Job Description
Role Purpose:
This is a development role within IT’s development function. The key purpose of the role is to engineer solutions in a product centric team aligned to a business product owner. The team contributes to the overall success of the organisation by implementing and maintaining robust technical solutions for the business. IT Development have a specific purpose in creating bespoke solutions that add value to give PIC an edge over competitors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicate effectively with all departments and engage collaboratively with stakeholders to deliver business value for the team’s applications.
- Take a lead role in defining requirements, agreeing on solution designs, estimating effort, managing tasks effectively, conducting demos for feedback, and overseeing support and maintenance tasks.
- Implement internal applications and web services in accordance with change management policies.
- Perform code quality, security, and testing reviews to ensure the high quality and security of computer systems and data
- Contribute to the definition of architectural patterns, best practices, software templates, shared libraries, and reusable components. Engage with technical stakeholders and forums as necessary.
- Manage application performance requirements, tech debt, and innovate as part of continual improvement.
- Monitor and maintain systems in line with the standard incident management process to meet business support requirements.
- Assist team members and lead by example by embodying the company’s core values.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Technical
- Proficiency in one or more structured programming languages such as Java, C# or Python.
- Proficiency in web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP) and modern web development frameworks (React, Angular, Dash).
- Good experience with version control systems like Git.
- Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- Proficiency with databases (SQL or NoSQL).
- Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies.
- Strong design and implementation skills of enterprise applications with cloud-based architecture, APIs, containerisation and microservices.
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Experience of cybersecurity principles and practices.
Non Technical
- Project management skills.
- Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with team members and stakeholders.
- Experience of software development methodologies such as Agile or Scrum.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking.
- Attention to detail and quality.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and mentor junior engineers.
- Highly self-motivated with a focus on customer service, delivery, and quality.
Benefits
- 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Pension
- Insurance for Travel, Private Medical, Critical Illness, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Save As You Earn (SAYE)
And more
About PIC:
The purpose of PIC is to pay the pensions of its current and future policyholders.
PIC provides secure and stable retirement incomes through leading customer service, comprehensive risk management and excellence in asset and liability management. At 30 June 2022, PIC had insured 293,400 pension scheme members and had £44.1 billion in financial investments, accumulated through the provision of tailored pension insurance buyouts and buy-ins to the trustees and sponsors of U.K. defined benefit pension schemes. Clients include FTSE 100 companies, multinationals, and the public sector.
PIC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority (FRN 454345). For further information please visit www.pensioncorporation.com
In essence, we are a simple business: we take on assets transferred from defined benefit pension schemes through buy-ins and buyouts invest them, and use the cashflows generated from these investments to pay our policyholders’ pensions. PIC operates in the Pension Risk Transfer Market.
Our Culture:
PIC employs highly skilled individuals who all work to deliver a common purpose, supported by a culture of innovation and a strong set of values. Our success in hiring new people is due to our focus on creating a purposeful and stimulating working environment, where individual contributions are recognised within a collaborative, team-based effort.
Work Benefits:
We want our employees to be appropriately rewarded for their outstanding work, and PIC offers competitive remuneration packages and a generous range of benefits.
These include:
- hybrid working model
- competitive pension contributions
- private medical cover
- travel insurance
- season ticket loans
- access to 24/7 mental health support through an employee assistance programme
- a Cycle to Work scheme and a dedicated secure cycle space at our London office
- death in service benefit
- save as You Earn (“SAYE”) scheme. Allows employees to build up blocks of shares in the Company. The scheme is open to all employees on an annual basis
- discretionary family leave enhancements including up to 26 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity
Diversity and Inclusion:
Diversity of thought is critical to PIC’s success, helping us to deliver our purpose in an innovative way. PIC demonstrably values individuals regardless of background or experience. It is important for us that our people can discuss cultural and other issues that are important to them in a respectful and engaging way.
PIC has been the lead sponsor for the Actuarial Mentoring Programme for the past five years. The initial aim was to retain female actuaries in the profession, and it now has a wider D&I remit. We also have our own mentoring programme, offering opportunities to people across all professions. Our Aspiring Managers Programme has a target of 50% female participants.
In 2021 we created our own Early Careers Academy, which encompasses the 10,000 Black Interns Programme and our own Apprenticeship Programme. Both these programmes focus on attracting diverse talent.
PIC also partners with LGBT Great, Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (GAIN) and RedStart, which is a charity providing financial education to children from disadvantaged areas.
We joined Women in Banking and Finance to provide our female talent with access to learning, networks, and development opportunities, as well as enabling us to learn from other member organisations on how we can continue to keep improving as an inclusive employer.
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Workplace Initiatives |
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Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
Yes |
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Leadership development programs? |
Yes |
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Mentoring programs? |
Yes |
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Coaching programs? |
Yes |
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Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
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Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
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Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
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No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
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Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
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No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
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Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
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Gender pay gap reporting information (2021) (UK): |
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Average pay gap: |
18.4% |
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Median pay gap: |
6.8% |
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Average bonus gap: |
1.1% |
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Median bonus gap: |
23.4% |
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Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
N/A |
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Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
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Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
N/A |
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Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
N/A |