Your new team
This is a pivotal Development role, directly shaping the best digital online experience for Auto & General’s customers.
You will be instrumental in building applications to allow customers to buy and manage their policies online. Beyond customer-facing solutions, you will also contribute to the development of robust internal applications crucial for supporting our business operations.
We encourage a mindset of continuous learning and embrace opportunities to explore and adopt new technologies that enhance our capabilities.
The role
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Design, develop, and implement high-quality, scalable free format RPG code to achieve sprint goals and deliver tangible value to our business partners.
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Contribute to the design and development of our modern API servicing customer data stored in the iSeries database, laying groundwork for future technology integrations.
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Take proactive ownership of the product, consistently identifying and championing innovative ideas and improvements, including exploring and advocating for suitable new technologies and approaches.
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Work closely with front-end developers in the cross-functional team to provide REST APIs in different interfacing languages.
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Enhance and build upon the business rules in an Object-Oriented implementation, focusing on modern design patterns.
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Contribute to best practice testing across unit, integration and comprehensive end-to-end tests.
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Maintain meticulous attention to detail for the integrity of customer data while exposing interactions in online and consultant facing applications.
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Work effectively within a cross-functional Scrum team, actively participating in all Scrum ceremonies such as planning, estimating and retrospectives.
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Contribute to the continuous improvement of team processes, actively participating in knowledge sharing and encouraging the exploration of new development paradigms.
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Participate in support and deployment activities as required, and perform other reasonable and relevant activities as requested from time to time to meet operational requirements.
What experience you’ll bring
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7+ years proven commercial experience in modern RPG development.
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Excellent knowledge and experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
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Excellent knowledge of free format RPG and embedded DB2 SQL.
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Excellent knowledge of modernization of legacy code bases to enhance performance.
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Strong knowledge of RESTful API design and development.
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Experience using RDi and Aldon.
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Experience with monitoring tools such as New Relic.
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Knowledge of XML and JSON.
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Ability to work in the Atlassian suite of products: JIRA, Confluence and Bitbucket. Source code management preferred.
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Experience building test scripts using SoapUI.
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Experience building highly available and reliable server-side code.
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Ability to write and maintain detailed technical documentation.
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A demonstrable eagerness to learn, adapt, and pivot to new development areas and technologies beyond RPG, showing an active interest in expanding your technical skill set and embracing future-oriented tech stacks.
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A background in financial services applications is an advantage.
Location
This role is available at any of our Brisbane and Sunshine Coast locations providing flexibility to choose the office that suits you. Our Toowong office is close to the city with easy public transport and parking options while our North Lakes offices are within walking distance of some of the north side’s best retail locations. If you love a view of the water, why not consider our Kawana office on the edge of Lake Kawana and only a five minute drive to the closest beach.
The benefits of working at A&G
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Be rewarded - we recognise high performance and reward our people for their hard work through bonuses and other perks.
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Work flexibility - with options to work from home two days per week.
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Options for leave - life happens, so we’ve got volunteer days, an additional paid ‘ME’ day, paid parental leave and the opportunity to purchase additional leave to cover all of the big stuff.
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Grow with us - we’ve got learning and professional development opportunities to suit everyone.
- Give back - our A&G Difference program gives you the power to change our community for the better through volunteering, fundraising and donation opportunities for causes that you’re passionate about.
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Take care of yourself - your wellbeing is important to us and our healthy mind and body hub, mental-health support and fitness discounts will help you be your best self.
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Celebrate the wins - we love sharing our successes and celebrating together - join us and you’ve got a ticket to our many on-site events throughout the year, family fun days and annual celebrations.
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Save money - as well as discounts on insurance products, we’ve teamed up with some incredible retailers, hospitality providers and others to bring you discounts on your purchases, no matter where you are in Australia.
About us
Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest-growing major Motor and Home insurer in Australia, providing insurance products and solutions to safeguard a brighter future for our customers and community.
Our range of general insurance products including Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents Pet and Travel products are delivered through our multi-award-winning brand Budget Direct and partnerships with leading brands - ING, Qantas, Virgin Money and Coles Insurance.
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.
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.
