Full Stack Engineer

Ki is a leading digital insurance technology company that uses machine learning, algorithms, and large language models to give insurance brokers quotes in seconds, rather than days. Our platform is built by a team of engineers, data scientists and product experts working together in an agile, cross‑functional way to unlock massive scale for underwriting in the Lloyd’s of London market.

We’re looking for a Staff Full‑Stack Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role you will provide technical leadership for both delivery squads and the wider engineering organisation, champion engineering excellence and high standard of quality, and work hands‑on delivering high‑impact software for the broker platform.

• Build robust and scalable software for business critical, web‑based applications
• Build eye‑catching, functional, efficient, and reusable web and mobile‑based sites that drive these web applications
• Design, build, test, document and maintain API’s and integrations
• Ensure quality control using industry‑standard techniques such as automated testing, pairing and code review
• Work with the Product team to understand end‑user requirements and translate them into an effective technical solution
• Document technical design and analysis work
• Assess current system architecture and identify opportunities for growth and improvement
• Build mock‑ups or prototypes to explore and troubleshoot new initiatives
• Work with the Product team and UX designers to review designs, implement new features and ensure user experience is top‑level
• Explore new ideas and emerging technologies, develop prototypes quickly
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, positively influence current ways of working and lead by example
• Serve as a domain expert in many of Ki’s core technologies
• Mentor and coach colleagues in both engineering and business domain subjects to build their own abilities and skills
• Opinionated regarding system architecture, able to suggest improvements and changes required to support delivery of new functionality where required

• Experience as a mid‑senior level engineer working across a modern web stack
• Strong software engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, ER modelling)
• Professional experience with a server‑side language, ideally JVM‑based
• Professional experience building web‑based single‑page applications, using React/Typescript or an equivalent
• Knowledge of front‑end development, able to build rich user interfaces following a responsive design
• HTML/CSS experience, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross‑browser compatibility and accessibility
• Comfortable working with cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, familiar with standard logging and monitoring tools used to investigate issues
• Experience with continuous integration, or ideally, continuous delivery
• Strong familiarity with build tools (e.g. Maven) and version control tools (e.g. Git/Github)
• Experience working in agile teams, following Scrum or Kanban, participating in regular ceremonies including stand‑ups, planning and retrospectives
• Experience using project management and workflow tools (e.g. Jira)
• Previous experience of software development in the financial markets, Fintech or Insurtech is preferable

• Know Your Customer:
  Put yourself in their shoes. Understand and balance the different needs of our customers, acting with integrity and empathy to create something excellent.
• Grow Together:
  Empower each other to succeed. Recognise the work of our teams, while celebrating individual success. Embrace diverse perspectives so we can develop and grow together.
• Be Courageous:
  Think big, push boundaries. Don’t be afraid to fail because that’s how we learn. Test, adapt, improve – always strive to be better.

At Ki, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every colleague is valued and respected for who they are and can do the best work of their careers. Inclusion is a critical foundation of our business and people strategies and supports our vision of becoming a market‑leading, digital and data‑led specialty insurance business.

You’ll get a highly competitive remuneration and benefits package. This is kept under constant review to make sure it stays relevant. We understand the power of saying thank you and take time to acknowledge and reward extraordinary effort by teams or individuals.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Insurance