Description:
This is a fantastic new role which will be instrumental to the team’s development. You will have the opportunity to help mould this team by building out processes, structure and best practices, and you will have the opportunity to work on the development of products that are critical to our business.
This role is suited to an experienced Developer who is keen to start or continue a career in the insurance industry, be self-motivated to research and learn new techniques and have a passion for using code and software engineering techniques when approaching analytical tasks.
Some of the key responsibilities include:
- Develop and update critical raters on AIG’s future state rating platform, hyperexponential reNew, a Python-based commercial rating solution
- Support Product Actuaries in building and maintaining raters
- Help support the global team in the development and maintenance of the rater target operating model, rater standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Take ownership of projects utilizing Agile planning approaches
- Apply rigorous coding standards in reviewing the work of others and managing junior resources
- Help team to develop DevOps best practices and train and support other actuarial team members in the use of advanced software engineering approaches
What we’re looking for:
- At least five years of relevant experience, particularly in development and maintenance of Python based systems
- Degree in mathematics or computer science related discipline
- Significant experience of coding in Python – understanding of advanced coding techniques (abstraction, design patterns, unit testing) and CI/CD tooling and processes to ensure high quality results
- Expertise in Excel, SQL, VBA, JavaScript or other programming languages would be useful
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience of working within an Agile framework
- Able to be responsive to service needs and operational demands
- Proven ability to manage a portfolio of projects