Key skills
GoLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Design and evolve high-performance, scalable software architectures that act as a force multiplier for engineering teams.
- Lead the breakdown and delivery of large, complex technical initiatives into clear, achievable milestones.
- Provide deep technical leadership across system architecture, raising the overall technical bar of the team.
- Act as a go-to technical authority across multiple codebases, languages, and domains.
- Own the delivery of major projects end-to-end, driving progress, unblocking teams, and ensuring meaningful outcomes.
- Establish and improve engineering and organisational processes to solve recurring delivery and collaboration challenges.
- Support and develop engineers through coaching, performance management, and targeted growth plans.
- Model and promote clear communication, alignment, and effective cross-team collaboration.
Requirements
- Collaborative skills with an emphasis on product quality.
- Experience in insurtech, insurance or related industries.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Experience in a distributed work environment.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Income protection insurance
- Life insurance of 4 * base salary
- On-site gym and shower facilities
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Team social events and company parties
- Salary exchange on pension and nursery fees
- Access to Maji, the financial wellbeing platform
- Company stock options managed through Ledgy
- Milestone Birthday Bonus and a Life Events leave policy
- Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus national holidays
- Home office and equipment allowance, and a company MacBook
- Learning allowance and leave to attend conferences or take exams
- YuLife employee benefits, including EAP and bereavement helplines
- For each new hire, we plant a tree through our partnership with Ecologi
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