Insight Investment

Software Engineer

• Insight Investment is looking for a Developer to join the Fusion Integrated Solutions team in London. As a Developer, you will work on a greenfield project, building new strategies which utilise CDI (Cashflow Driven Investment) and LDI (Liability Driven Investing), to manage corporate pension risks for our clients.
• The software is built using the latest React technology stack and micro-frontends backing onto .NET Core 8 services hosted in Azure using Kubernetes and SQL Server databases hosted in Azure SQL. We are constantly driving forward, with an aim to maintain the latest technology stack and addressing tech debt to keep our platform up to date.
• You will work in one of the most high-profile development teams within Insight, using Agile methodologies and Kanban and the latest .NET technology. You will work closely with the business and be involved in all aspects of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) and working with other product teams within Insight.
• Role Responsibilities
• As a Developer, beyond your day-to-day development work you will:
• Work across the full stack, with a focus on frontend development to deliver high-quality testable code to deliver new product features.
• Provide technical advice to other developers and take an active role in designing new technical standards.
• Take ownership for driving change and innovation, bring relevant teams together and lead retrospectives.
• Assess and recommend architectural patterns based on functional and non-functional requirements.
• Present information concisely to individuals within and outside of the Technology function.
• Mentor the wider team to support the Team lead and help optimise team performance.
• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead meetings with business stakeholders. You will work closely with the business and be involved in all aspects of the software lifecycle. The focus will be developing cloud-native applications to digitise Insight’s investment process for the front office.
• Experience Required
• C# / .NET Framework / .NET Core experience
• Experience working with SQL Server, writing TSQL
• Experience working in Agile teams performing iterative development
• Fundamentals and approaches: OOP, SOLID principles, TDD/BDD/ATDD
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity / Artifactory)
• Ability to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members
• Programming as part of a team and performing peer code reviews
• Insight is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at TalentAcquisition@InsightInvestment.com

Developer

Architect

• Insight Investment is looking for an Architect to join the Architecture team in Manchester. The role is hands-on across a variety of our key initiatives: AKS, GitHub Enterprise, data platforms, and distributed architectures.
• The purpose of the role is to bolster the Development and Technology Change departments, identifying opportunities to add value and make our technical delivery more sustainable in service to our core business. This can range from traditional architectural support with the teams, onboarding new functionality across our various platforms, evangelising new approaches, or doing detailed analysis or development work to solve challenging problems.
• Although the work varies and we cannot promise working on something specific, we always focus on delivering or enabling high-impact, high-value work for Insight.
• Role Responsibilities
• Take ownership for driving change and innovation, either working behind the scenes or directly with the teams
• Guide the creation of and be involved in our architectural governance and review function, to help the teams make the right decisions and support change in the future
• Be a spokesperson for our technology brand and engineering practices, both internally to evangelise and energise our teams and externally to attract talent
• Remain active, cutting code with the teams either where this is value-add or additional help is required
• Experience Required
• Expert C# and .NET knowledge.
• Ability to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members
• Demonstrate initiative and independence to run work and deliver value
• Stand by software engineering principles around quality and doing things the right way
• Have a constant desire to improve knowledge and drive adoption of new tech or approaches within the team
• Own mistakes and work with your colleagues to redress them, learn from them and make improvements for the long-term
• Be able to communicate abstract or complex ideas or solutions effectively
• Previous experience with build and deployment systems and methodologies
• Previous experience with containers and container orchestration technology

Insight Investment is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at TalentAcquisition@InsightInvestment.com