Application Reliability and Performance Engineer

Company Description

Ready to join a team that's leading the way in reshaping the future of insurance? Here at esure Group, we are on a mission to revolutionise insurance for good!

We’ve been providing Home and Motor Insurance since 2000, with over 2 million customers trusting us to keep them covered through our esure and Sheilas’ Wheels brands. With a bold commitment for digital innovation, we're transforming the way the industry operates and putting customers at the heart of everything we do. Having completed our recent multi-year digital transformation, we’re now leveraging advanced technology and data-driven insights alongside exceptional service, to deliver personalised experiences that meet our customers ever-changing needs today and in the future.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an Application Reliability and performance Engineer to join our Team.

We are seeking a high motivated individual to bring a diverse skill set and proactive mindset to help ensure the stability, efficiency, and resilience of applications across esure. Good working knowledge of Java is needed for this position.

What you’ll do:

Support batch processing and carry out proactive analysis across squads and services.
Review Java code and suggest improvements to enhance quality and performance.
Investigate and resolve production incidents, problems, and change requests.
Offer expertise on business processes for projects and production support issues.
Maintain core Insurance systems and related infrastructure like Kubernetes and SOLR.
Improve batch efficiency and reduce costs, including audit-ready data archiving strategies.
Provide data analysis to support business decisions across Operations and Claims.
Deliver patching, database fixes, and business-critical data correction services.

Qualifications

What we’d love you to bring:

Java 17+ (preferably 21), Spring Boot
Jenkins, GIT and CI/CD
Jira and Confluence
Monitoring / alerting tools and solutions
Scripting or coding with shell/bash, and Python
Standard SQL query language and PLSQL
Agile principles and ways of working
Excellent client-facing communication skills
DevOps mindset
Excellent problem-solving abilities
Automation
Core AWS Services & Infrastructure as Code
Application Performance Optimisation

Additional Information

What’s in it for you?:

Competitive salary that reflects your skills, experience and potential.
Discretionary bonus scheme that recognises your hard work and contributions to esure’s success.
25 days annual leave, plus 8 flexible days and the ability to buy and sell further holiday.
Our flexible benefits platform is loaded with perks to choose from, so you can build a personal toolkit to support your health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and finances.
Company funded private medical insurance for qualifying colleagues.
Fantastic discounts on our insurance products! 50% off for yourself and spouse/partner and 10% off for direct family members.
We’ll elevate your career with hands-on training, mentoring, access to our exclusive academies, regular career conversations, and expert partner resources.
Driving good in the world couldn’t be more important to us. Our colleagues can use 2 volunteering days per year to support their local communities.
Join our internal networks and communities to connect, learn, and share ideas with likeminded colleagues.
We’re a proud supporter of the ABI’s ‘Make Flexible Work’ campaign and welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. Our hybrid working approach also puts you in the driving seat of how and where you do your best work.
And much more; See a full overview of our benefits here