Pricing Engineer

Job Title: Pricing Engineer

Location: London / Leicester / Bex Hill

Welcome to Hastings Direct

Were a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company weve made huge investments in our technology pricing data and analytics capabilities over the past few years along with nurturing our 4Cs culture and substantial investment in our people. And as a Finance team were doing exactly the same building a market leading finance technology platform investing in our team and our approach to leadership development with a real focus on commercially adding value to the business.

The fact youre now reading this job advert means weve tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD. If you like what you see we hope youll consider joining our team.

We have high standards and understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If youre excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for even if youre not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.

Role overview

We are looking for a passionate coder to join our Pricing Data and Analytics team. You will play a critical part building out and testing pricing logic in Python to support our growth ambitions. If youre a recent graduate with an interest in Python development then this could be a great opportunity for you!

You will be responsible for planning and executing pricing logic implementation and testing activities for our key Insurancebased projects. In this role your responsibilities will centre on software development automation development of new tools and testing.

You will be required to demonstrate the robustness of your code and then integrate your work into our live pricing systems.

Job details

• Familiarity with our current insurance pricing approach and identify areas for operational improvement

• Design and write logic that delivers the right price to customers in a timely manner

• Develop tools and code to automate processes and support other teams

• Provide testing & technical support to our pricing team

• As a Pricing Engineer you will develop deliver and maintain pricing logic to deliver the right price at the right time to our customers. You are expected to have strong technical abilities that enable you to significantly improve product quality.

Essential skills/experience:

• You will have a strong understanding of Python.

• You will be a fast learner willing to put in the effort to understand the complex world of insurance

• We would like you to be passionate about sharing your ideas to engage and enthuse some of our most senior stakeholders.

• We want you to be relentlessly curious a creative thinker enthusiastic with drive and adaptability in any situations that could come your way.

The interview process:

Our interview process involves the below:

• Recruiter screening call

• 1st stage interview with hiring leader

• 2nd Technical interview Panel format

As a Disability Confident employer were committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive what this means to you is if youre applying for a job with us youll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).For more information on the DCS please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website

Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary you will also receive

Flexible working we champion a flexible hybrid working approach please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail

Competitive bonus scheme all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus

Financial wellbeing as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover income protection at no extra cost and matched pension contributions up to 10% we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes discounts cashback free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support

Mental wellbeing programme we have the thrive mental health app our colleague assistance programme available 24/7 our own inhouse mental health first aiders support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs

Theres more! 25 days annual leave bank holidays with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks access to our health care cash back plans dental plans discounted health assessments Cycle to work and tech schemes discounted and free onsite facilities social events throughout the year and much more .

Join us and youll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues customers company and community. As one of our colleagues youll be helping to drive our growth so in return well give you all the support training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job well deliver good outcomes for every customer helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

At Hastings Direct were committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

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