Job Vacancy Software Engineer

About The Role
Team - Health, Adviser and Employer - IT
Working Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full time hours.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!
 
What the role is all about:
Our Software Engineers play a critical role in Vitality's successful business model by building and maintaining software solutions. You will work in line with quality and time parameters, to offer brilliant products with seamless, intuitive customer journeys.

You will act as an intermediate authority with experience in building full solutions across journey. You will have the chance to work closely with stakeholders/product owners and a wide variety of internal and external technical teams.   

Key Actions:

• Implement the software development life cycle: build, maintain, test, deliver, release and document user-friendly and customer centric software solutions, as required.
• Deliver to standards: Understand and apply Vitality's defined technical and process standards to ensure the effective management of risks and the protection of Vitality's data.
• Provide integrated solutions: ensure solutions are user-focused, well aligned and effectively integrated across multiple teams and platforms to ensure the business needs are met.
• Engage stakeholders. Collaborate, work with and develop an understanding of the needs and requirements of both internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Build and transfer skills and knowledge. Take responsibility for developing personal skills and expertise aligned to role.
• Collaborate within and across teams. Work effectively together with others across varying areas of expertise to achieve the required results.   

Essential Skills needed to fulfil this role:

• Minimum 2-3+ years proven work experience in Full stack Software Engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of multiple programming languages, such as .NET, Javascript (React.js), Graph QL, Type Script , SQL Server or Postgres, DB schema & API swagger.
• Experience with a range of modern web application frameworks and integration technologies.
• Full stack development experience including web, services (microservices) and databases.
• Analytical skills to interpret complex relationships and data sets.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to train, coach and collaborate with other staff and management.
• Able to demonstrate working knowledge in following software engineering specialisms: Engineering standards and Practises; User Experience; Low level specifications, Technical Analysis; Performance; DevOps and CI/CD tooling.

So, what's in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company
We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We've been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives - they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people - and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
 
Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.
 
Diversity & Inclusion
We're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page.
Vitality's approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.