Senior Software Engineer - Python

About Us

Admiral Money is the dynamic lending arm of Admiral Group, offering personal loans, motor finance, and homeowner loans since 2017. We’re building something special for our customers and are looking for curious, driven individuals ready to learn, take on challenges, and make an impact. We’re proud to be a certified Great Place to Work for over 25 years, with recognition for Women and Wellbeing.

Our inclusive culture empowers everyone to Be You. Need support during the recruitment process? Just let us know – we’re here to help.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Admiral Money, your role will be to contribute to the varied development tasks undertaken by our technical product teams and champion technical excellence. You will also be expected to develop a deep understanding of our products and their technical implementation.

• Write clean, idiomatic, and maintainable code that aligns to business requirements
• Ensure all work is covered by suitable unit tests
• Proactive contribution to technical excellence through peer reviews and development of best practices
• Ensure a suitable level of documentation is maintained
• Effective contribution to team activities including Scrum Events
• Commitment to the continual improvement of the software, the team, the discipline, and the business
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects and other stakeholders
• Support the growth of the discipline through coaching and mentoring

• Significant professional experience with Python
• Use of AWS (or other cloud platform providers)
• Experience with CI/CD and Dev Ops tooling and processes
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a Scrum/Agile team
• Knowledge and awareness of accessibility standards and best practices
• Practical understanding of the importance of Secure Software Development practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Knowledge of other programming languages (particularly Go, Java, or Typescript)
• Experience working with microservices and event driven architectures
• Database engineering experience (particularly Postgre
  
  SQL and Dynamo
  
  DB)
• Terraform/IaC experience
• Kubernetes and Docker experience

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It’s a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people‑first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can grow and progress at a pace and direction that suits you, make a difference for our customers and each other, and share in our future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave. We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Not applicable

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Insurance

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom – £45,000.00‑£50,000.00

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