Staff Software Engineer - #1698007

a Bit About Flock

At Flock we do insurance very differently.

Our real-time, data-driven approach means we’re able to price connected vehicle insurance and assess risk better than ever before, whilst giving fleet owners the insights they need to improve safety. We don’t just pay claims; we help our customers prevent them. We now insure hundreds of fleets in the UK, including the likes of JLR and Amazon, as well as fleets that work for DPD, Uber and Bolt.

We've now raised over £50M and our goal is to become the leading insurance company for connected and autonomous vehicles, and we're building a world-class team to help us get there.

THE ROLE

You’ll have meaningful opportunities to make an impact, be responsible for deliverables, and contribute to positive change for the team and our customers. Your team builds a core product for Flock and while you'll primarily focus within this team, we value your ability to collaborate and inspire across teams.

What We Think Is Most Exciting About The Role

You will provide technical leadership of the “Growth and Trading” team; guiding the engineers in the team to elegant solutions and truly impactful deliverables. Together, your team builds products to increase the value our customers receive and the volume of policies we sell, so you’re in the heart of both technical complexity and business growth at Flock.

a Little More On What You’ll Be Doing

• You’ll design and implement elegant solutions to technical problems and success will be measured by positive impact on the company and the team.
• You’ll partner your team’s product manager in the team to define, scope and solve each problem collaboratively.
• While the PM focuses on the “why” and “what”, you will shape the “how” and “when” in collaboration with the 2 engineers in your team.
• You’ll ensure the team delivers meaningful solutions while mentoring the other engineers in the team towards focus, speed and positive impact.
• You’ll collaborate with the other product teams and the Head of Architecture to enhance our platform and patterns.
• You’ll report to the Head of Engineering and collaborate with the CTO and other Product/Tech leadership to cultivate developer experience through principles and practices.
  
  

WHAT YOU’ll BRING TO FLOCK

• ESSENTIAL
• Constructive and thoughtful. You contribute new ideas while being receptive
• Ability to define and track success metrics in a product outcome focused environment
• Experience working with distributed architectures at scale.
• Familiarity with AWS managed services; we prioritise using these services to work more efficiently
• Comfortable with TypeScript and Python (with type hints).
• Understanding of how infrastructure and application layers work together to optimise your solutions.
• Awareness of various architectural approaches, especially within serverless environments and the benefits and limitations of Layered Architecture
• Experience beyond common frameworks and ORMs
• Thoughtful approach to testing; how it shapes code structure and enhances a serverless environment.
• PREFERABLE
• SQS and EventBridge as transport services with an interest in stream processing and queue optimisation.
• Knowledge of AWS lambda performance considerations, including invocation methods and EVent Source Mapping considerations.
• Familiarity with AWS CDK for infrastructure as code
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design principles and how to effectively apply them
• Knowledge of functional programming concepts
  
  

WHAT WE OFFER (in Addition To a Competitive Salary)

• Participation in Flock’s Share Option Scheme
• 25 days of holiday (+ Bank Holidays)
• Workplace Pension
• Private Medical Insurance (including Optical , Dental & Mental Health )
• Various Salary Sacrifice Schemes - Workplace Nursery, Holiday Purchase, Tech, Gym, Cycle to Work, Electric Vehicle, Private Medical Insurance for families
• Enhanced Parental Leave and Pay
• £1000 toward relevant professional qualifications
• £500 per annum towards learning and development
• 3 days paid leave for L&D purposes
  
  

At Flock, we typically follow a hybrid working model involving a minimum of 3 days per week spent in the office, which is based in Central London, a few minutes walk from Moorgate and Liverpool Street.

ONE LAST THING..

Authenticity is important to us. We value the unique qualities and experiences you bring. So if you apply, just be your genuine self. It's who we want!