Intermediate Platform Engineer, CDL
£38-42k
2 days a week in office (Kings Reach Road, Stockport)
Software solutions for retail insurance operations
Posted today
Software solutions for retail insurance operations
501-1000 employees
Posted today
£38-42k
2 days a week in office (Kings Reach Road, Stockport)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To change the face of the insurance industry by empowering business transformation through technology.
Role
Who you are
- Do you possess experience configuring and integrating cloud infrastructure services?
- Are you interested in improving efficiency and user experience through better performing applications?
- Would you like to be part of a collaborative engineering culture?
- We are looking for engineers who are comfortable embracing emerging technologies and applying them pragmatically to solve real business and technical challenges
- Take ownership of your work and deliver high-quality outcomes
- Enjoy solving technical problems and finding practical solutions
- Have a continuous improvement mindset and look for opportunities to improve processes and automation
- Work effectively both independently and as part of a hybrid team
- Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Manage competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail
- Learn new technologies and approaches through hands-on experience and training
- Follow established processes while contributing ideas for improvement
- Demonstrate a positive, collaborative and professional approach
- Experience working with cloud platforms, particularly AWS
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and tools such as Terraform
- Experience implementing and supporting CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to investigate and resolve infrastructure and platform issues in a timely manner
- Experience planning and independently delivering infrastructure tasks, upgrades and migrations
- Understanding of cloud networking, security and identity management concepts
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Kiro, GitLab Duo, Microsoft Copilot or similar technologies to support software development, infrastructure automation and operational activities
- Ability to effectively leverage AI-generated outputs while applying sound engineering judgement and technical validation
- Interest in adopting emerging technologies that improve engineering productivity, automation and platform capabilities
- AWS certifications such as Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate are desirable
- Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies
What the job involves
- We are seeking an Intermediate Platform Engineer with a background in cloud infrastructure services, automation and modern engineering practices
- You will work with AWS technologies to build, maintain and enhance cloud platforms through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines and operational automation
- As a member of Platform Engineering Squad 3, you will be responsible for delivering and supporting platform capabilities that underpin critical business services
- You will work closely with engineering, architecture and security teams to implement reliable, scalable and secure solutions while continually identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, automation and user experience
- You will also utilise modern AI-assisted engineering tools, including Kiro, GitLab Duo and Microsoft Copilot, to accelerate delivery, automate repetitive tasks, improve code quality and documentation, and enhance operational effectiveness
- Deliver and support cloud infrastructure and platform services
- Investigate and resolve infrastructure, platform and application performance issues
- Design, implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Participate in infrastructure upgrades, migrations and modernisation initiatives
- Contribute to the reliability, availability and security of platform services
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce operational effort
- Work collaboratively with engineers and stakeholders to deliver technical solutions
- Contribute to incident, problem and change management activities
- Research and evaluate new technologies, tools and approaches that could improve platform capabilities
- Utilise AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity, automation and operational efficiency
Our take
Though terms like Insurtech and Software-as-a-Service are relatively fresh, CDL has been providing software to leading insurance companies since its foundation in 1977. The fact that it’s come so far suggests that it’s been able to stay ahead of the curve with the many market trends and tech advances since then.
Indeed, the company counts the likes of Autonet, Ageas Retail, Brightside, and British Gas amongst its customers. CDL has grown organically without any capital investment, boasting a still growing employee headcount and working with some of the UK’s most established insurance brands.
This is all a great reflection of the company’s standing. And, though its fair to say that CDL may not be on a rapid growth trajectory like many younger, VC-funded startups in the insurtech space, it’s stable position would be enviable to most.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Hybrid working – occasional requirements to attend the office
- Flexible hours
- 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days
- Excellent training and development platform
- Opportunities for career progression
- Health and Wellbeing programme
- Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups
- Life and health assurance
- Established Recognition Award System
- Great Parental Benefits
- Diversity and Inclusion network
- Pension scheme
- Community projects and volunteer days
- Refer a friend bonus
Company HQ
Stockport, UK
Leadership
Nigel Phillips
(CEO)Began career in IT Development at East West Insurance. Joined CDL in 1997 as a Strategist, becoming CEO in 2020.
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