Pricing Automation Engineer
Location: Leicester & Bexhill Hybrid - Expectation to come into the office once a week
Welcome to Hastings Direct
We’re a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company, we’ve 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, we're 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 you’re now reading this job advert means we’ve tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD. If you like what you see, we hope you'll 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 you’re excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure, we would love to hear from you.
Team Overview
Our mission is to create the leading suite of exploratory and data products in the industry - empowering our pricing, data and analytics (PDA) community to move faster and deliver more, with major commercial impact.
Skywalker is our automated trading platform and is at the heart of what we do. It maximises underwriting pricing efficiency and hosts a growing suite of tooling that’s being adopted across the wider business. We're expanding Skywalker’s capabilities and looking for curious, motivated people to help support the PDA community in getting the most out of it.
This role is open to junior and mid-level applicants, including graduates, provided you meet the technical requirements and bring a learning mindset.
Job Details
Our team works at the cutting edge of technology and automation, and we aspire to drive business success through innovation and smart technology. We believe great work happens when you’re supported, trusted, and doing something meaningful. That’s why this role offers:
- Learning: Whether you're early in your career or branching out, we support your future - through mentoring, pair programming, and on-the-job learning through a well-connected community that values delivery, growth and enjoyment.
- Autonomy: You'll have the freedom to solve real business problems in your own way
- Purpose: You'll help streamline and scale pricing and underwriting across the business and be a key contributor, collaborating at the intersection of pricing, modelling, engineering & more
- Specialty: You’ll build niche expertise in pricing automation, underwriting workflows and trading infrastructure
Clear expectations: In your first 3-6 months, you’ll:
- Prototype new enhancements to our Skywalker toolkit
- Contribute to adoption and rollout of Skywalker tools across new teams
- Automate key underwriting data pipelines
What skills you’ll need
- Strong technical capability with Python, SQL, and version‑control tools such as Git/GitHub
- Ability to interpret complex data, identify patterns, and generate meaningful insights
- Clear and engaging communicator who can confidently share information in any setting
- Collaborative mindset with a willingness to support others and work across multiple workstreams
- Curious, creative problem‑solver who enjoys exploring how things work and prototyping new ideas
- Commercially aware and accountable, with a drive to improve processes and challenge the status quo
The interview process:
Our interview process involves the below:
- Recruiter screening call
- At home online assessment
- Virtual technical and competency Interview
What we offer
Join us and you’ll 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, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice.
Regrettably, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
What we offer
Join us and you’ll 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, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice.
Reward
Salary – Attractive salary based on experience (pay reviews also completed each year)
Flexible Working – We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach so please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail, including days in the office and at home.
Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus, which is usually paid in March. The scheme is based on Hastings’ performance against our business goals and your own personal performance.
Physical Wellbeing – We like to help our colleagues take a proactive approach in keeping themselves well, that’s why we fund our colleagues to be able to claim against everyday health care through our healthcare cash plan.
Financial Wellbeing – As well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an AWARD WINNING package which includes – discounts and cashback at everyday retailers and on our own products, fee free independent mortgage advice, and free access to financial wellbeing support.
Mental Wellbeing Programme - At Hastings Direct we understand that mental health cannot not be scheduled, that’s why we have a range of support to help you keep yourself well. We have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs
There's more! – 25 days annual leave +bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your contracted weeks, access to private healthcare, dental plans, discounted health assessments, cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more. Most of our benefits and wellbeing resources are available to colleagues from their first day whilst some optional benefits, which involve committing to a 12-month payment schedule, are available as soon as you have completed your probationary period.
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, we’ll 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
Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.
At Hastings Direct, we’re 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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