Senior Software Engineer

Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team building a cutting-edge agentic AI platform for conversational AI agents in the insurance retail space. You will work with AWS Bedrock, serverless architectures, and modern Dev Ops practices to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable AI-powered solutions.

CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.

We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.

In a nutshell we are the market leading software house in our industry, creating the software, websites & apps for the Insurance & Finance sector across the UK. If you were to go on a price comparison website, approximately 65% of the companies on there are our clients!

• Design and implement serverless AI agent solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Bedrock.
• Build robust API integrations with validation, authentication, and error handling.
• Work with Amazon Bedrock agents and foundation models.
• Implement AI guardrails for content filtering, PII protection, and prompt injection prevention.
• Optimise AI agent performance, cost, and response quality.
• Implement monitoring and observability for AI workloads.
• Use Infrastructure as Code for AWS resource management.
• Maintain and enhance repositories using Git Lab CI / CD.
• Apply security best practices and manage vulnerabilities.
• Design scalable architectures supporting multi-client deployments.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain high code quality standards.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with cloud platforms.
• Experience in insurance or regulated industries.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner / AWS AI Practitioner.

Continuous Learning & Adaptability :
Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies and best practices in a rapidly evolving environment.

Problem-Solving & Analytical Thinking :
Strong capability to diagnose complex issues and design effective solutions.

Communication :
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Collaboration & Mentorship :
Experience mentoring junior developers and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing.

Agility & Resilience :
Comfortable working in fast-paced, agile environments.

Attention to Detail :
Commitment to delivering high-quality, secure, and reliable solutions.

Ownership & Accountability :
Proactive approach to taking responsibility for deliverables and outcomes.

Customer-Centric Mindset :
Ability to align technical solutions with business needs and user experience goals.

Languages :
Python, Type Script, JavaScript.

Cloud : AWS (Lambda, Bedrock, API Gateway, S3, Cloud Watch, Dynamo

DB)

AI :
Amazon Bedrock, Large Language Models (LLMs), Kiro (IDE / CLI).

Infrastructure :
Terraform / Open Tofu, Git Lab CI / CD.

Monitoring :
Dynatrace, Cloud Watch.

Testing : pytest, Jest, Karate, Postman.

Salary

The salary for the role of Senior Software Engineer pays up to £57,000p.a . providing a fantastic opportunity for career progression through CDL’s clearly defined career framework (  ).

Your growth and advancement within CDL are only limited by your own ambition and effort.

• Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD
  )
• Truly flexible working.
• 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
• Top employer for 9th year running
• Excellent training and development platform
• Opportunities for career…