About us Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest growing major Motor and Home insurer in Australia.
We provide insurance products and solutions to safeguard a brighter future for our customers, delivered through our multi award-winning brand Budget Direct and partnerships with leading brands - ING, Qantas and Virgin Money.
Our range of general insurance products protect customer's most valued possessions on the road, at home and on holiday with various Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents, Pet and Travel Insurance products as well as Roadside Assistance.
Our culture of 'high performance with high integrity' underpins our values and the way we interact with our customers, the community and each other.
We're excited about the future and we're always on the lookout for talented, passionate individuals who can help us achieve our goal of being Australia's best insurer!
If this sounds like you, apply today.
The role This role is a key Java development role building out the best digital online experience for Auto and General's customers.
You will be building out applications to allow customers to buy and manage their policies online.
Also contributing to the development of internal applications used by our staff to support the business operations.
This role will be developing highly available and reliable Java micro-services deployed on AWS that are business critical.
Position accountabilities Design and develop modern Java code to implement the goals of the sprint and deliver value to our business partners.
Contribute the design and development of our modern Java cloud micro-service architecture.
Help build out our CI/CD pipeline and AWS deployment infrastructure.
Take ownership of the product, contribute improvement and innovation ideas.
Work closely with other developers in the cross functional team to provide REST APIs.
Contribute to best practice testing across unit, integration and end to end tests.
Attention to detail for the look and polish of web applications.
Work within a cross functional Scrum team.
Participate in all Scrum ceremonies such as planning, estimating and retrospectives.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of team processes.
Participate in support and deployment activities as required.
Perform other reasonable and relevant activities as requested from time to time to meet operational requirements.
What experience you'll bring 5 + years proven commercial experience in web development; Excellent knowledge of Java.
Excellent knowledge of Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
Knowledge of SQL and ORM technologies.
Understanding of cloud deployment with Docker and AWS.
Experience with monitoring tools such as New Relic/Sumo Logic.
Experience with AWS ecosystem such as S3, EC2, Lambda, SQS.
Strong knowledge of software development, micro-service and message bus design considerations and patterns.
Ability to work in the Atlassian suite of products.
JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket and Bamboo.
Source code management with git.
Experience is building highly available and reliable server side code.
Understanding of security implications for web applications (OWASP).
A background in financial services applications is an advantage.
Our perks Location –Our head office is conveniently based in Toowong Village shopping centre – a city fringe location with access to retail, restaurants, various parking options and public transport.
We also have office locations in Kawana (Sunshine Coast) and North Lakes – we are happy to consider applications from people wanting to work in these locations Extra leave - Enjoy additional leave days on us!
You'll receive a paid 'ME' day and one paid volunteer leave day annually.
Team members can also purchase up to two additional weeks of leave per year.
Paid parental leave - We support our new parents with paid parental leave and other benefits.
Workplace giving - If you're passionate about a cause, then we are too – we offer workplace giving and we'll dollar match your donations to registered charities.
Development opportunities - We're championing your development with internal programs and access to a wide range of online courses.
Employee discounts - You'll receive discounts on Budget Direct insurance products.
Reward and recognition - We reward high performance with employee recognition, reward and incentive schemes.
Onsite facilities - There's excellent end-of-trip facilities on offer and private spaces for nursing mothers.
Get social - Join our vibrant social and community activities including annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events across each of our sites.
Perks App - Access to an employee benefits and discounts app called 'Perks' offering your great discounts, offers and programs across a range of areas.
WFH - Technology offer two days WFH and three days in the office If you are seeking a new challenge and would enjoy the opportunity to work in a growing and changing business, click on the APPLY NOW button and submit your application.
Auto & General values individual differences and believes in fostering an inclusive culture that creates a great place to work for all.
*A note from Auto & General to recruitment agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business.
Auto & General is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.