Senior Developer

In this role you will lead on technical design and development, support best practice across the team, and help deliver high quality, secure applications that support our business and customers.

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain core business applications hosted on the IBMi platform and developed in RPG.
• Deliver solutions that meet business needs and deliver tangible value.
• Act as the development lead for multiple projects and change initiatives.
• Work closely with other Senior Developers to stay aligned and deliver strong solutions.
• Ensure all code is efficient, secure and easy to maintain.
• Contribute to the definition and promotion of technical standards and ways of working across the team.
• Create and maintain good quality and accurate documentation such as functional design documents and user or troubleshooting guides.
• Communicate clearly, openly and in a timely manner with all colleagues, modifying your style to suit both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Embrace modernisation and proactively seek and suggest improvements.
• Demonstrate pragmatism over perfection.
• Create strong relationships both within IT and across the wider organisation to help build a clear understanding of all business areas, systems and user needs.

Skills and Experience:

• Excellent knowledge and practical experience in developing and maintaining RPG applications using free format RPG IV syntax and ILE techniques such as procedures, service programs, binding directories and embedded SQL.
• Familiarity with RPG400/RPG III.
• Experience with the following tools is an advantage: Rational Developer for i (RDi), CA 2E (formerly Synon), RPG Smartpages, HTML / CSS / JavaScript, Interform & Interword.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the IBMi platform and architecture.
• Take accountability and responsibility – own a problem through to resolution.
• Display a positive and can-do attitude – act as a role model for others.
• Be highly organised and able to multi-task efficiently.

Benefits:

• Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments.
• A minimum of 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) and the option to buy and sell days.
• Health benefits including Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities.
• Financial benefits including 50% off motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events.
• Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.
• Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Return to work programme after maternity leave.

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. If you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.