio, Git and Azure DevOps
Experience of unit and GUI test automation frameworks such as MS Test and Ranorex,
Passion for maths, statistics and complex algorithms.
General knowledge of the Insurance Industry
Degree-educated with Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or relevant discipline
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