Canada Life and Irish Life
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Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.
Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.
Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing financial and tax planning expertise, home finance and annuities propositions, and collective fund solutions to third-party customers.
Job Purpose
We now seek Engineers to support the transformation and growth of our business, simplifying our IT architecture by modernising legacy systems and delivering new technological solutions that provide market-leading services for our colleagues, customers, and advisers.
What You’ll Do
The Software Engineer will be responsible for the strategic design and development of software solutions, ensuring high-quality outputs that adhere to industry best practices.
Collaborating closely with Project Managers, Product Owners, Architects, Business Analysts, and Testers, the ideal candidate will contribute to project feasibility, requirements gathering, design, development, quality assurance, and delivery plans.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop software solutions that align with defined requirements, following best practice and industry standards.
- Create reusable, well-documented, and extensible code, including unit tests.
- Consider non-functional requirements such as performance, auditing, security, and ongoing maintainability throughout development.
- Identify risks in a proactive manner.
- Participate and contribute to technical design and review sessions.
- Develop components for system integration with existing applications.
- Design and build black-box services/libraries (highly reusable components).
- Develop prototypes or Proofs of Concept to validate new ideas and solutions.
- Facilitate automated testing, integration, and deployment (CI/CD) processes.
- Support acceptance testing as required.
- Participate in problem-solving and debugging to resolve technical issues.
- Maintain transparent communication by providing regular progress updates to project management and team leaders—allowing seamless task regulation and review.
- Engage in mentoring, code reviews, and pair programming to foster knowledge sharing.
- Maintain and contribute to company-standard documentation.
- Enourage continuous learning and professional development.
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Required Knowledge & Experience
- Strong proficiency in developing technologies, languages, design patterns, and tooling, with particular emphasis on our core Microsoft / Azure ecosystem.
- Solid expertise in .NET (6+) and C# development, required at a professional level.
- Experience in API development and integration with third-party applications.
- Advocacy for SOLID and CLEAN coding principles, ensuring code clarity, readability, and maintainability.
- Awareness of security best practices and principles to guarantee the secure delivery of software solutions.
- Practical knowledge of GitHub and Octopus Deploy, while a clear understanding of CI/CD pipelines is more important than the specific tooling used. Hands-on experience deploying to production environments weekly or regularly.
- Core technical skills include:
- .NET 6+
- SQL
- Test Automation
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional time and self-management to ensure effective planning and prioritisation of tasks.
Desirable Skills (but not essential)
- Experience with Azure PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) technologies.
- Familiarity with M-Files (a digital file management system).
- Hands-on experience with distributed systems (e.g., SOA, Microservices architecture).
Benefits of Working at Canada Life
At Canada Life UK, we are committed to recognition, growth, and professional development for all employees. Our competitive salary and benefits package is regularly reviewed to ensure we remain attractive and rewarding for our colleagues, including:
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- A comprehensive reward package, including:
- Generous pension and bonus scheme.
- Income protection, private medical insurance.
- Life assurance.
- Access to a range of additional benefits and support services.
- Dedicated opportunities for personal and professional development, e.g., training programs.
How We Work at Canada Life
Our unique company culture is central to how we operate. We place a high value on ethical, empathetic, and collaborative behaviours that drive positive outcomes. Our blueprint behaviours foster relationships built on curiosity, accountability, collaboration, and adaptability, guiding us daily in our collective efforts to build better futures.
We invest heavily in the development of our people, technology, and workplaces, offering:
- Diverse training opportunities.
- Flexible working arrangements tailored to individual needs.
- Clear career progression paths for professional growth.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Canada Life UK, we are deeply committed to building an inclusive environment where every employee feels they belong and can thrive, regardless of gender, ethnicity, background, or other characteristics. Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is ongoing and pivotal—we are actively evolving to create the most welcoming and equitable workplace.
Our mission statement reflects this commitment well:
"At Canada Life, we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth."
Flexible Working
We value the diverse work and life responsibilities of our employees and aim to accommodate various needs. Flexible working arrangements (including part-time options) are freely discussed—please reach out if this is a requirement that aligns with your circumstances.
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