Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Python) 

Reporting to: Lead Software Engineer 

Position Type: Permanent, Mon-Fri 9-5

Why Tokio Marine HCC? 

Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world’s leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients. 

The UWP Innovation Team has been established to empower underwriters by providing richer information at the point of decision making.  We are working towards this by 

Building out a cross-functional team sat with the underwriters 

Developing the team’s understanding of insurance 

Creating solutions for the benefit of the underwriters 

About the Opportunity 

The London Market Underwriting & Reinsurance Performance team consists of Actuaries, Reinsurance Specialists and Engineers reporting into the Chief Underwriting Officer (London Market). 

As a Senior Software Engineer with experience of Agile and DevOps, you will research, design, test, develop and support software solutions to transform our market-leading underwriting business. 

We are building and running full-stack solutions from Underwriting Dashboards, to an Actuarial Model Management platform, working closely with the central Innovation & Analytics function to define our developing Data Platform and identify opportunities to demonstrate its value. 

Core Responsibilities 

Collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, and underwriters to define and deliver the future of Property & Casualty underwriting at TMHCC International 

Continually improve ways of working, responding to change and maintaining focus on the underwriting experience 

Deliver valuable software in small increments 

Drive technical excellence to preserve and enhance agility 

Ways of working and behaviours:   

Able to quickly learn new technologies, platforms and languages 

Focus on quality and write tests before code (TDD, BDD) 

Seek out ways to measure the impact your solutions have on the business and use them to inform future decisions

Skills and Experience Specification 

Essential: 

Hands-on knowledge of Domain Driven Design (DDD) 

Experience of application development using Python (FastAPI desirable) 

Relevant qualifications and experience i.e. BSc in Computer Science or Engineering, Software Development certifications, etc. 

3+ years demonstrable experience in configuring and developing complex software solutions 

Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and test driven development (TDD and BDD) 

Strong understanding of agile software engineering practices 

Appetite for continual experimentation & learning 

Experience of AWS or Azure 

Awareness of modern software techniques such as integration patterns, microservices, containerisation 

Desirable: 

Some experience with frontend technologies such as HTML, CSS, HTMX, React 

Understanding of git, CI/CD and DevOps practices and experience in Observability / monitoring 

Any knowledge of Actuarial/Commercial Insurance is a bonus

Some exposure to or interest in Terraform and deployment pipelines in AWS or Azure 

What We Offer 

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful, dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals.  

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer.  Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.  

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