Copy of Senior Software Engineer (Node.js)

This is a 12 month staff fixed term contract (maternity cover), remote working but based in the United Kingdom. 

Contract start date is August ideally

Your purpose in the role

Insights’ products build self-awareness for individuals, teams, leaders, and organisations—enabling stronger relationships, better collaboration, and improved performance.

Innovation in Learning and Development is critical to maintaining differentiation, and this role contributes to building new tools and experiences that enhance product delivery.

The Product Technology department operates across four multi-disciplinary delivery squads (engineering, design, QA, product). The Senior Software Engineer will join one squad, contributing to the design, development, and delivery of new products and experiences.

We use an iterative agile approach with continuous integration and delivery, supported by automated pipelines. Our systems run on modern cloud infrastructure (AWS), with a strong focus on quality practices and up-to-date technologies.

We empower engineers to take ownership of delivery and determine the best technical approach. Continuous learning, weekly innovation time, and a culture of respectful collaboration support strong relationships, open communication, and effective teamwork.

Job Description

What you’ll do to succeed

Understand the product

• Develop a strong understanding of Insights’ products and services
• Apply this knowledge during refinement, design, and build phases to ensure the right features are delivered

Be part of a squad

• Actively contribute to a cross-disciplinary delivery squad
• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies
• Help refine and improve delivery processes
• Share ideas and expertise across process, features, and technical topics

Be part of the wider department

• Contribute to initiatives that improve overall delivery capability
• Support less experienced colleagues
• Collaborate across squads on shared challenges
• Manage and reduce technical debt
• Support third-line application issues and production incidents

Apply technical expertise

• Design, develop, release, and support scalable, robust software
• Collaborate with Technical Leads on architecture
• Conduct code reviews with constructive feedback
• Improve development processes and policies
• Write and maintain tests, expanding test coverage
• Produce documentation and build the team knowledge base

Qualifications

How you’ll show up

• Act with respect in all interactions
• Take ownership of delivery, proactively communicating progress and resolving blockers
• Prioritise team success over individual output
• Collaborate across squads and departments
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and persistence
• Show passion for technology and continuous improvement
• Maintain a customer-focused mindset
• Commit to ongoing learning and personal development

Requirements

• Strong JavaScript experience in large-scale projects
• Experience with TypeScript
• Passion for high-quality user experiences
• Strong React expertise using modern approaches and versions
• Confident with unit and integration testing
• Strong focus on automation across development, testing, and deployment
• Familiarity with Git source control
• Experience conducting code reviews
• Ability to lead and promote modern technologies for cutting-edge development

Desirable

• Knowledge of AWS or cloud technologies
• Understanding of backend service development
• Familiarity with Docker

Additional Information

Benefits:

• 35 days holidays
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Private Medical Insurance
• Income Protection
• Pension Plan
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance
• Electric Car Scheme
• Gymflex
• Employee Giving
• My Advantage – Employee Discounts
• Critical Illness cover
• Employee Assistance Program
• Holiday purchase option
• Flexible working - we are keen to help you in your work/life balance, talk to us if you have any ideas

Everyone is welcome at Insights. We’re dedicated to creating a space where you belong — that means accepting you for who you are now and supporting you on your journey towards whoever you want to become.

Our colourful solutions help people see themselves and others in a new light and we love encouraging our diverse global community to experience the transformational power of Insights Discovery. Through listening and learning, we will continue to foster the connections that matter to build a more inclusive culture.

It is in our nature to nurture. We have developed an organisation which puts care for our people, inclusion, belonging and wellbeing at the heart of our approach. We’re strengthened by a community where we work together to co-create a culture that celebrates difference and welcomes everybody.

We love learning. We want to be better tomorrow than we are today and we’re up for the journey. Unapologetically human, undoubtedly individual. Colourful to our core.

Read more about inclusivity at Insights via the vacancy page on our website: