Senior Developer

At Canada Life UK, we're dedicated to supporting the retirement, investment, and protection needs of individuals, families, and companies.
Part of Great-West Lifeco, we've been a trusted presence in the UK since 1903.
Our mission is to build better futures for our customers, intermediaries, and employees by fostering a modern, agile, and inclusive environment.

We're on a journey to transform our business, focusing on financial and tax planning expertise, home finance and annuities solutions, and collective fund offerings.
Our ambition is clear:
to create a customer-focused, digitally driven future.

About the Role

Are you ready to lead the charge in digital innovation? As a Senior Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our digital solutions.
This is an opportunity to drive meaningful outcomes and make a real impact.

Canada Life UK is modernising its IT estate, leveraging cloud technologies and automation while adopting a product-centric approach.
You'll be involved at every stage of the product lifecycle, from conception and design to implementation and operational support.

While this is a full-stack role, we are particularly keen to augment our team with individuals who have strong skills in UI/UX and a genuine focus on customer-centric solutions.
We're looking for candidates who bring diverse experiences, innovative thinking, and a collaborative mindset to create intuitive and engaging user interfaces that delight our customers.

What You'll Do Design, build, deploy, and support software across front-end and back-end stacks, with a particular emphasis on delivering exceptional user experiences.
Configure and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for seamless Azure-hosted solutions.
Adopt a product mindset, focusing on customer outcomes and data-driven decisions.
Key Responsibilities

1.
Solution Development Contribute hands-on to the full development lifecycle, from coding to production release.
Collaborate closely with team members, product owners, and stakeholders, ensuring customer needs are at the forefront.
2.
Continuous Learning Stay ahead of industry trends and continually enhance your skills to drive innovation.
Share knowledge to strengthen our technical community.
3.
DevOps Delivery Implement and refine DevOps practices to balance development and operations.
Drive automation and reliability while reducing technical debt.
About You Expertise in modern component-oriented front-end frameworks and libraries with a strong appreciation for user experience (UX) and customer-focused design.
Familiarity in a Microsoft/Azure tech stack
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy) or a strong understanding of continuous deployment principles.
Passionate about agile practices and small iterations to optimise feedback loops.
Awareness of security best practices to ensure robust software delivery.
A collaborative mindset, contributing to team and community excellence.
Open to applying innovative ideas and approaches, regardless of your previous industry background.
How we work at Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us.
We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures.
Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others.
Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.

We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces.
That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.

Diversity and inclusion

Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us.
We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.

"At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures.
Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all." Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK

We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities.
We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong and can achieve their potential.
Our progress in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) reflects our belief in the power of diverse perspectives to build better futures.

Flexible Working
We understand that everyone's circumstances are unique.
We're happy to discuss flexible or part-time working arrangements to support your needs.

Join Us
If you're ready to make an impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Bring your unique perspective, creativity, and passion for delivering great digital experiences.
Apply today and help us shape the future of digital innovation at Canada Life UK.
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