Senior Software Engineer, CFC
Python
3-5 days a week in office
Insurance products purpose-built for today's risks
Open for applications
Insurance products purpose-built for today's risks
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify the way business insurance is bought and sold. As a specialist insurance provider, they offer purpose-built packages that are designed for risks that modern businesses face.
Role
Who you are
- You are able to interrogate and present data and data analysis and have a willingness to present results of analysis undertaken as a part of your team's work
- You have demonstrable experience as a senior software developer or engineer with a focus on Python
- You love SQL (Postgres, SQL Server, Databricks)
- You are comfortable working without an ORM
- You are familiar with the challenges of working with data *at scale*
- You prefer the command line use of git, bash/zsh, and (optionally) vim
- You have an undergraduate degree or can demonstrate knowledge and experience of concepts in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Logic, Applied Statistics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, or any related discipline would be advantageous
What the job involves
- You will play a key role ina developing the company's competitive advantage in aggregating, presenting, and analysing large datasets
- You will contribute to the development of our proprietary data platform and work to solve problems that are key to protecting our policyholders
- Your contributions will have a material impact on the business as a whole where you will be expected to play a role designing and implementing new data capabilities (ingesting large datasets, building robust & high-performance APIs, consuming high-frequency event streams), as well as improving the quality of our existing products and solutions
- Reporting to Richard Jacobs
- Contribute using our standard tech stack, which is Python, Linux (via WSL), PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Databricks, and spans both Azure and AWS cloud infrastructure
- Participate in the design and implementation of advanced mechanisms for data ingestion and transformation, and mass parallel orchestration of network IO
- Maintain Infrastructure as Code and working with infrastructure teams to develop valuable new features for CFC's Engineering Platform
- Model data for a variety of purposes (operational and analytical) in collaboration with your team, other teams, and analytical data customers
- Work on indicators of data quality across our estate and improve the quality of our data along key metrics
- Evaluate the quality (completeness and accuracy) of potential new data sources for specific applications
- Contribute to quality automation in our CI/CD process, optimising for bug-free release cadence and developer delight
- Maintain good quality documentation (starting with your code) for technical and non-technical audiences
- Participate in a pairing-first development team, learning skills from your colleagues and giving back to the community by imparting hard-won wisdom and skills learned from past experiences
- Mentor and coach less experienced team members through design and code reviews. You will participate in a safe and honest workplace culture by participating in open conversations about technical design, implementation and interrogating decisions when appropriate
- Contribute to test automation through either enhancement to the platform or additional tests
- Assess application security to ensure it complies with CFC Application Security Standards
- Evaluate APIs to ensure that they comply with the relevant CFC API Standards
Application process
- Stage 1 Applied
- Stage 2 Phone screening
- Stage 3 First stage interview
- Stage 4 Second stage interview
- Stage 5 Hired
Salary benchmarks
Our take
According to CFC, modern businesses of all sizes need insurance built for today's risks. CFC is a global specialist insurance platform aiming to protect businesses with policies that are specially designed for their needs.
The company differentiates itself through its proprietary technology and cutting-edge data science and delivers high-quality products to the market faster than its competitors. Moreover, it aspires to make it as easy as possible for brokers to do business. The company's main priority at this point is expanding its technical capabilities in key areas of underwriting and claims handling. Its products are used by more than 150,000 businesses in 90 countries.
According to the founder & former CEO, Dave Walsh, the company passed the test of time due to the strong culture it embraced within the organisation from the moment the company was created in 1999. The culture of the organisation involves aspiring to continually improve its systems and products, aiming to simplify specialist insurance, investing in innovative technologies and always doing the right thing.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Private healthcare insurance
- Generous parental packages
- Cycle to work scheme
- Qualifications sponsorship
- Subsidised gym membership
- Monthly in-office massages
- Paid volunteer time
- Discretionary bonus scheme
Company values
- Love what you do: We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and make the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers, and carriers
- Challenge everything: We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to make things better
- Have fun, be good: Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at CFC
Ellie Khan (Talent Acquisition & Inclusion)
- At CFC, the only thing we don’t tolerate is intolerance. Everyone is welcome, individuality is celebrated, and empathy is cultivated.
- We believe hiring the right people is one of the most important parts to building our business and we look for talented individuals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
- We invest in technology to minimise bias throughout the recruitment process.
- We have a dedicated "Together at CFC" team and a really exciting company-wide DEI calendar of events to participate in each year.
- We attend a diverse range of events and career fairs to learn more about DEI best practices and promote CFC as an inclusive business.
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