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Full Stack Engineer

Cardiff

Posted 01/11/2024

Competitive

Top Reasons to Apply
  1. Admiral Pioneer is a new entity within Admiral Group with the objective of seeding, launching and scaling new businesses in areas of increasing societal importance.
  2. We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to drive and develop the solutions being built for our propositions.
  3. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance.
Job Description

About The Job:

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to drive and develop the solutions being built for our propositions. We don't believe in silos; you'll be empowered to flex your wealth of experience and contribute across the entire business. We work in a fast-paced environment delivering applications to meet the needs of the business

About Admiral Pioneer:

Admiral Pioneer is a new entity within Admiral Group with the objective of seeding, launching and scaling new businesses in areas of increasing societal importance. We are focusing on three significant domains:

  • Mobility
  • Future of Work
  • Live to 101

These domains are long term growth areas for Admiral. We anchor around meeting customer needs and are focused on experimenting and proving new products, business models and partnerships through a discovery driven approach.

We aren’t an incubator, we are building a dynamic and energising environment where we will provide all the excitement and freedom of a start-up, with the support and stability of an established organisation. We want to recruit passionate business builders who look at the world and see huge opportunities to change it.

The Admial Business Team:

Surviving in business is tough. Succeeding is even harder. We want to make it possible for more small businesses to survive and thrive - by building personalised products and services that allow our customers to run their business as well as they perform their craft.

We are a high-impact collaborative team of passionate individuals who are constantly looking at ways to enhance customer experience through a human centred design approach, rigour experimentation and a test and learn mindset. We are looking for bright and talented individuals who have a can-do attitude and will thrive in this enabling environment. We treat our colleagues openly, equally, and fairly and give them a ton of opportunity and freedom to do their best work and make a positive impact.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Develop Frontend Applications using Nextjs, React and Sanity.io
  • Develop Backend applications using NodeJS in a serverless architecture
  • Maintain a high level of Unit Test Coverage
  • Adhere to coding standards
  • Participating in Communities of practice
  • Play an active role in agile ceremonies such as retrospectives, sprint planning and stand-ups

Required Experience:

  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong Organisation and Time management skills
  • Ability to work independently, proactively and as part of a wider team

Commercial Experience In The Following Areas:

  • Development using JavaScript libraries and frameworks (Nextjs and React preferred)
  • Development of serverless applications (Node.js preferred)
  • Development of REST and / or GraphQL API's
  • Desirable Experience:
  • Experience working in the Insurance sector or other highly regulated sectors

Salary, Benefits And Work-Life Balance:

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.

Please Note: This is a hybrid role, with a requirement to work on site in Cardiff 2 days per week.

Admiral
Company Information

We're Wales’ only FTSE 100 company with forward-thinking approaches and endless opportunities to test, learn and grow. There's a reason we've been named one of the best places to work in the UK: our progressive culture, core values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion has created a working environment where people share ideas, aren’t afraid to speak up and change things, and above all, are felt valued.

Admiral’s success goes hand-in-hand with having a strong people-focused culture. We believe that happy people make happy customers and happy customers help increase profits. Our philosophy is a simple yet effective one: people who enjoy what they do, do it better!

Admiral people work hard to keep us at the top of our industry and are rewarded for it—with competitive pay, great benefits, a share package based on company performance, flexibility and work-life balance opportunities, nearby fitness and health centres, and other special perks.

Key Facts
  • Head Office:

    David Street,
    Cardiff
    CF10 2EH

  • Nearest Train Station:

    Cardiff Queen Street Station 0.3 miles / 7mins walk
     

  • Nearest Bus Stop:

    Dumfries Place KL 0.1 miles / 3mins walk

Location