Would you like to help drive the growth and technical software delivery expertise of a global company that works with 91% of the Fortune Global 500? Are you an experienced developer that can think on their feet and propose innovative solutions to challenging problems? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Risk Technology team in the UK.

　　Risk Technology is a cross-functional team of software development specialists, geospatial information specialists and catastrophe / financial model specialists who bring best-in-class analytics, thought leadership and expertise in designing, building and supporting industry standard risk analysis tools.

　　This is an exceptional opportunity to play a key role in developing the change capabilities of a global financial services organisation, where the focus will be on practical delivery and reacting to the highest value business needs.

　　You will be able to use your practical experience to hit the ground running, contribute to building high quality solutions to help meet our complex business requirements, challenge the technical design and delivery choices, demonstrate you detail-oriented approach with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and ensure a successful delivery.

　　The Role

　　Use your natural drive and expertise to push forward the build of software tools whilst developing deep domain knowledge.

　　Provide hands-on development of class leading web-based applications and services, using software best practices, as a technical expert

　　Work closely with the Solutions Engineering Lead maintaining good lines of communication

　　Demonstrate agility, ability to think outside the box and challenge established development processes and procedures

　　Bring your enthusiasm and drive to improve and work smarter to benefit our tools and products through awareness of technology trends and direction outside of the organisation

　　Demonstrate understanding of technical architecture to ensure enhancements and solutions are delivered in line with the vision

　　Working to defined development best practices and principles to enable WTW to deliver industry-leading technology solutions.

　　Adhere to, promote and improve development practices, collaborate on low level design and perform code reviews

　　Provide support and advice to more junior members of the team.

　　Participate and recommend prioritization through the project implementation process

　　The Requirements

　　Essential:

　　Posses and strong work ethic with a desire to improve yourself through your work

　　Demonstrable competency in C#, Typescript with experience working with .NET Core, Angular 14+ and Python.

　　Hands-on commercial experience in Azure cloud

　　Experience using Azure DevOps

　　Experience mentoring and guiding team members

　　Experience with all phases of the SDLC including maintenance and with Agile methodologies

　　Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a broader project team

　　First-rate communication skills and ability to apply these to rapid and creative problem solving in an occasionally pressurised environment.

　　Comfortable working in a remote situation or face to face in meetings with stakeholders

　　Desirable:

　　BSc degree qualified educated in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Science or Computer Science)

　　Experience building and working with mathematical algorithms

　　Experience with microservice based architectures

　　Experience understanding and translating complex business processes involving stakeholder groups and perspectives

　　Experience of working in a financial services organisation, preferably with exposure to the insurance industry/insurance broking. Where this directly relevant experience is not available, we will be looking for an ability to rapidly become effective in a new, unfamiliar environment

　　The successful applicant will report to the Risk Technology Solutions Engineering Lead.

　　The role offers hybrid working with travel to office expected on a regular cadence for meetings and workshops.

　　Some occasional travel may be required as part of the engagement with business and technology stakeholders.