About us

At Auto & General (A&G), we provide smarter products and solutions to safeguard our customers in their time of need. Our range of general insurance products protect customers 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.

Your new team

You will be working in an agile team comprising of Developers, Testers, Automation Engineers, Product Owners, Business Analysts and Scrum Masters.

The role

This role will be developing highly available, scalable, and reliable Java micro-services deployed on AWS that are business critical. While also working on our Typescript AngularJS front end application. Depending on the sprint goals some sprints maybe more focused on Java or AngularJS or both. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working across both stacks to deliver functionality end to end.

The role will be working in one of several cross functional agile teams, supported by a product owner and Scrum master. All software is delivered via agile teams and deployed via a modern DevOps/CI pipeline to AWS.

Your responsibilities

• Design and develop Java 8/Typescript 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. 
• Contribute to the design and development of our front-end Typescript/AngularJS application. 
• Help build out our CI/CD pipeline and AWS deployment infrastructure. 
• Take ownership of the product, contribute improvement and innovation ideas. 
• Contribute to best practice testing across unit, integration and end to end tests. 
• 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 8. 
• Excellent knowledge of Spring Boot and Spring Cloud. 
• Knowledge of SQL and ORM technologies. 
• Excellent knowledge of Typescript and Javascript (ES 2015+) and AngularJS 
• Familiarity with modern web frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue desirable. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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’re happy to consider applications from people wanting to work in these locations.
• Technology– You know how you work best so you get to choose your laptop (Mac or Windows).
• 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 Car, Home, and Travel insurance.
• 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.
• WFH- Technology have a hybrid WFH Model- 2 days WFH 3 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.