Senior Software Engineer Remote
Job description
Conversational AI technology is the backbone of Admiral's new customer engagement team. Over the next few years, we will continue to bolster our natural language capability and move towards conversational design to service our customers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-skilled agile team in which you will develop a new project to transform how customers interact with Admiral.
We are a new team building a new cloud-native product with NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technologies and customer centre integrations. We use tools such as Google Cloud Platform, Dialogflow, Azure DevOps, Terraform and Git.
How we work
You will be part of the Customer Engagement Tribe, working with small teams that are inclusive, open and collaborative. We encourage team members to share ideas, solutions and decision-making to drive the effectiveness of the teams and products we deliver.
This role is open to remote candidates.
About you
You'll work across various things as a new team using multiple technologies. We don't expect you to be an expert at everything, but you must be flexible and willing to learn. If so, we'll do everything we can to ensure you can work on anything and everything. That could mean writing serverless code using Javascript, writing infrastructure code using Terraform or building automated test code that makes phone calls to test the system end-to-end.
Responsibilities:
Adherence to all relevant coding technologies to defined standards.
- Responsible for generating good unit test coverage and solid version control.
- Assist in introducing emerging technologies and their suitability to business demands.
- Production of technical and functional specifications where applicable.
- Support the team's agile ways of working and contribute towards its continuous improvements.
- Working directly with the product owners and the business to develop solutions to support the product roadmap.
- Work with the Chapter Lead and other engineers to help to develop and promote the long-term technical strategy.
- Support the deployment of changes into the production environment and aid in investigating live issues or incidents.
- Learning new skills and technologies that will help the team and yourself.
Essential Experience and Skills:
- Strong working knowledge of Javascript, including of node and its ecosystem.
- Strong working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
- Strong working knowledge of building on public cloud platforms (GCP a bonus)
- Experience with CI/CD tools.
- Experience with modern version-control systems, such as Git.
- Good working knowledge of unit testing and test-driven development.
- Strong knowledge of web technologies and working with APIs (e.g. REST).
- Understanding of agile methodologies and practices.
- Ability to design solutions and cater for non-functional requirements such as performance and security.
- Good communication skills to present effectively to peers and stakeholders.
Technical Skills (desirable):
- Experience working with databases, whether RDBMS or NoSQL.
- Experience with Typescript.
- Knowledge of NLU technologies.
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps.
- Familiarity with CPaaS (Communication Platforms as a Service) and/or voice platforms platforms.
The first stage of the process, will be a technical assessment. Second stage will be an interview which will commence in due course via Microsoft Teams.
Our Commitment to You
At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.
Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance
We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.
At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.
All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.
You can also view some of our other key benefits here.
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