Overview

Full stack Engineer, Front-end Engineer

We are looking for a Developer from a Web background with front end development skills and at least 3 years of experience to join our Digital Delivery department and help us transform and drive forward our client's digital solutions. You will help develop and maintain one of the UK’s largest retail insurers' digital applications, helping to drive their business, expand their offerings, and play a pivotal role in assisting them with modernising their tech stacks. You should have a passion and desire to work in a Test-Driven Development (TDD) & DevOps culture.

About CDL

CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector and has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space. CDL fosters an agile, collaborative culture focused on delivering high-velocity applications and supporting employees with opportunities for certification and growth.

About the Team

We have several Software Engineer roles in client implementation squads that focus on driving and delivering against customer roadmaps. Each delivery squad is multi-disciplined and consists of up to 10 members across delivery management, DevOps, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Software Engineering. You will be part of the Operations community with other Engineers in the Digital Delivery department, contributing to software engineering direction, best practices, and internal open source. You will have support from Software Engineering Seniors, Leads and Principals, and opportunities to gain industry-recognised certifications.

What you'll be doing

As a competent individual contributor in a hybrid working environment, you will play a pivotal role in the development of innovative web applications.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and maintaining legacy products until they’re ready to transition to new tech offerings
• Ensuring code quality by writing test-driven, well-structured, and maintainable code with a focus on performance, security, and best practices
• Troubleshooting and debugging issues to provide technical support and guidance to the team
• Embracing AI to help gain efficiencies
• Leveraging AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3 to build efficient, cost-effective, and scalable solutions – during probation you will have learning time to obtain an AWS certification
• Collaborating with product managers, business analysts, and other engineers to define client requirements and implement new features and enhancements
• Staying up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve products and development processes

Experience we think you will need

• 3 years of commercial experience as a Front-End Engineer in a JavaScript/HTML environment
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
• Experience with cloud architecture (preferably AWS)
• Proficiency in writing test driven JavaScript and related front-end technologies
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate and work well with others to meet product delivery deadlines
• Passion for learning and staying updated with evolving technologies
• Agile working practices

Desirable

• DevOps: Infrastructure as code, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker
• Experience in developing and consuming RESTful APIs
• React
• Serverless
• Experience working with XML
• Experience working with JSP and Java applications

Benefits

• Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD)
• Truly flexible working
• 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per year of service up to 30 days
• Top employer for 9th year running
• 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
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Established Recognition Award System
• Great Parental Benefits
• Diversity and Inclusion network
• Pension scheme
• Community projects and volunteer days
• Refer a friend bonus

Campus Benefits

• On-site free parking
• Open plan modern offices
• Quiet Spaces are also available
• Shuttle bus to and from the station
• Subsidised restaurant
• Games room and chill out zone
• Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events
• Social activities, regular events through our social group Xtra
• Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services on site
• Cycle to work scheme
• Shower and dry rooms

Diversity and Inclusion

CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all applicants.

About CDL Software

The UKs biggest insurance retailers rely on CDL’s trend setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK.