Phoenix Group

Job Type: Perm

Salary and Benefits: Up to £54,000 dependant on experience plus bonus up to 16%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Closing Date: 1st March 2024

Location and flexible working: London. – hybrid working. We recognise the benefits of flexible working and will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here 

At Phoenix Group we’re passionate about helping people achieve a more secure and sustainable future. With circa 14 million policies, we make a difference to the lives of millions of people as the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. Join us now and you’ll grow with us as we build on our success.

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Software Developer in our Commercial team within our thriving Open division.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,800 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer our 12 million customers products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure, with c.£259 billion of assets under administration. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

The role

You will improve current processes by leveraging technology, ensuring developments are efficient, robust and easy to use. You'll support the end users of BPA pricing tools, including assisting with communication / training for users and providing support on live cases.

What are we looking for?

The Commercial team is seeking individuals to help drive efficiency in the BPA pricing process. As a result, we have a phenomenal opportunity to join our team at an exciting time, as we shape our proposition and the way we work to support our growth ambition:

Essential:

• Experience of software development in C# or Python is a key requirement, together with a strong understanding of a wide range of other technologies.
• Familiarity with modern design patterns and approaches in delivering robust software solutions.
• You’ll develop new tools and models, and enhance and maintain the existing codebase.
• The ability to clearly communicate and work closely with users as part of an agile team is essential.
• You'll maintain and develop appropriate test / regression packs to ensure good code coverage and robustness of the review process for tool releases.
• You'll support the end users of BPA pricing tools, including assisting with communication / training for and providing desktop support on live cases.
• You’ll be self-aware with the desire to exceed expectations and demonstrate resilience in overcoming challenges and determination to deliver results for the business.

Desirable:

• You'll ideally have experience in financial services, but it is not a necessity.
• Experience with cloud-based compute and storage services such as Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, AWS S3 and Azure Storage.
• Strong understanding of the core principles of networking and application protocols such as TCP, IP, HTTP and HTTPS.
• Experience with source control, CI/CD automation and testing frameworks.

We want to hire the whole version of you

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Find out more about #LifeAtPhoenix

• Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
• Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-usAs one of the UK’s Top Employers we’ve brought together businesses with long, successful histories and many strengths. MoreWe have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Software Developer in our Commercial team within our thriving Open division.

We want to hire the whole version of you

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Find out more about #LifeAtPhoenix

• Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
• Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us

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