Senior DBA We are looking for a talented Senior DBA who eats, sleeps and breaths databases! If you would enjoy working as part of a collaborative, inspiring culture, then this role is for you! As a Senior DBA in our growing Data Services team, you will have the opportunity to get involved in up and coming projects including migrating over to PostgreSQL. Monitoring and supporting both test and live service environments, you will provide development, implementation and operational support for a broad range of CDL's databases. As a Senior DBA you will have deep technical capabilities primarily with the Oracle RDBMS and ideally SQL Server and Postgres (both on-prem and in the cloud). Automation is a key part of the role and you will automate processes using several technologies such as Terraform. Initially the role will be providing production and development support for Oracle and SQL Server Databases with the role quickly broadening to encompass PostgreSQL. We are looking for a highly skilled all-rounder who is as confident advising the development teams on maximising investment in database technologies as they are auditing, archiving, backing up, recovering, reviewing performance and troubleshooting issues. If you are a confident Senior DBA who is looking for a challenging role, then we would like to hear from you! About us: CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We've custom-built our own modern, open offices set in our own landscaped campus in Stockport. We employ over 600 staff providing for over 100 internet brands (Asda, Tesco, Money Supermarket, Swinton, AA, and Sainsbury's) to name a few. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We are also proud to have achieved the Top Employee 2019 for the third year in a row. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Software Developer - TypeScript & AWS Are you a Software Developer who is looking to be part of a collaborative inspiring culture? Do you enjoy working with the latest technologies and promoting technology breakthroughs? We want to hear from you! As a Software Developer your role will be working in an Agile team with technologies such as Typescript, NodeJS, Angular, NoSQL and SQL databases. You will primarily be working with AWS Serverless technologies as well as having some involvement with Containers. You will share responsibility for researching into the feasibility of requests, creating a viable design and analysing requirements to provide input on viability. We are looking for a Software Developer who will design and develop complex software enhancements and new developments. You'll be passionate about keeping up to date with industry advances and promoting awareness. In addition, we are looking for someone who has awareness of security, such as OWASP. About CDL CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful enterprise software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We've custom-built our own modern, open offices set in our own landscaped campus in Stockport, employing over 600 staff, providing for over 100 internet brands (Asda, Tesco, Money Supermarket, Swinton, AA, and Sainsbury's) to name a few. We pride ourselves on providing a positive and rewarding environment for our people. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Technical Author Are you a Technical Author who is looking for a new challenging role? Do you enjoy working within an agile environment and looking to work as part of an innovative, collaborative culture? We are looking for a Technical Author who has experience within a software delivery function, who can contribute to the delivery of high-quality product documentation to our customers. You will be involved in a range of our software products and you will take real ownership of the production and maintenance of the product and user guides, release notes and product enhancements. Working closely with the product, development and support teams to create reference materials to understand features and functionality of the software. Joining our Service Management department, you will have a strong customer focus and excellent communication skills. We are looking for a Technical Author / Writer who can create and review technical documentation aimed at a variety of audiences, ensuring the correct language is applied. Your role will have a strong focus towards the continuous delivery, driving improvements you will ensure deadlines are met. About CDL CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful enterprise software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Junior Product Tester CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We've custom-built our own modern, open offices set in our own landscaped campus in Stockport. We employ over 600 staff providing for over 100 internet brands (Asda, Tesco, Money Supermarket, Swinton, AA, and Sainsbury's) to name a few. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We are also proud to have achieved the Top Employee 2019 for the third year in a row. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Internal Vacancies Career development and progression within CDL is celebrated. All our employees, wherever they work are part of the CDL team and we want to keep our talented workforce in the business. If you are looking for a different experience or want to develop your skills in other areas - or are looking to stretch what you do at the moment even more then discuss your plans with your Line Manager during your performance review or one-to-ones.

Senior DevOps Engineer Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer who is looking to work within a Micro-Services environment on the latest cloud technologies? Would you like to be part of an inspiring collaborative culture? We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who can drive the delivery of continuous pipeline and develop and support our AWS cloud environment. This is a technology driven role where your DevOps experience will aid us in designing, supporting, maintaining and configuring CDL products. You will be working with Microservices architecture, based in Amazon Web Services, integrating with Elastic Stack and monitoring tools. As a Platform Engineer, you'll be automating processes using Terraform, scripting in Python and Bash, creating EC2 instances or using Elastic Stack powerful features such as Kibana and Logstash. This is an ideal career opportunity for a Senior DevOps engineer who enjoys working within a collaborative, autonomous environment, whilst applying their wealth of experience. Online training tools are available, and we'd be happy to send you on conferences, training courses, to enhance your knowledge, and experience, where applicable. What you'll do You will be supporting and improving current DevOps pipelines and working to automate current manual processes. Providing documentation and working with other team members to implement the solutions will be a key part of the role. About CDL: CDL is one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a strong track record in the high volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Principal Software Engineer CDL is a well-established software house specialising in the retail insurance sector. We have a 40-year track record of innovation and success, with more than 100 major online brands such as Swinton, AA and Tesco Bank trusting us to deliver their insurance services. We are proud of our long history and privately owned status, which make for a strong sense of identity and community within our team. Our purpose-built new campus in Stockport houses over 600 staff and boasts facilities such as a subsidised restaurant and games room. We're growing and evolving. We use Scrum as the foundation of our development approach (scaled to around 10 teams on our larger products) and we aim to be a truly agile business, built around collaborative, empowered, and customer-focussed teams. We have a balance of established products and new developments, including complex enterprise systems as well as end user web portals and apps, and our 'open to all' dedicated incubator has already generated ground-breaking ideas that will help to change the insurance sector. What you'll do You will be working within our Software Engineering department as a Principal Software Engineer working with our cross-functional delivery squads utilising agile frameworks to deliver value to our customers. You'll be a key enabler for the department, driving the technical and development direction and implementing the target architectural designs throughout CDL. We encourage innovation and agility and look to embrace the latest technologies to provide ever increasing business benefits to our customers in the UK and beyond. You'll work closely with our Software Architect to ensure our products are developed the right way, delivering high quality software to meet customer and commercial needs in accordance with defined standards, CDL's architectural pillars, good practice and agreed deadlines, helping CDL deliver an exceptional customer experience. This will occasionally involve working outside the normal working day. You will be an ambassador for CDL, bringing new ideas into the teams and sharing knowledge internally and externally. There is opportunity to lead research and design activities in order to identify new and alternative technology solutions into the CDL products and services to meet business requirements in line with our strategy.

Contracts Manager Are you a high performing Contracts Manager / or experienced Paralegal / Legal Executive who has experience managing, reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts? Are you looking for a new challenge with a growing legal team where you will have the opportunity to work as part of an inspiring, collaborative culture? We are looking for a Contracts Manager, who has experience of both advising on and drafting contracts, to assist in delivering contracts and legal guidance to meet the needs of the Group's business. What you will do: As a Contracts Manager you will provide support and legal guidance through the lifecycle of the contract. This will involve reviewing, advising on, drafting and providing support to colleagues in connection with a range of contract types, including Software Licence Agreements, SaaS Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Service Agreements and Master Services Agreements. The successful Contracts Manager will have a focus on supporting contract negotiations (engaging stakeholders in negotiation / decisions where necessary) and assisting in the drafting of contracts through to conclusion. They will also be skilled in handling contract queries and assisting business partners and internal clients in connection with contractual queries and issues throughout the lifecycle of the contract. About CDL: CDL is one of the UK's leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent track record in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on being part of a collaborative, inspiring working environment, with our employees at the heart of our company.

Senior Developer - Digital Products This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Senior Developer who is looking for an exciting project to work on implementing a new communication platform solution to a large client. What you'll do: As a Senior Developer, you will be working on our new flagship digital products. You will be closely involved in a project to deliver our state-of-the-art communication platform technology. This will involve utilising the latest in natural language understanding and deep learning technologies to build conversational interfaces. You will help to create new communication channels and modernise existing channels giving our customers an altogether more efficient contact centre platform with highly engaging user experiences and lifelike conversational interactions. With a strong collaborative focus and a drive for continuous improvement, you'll be a key part of the Development team as they work to implement features to delight our customers. As a Senior Developer, your positivity, drive and technical skills will help build amazing products. You will have the opportunity to get involved in the pipeline and deployment efforts for the solution. About CDL: CDL are one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, we are a privately owned company that has experienced continuous year on year growth and we employ over 600 people at our campus in Stockport. We are a certified UK top employer by the Top Employers Institute and are constantly striving to provide our employees with the best working environment and conditions. We have a strong track record in the high volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. We have spearheaded development in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled our customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you're always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Agile Delivery Team Lead Are you an Agile Delivery Lead with strong knowledge of agile development practices looking to guide teams into innovative ways of working? Are you a result driven team lead looking to make an impact and drive the delivery to completion? THE ROLE We are a growing community of Agile Delivery Team Leads. Collectively we fulfil two important roles: Support, enable and coach the software development teams as day-to-day Delivery Leads, whilst managing the team's day to day delivery Provide line management to the software engineers in your teams, ensuring staff are able to progress in their chosen disciplines We want to expand by recruiting experienced talent. You'll share your passion for agile and experience in applying agile frameworks, whilst working as an Agile Delivery Team Lead for one or two development teams, you will be managing team's of up to 8 people. Some are established Scrum teams moving to Kanban, some are moving to Scrum for the first time, and some are forming entirely afresh around new products. Your role will primarily be to facilitate and enable the team's success. You'll support, guide, inspire, coach, and challenge the team, Product Owners and other stakeholders. You'll help the organisation as well as the team understand how to apply agile frameworks with rigour and wisdom, to build strong teams, to deliver quality software regularly and effectively, and above all, to satisfy customers. This is the perfect opportunity to be a part of meaningful change to our flagship products and help drive a culture of excellence in everything we do. You will embody CDL's values and be an ambassador for the company both internally and externally, with an active presence in the agile community which in turn enables you to feed industry advances into our everyday working. About CDL CDL is one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a strong track record in the high-volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you're always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with. We're looking for an Agile Delivery Team Lead to join our ranks to drive the delivery forward!

Strategic/Lead Product Owner CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We've custom-built our own modern, open offices set in our own landscaped campus in Stockport. We employ over 600 staff providing for over 100 internet brands (Asda, Tesco, Money Supermarket, Swinton, AA, and Sainsbury's) to name a few. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We are also proud to have achieved the Top Employee 2019 for the third year in a row. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Agile QA What you'll do Are you passionate about quality and testing software with an Agile mindset? Do you care about 'building the right thing' and 'building the thing right'? Does being part of an innovative culture inspire you? Then we want you! We're looking for an Agile QA to join our ranks. With a strong collaborative focus and a drive for continuous improvement, you'll be a key part of the Delivery Team as they work to implement features to delight our customers. You'll be an experienced Agile advocate, with a strong testing background and a desire to iterate, innovate, and instigate quality-driven approaches and processes. You'll know all the basic testing techniques and some of the advanced ones too! You'll get to flex your automation skills and perhaps even teach others what you know. This is the perfect opportunity to be a part of meaningful change to our flagship and newer products, and help drive a culture of excellence in everything we do.

Software Engineering Manager Are you a Software Engineering Manager who has strong knowledge of agile delivery methods and experience of managing mixed discipline Software Engineering teams? Are you looking to join a fast-paced technology company who stays ahead of the game? What you'll do We are looking for a strong leader and communicator to drive our Software Engineering teams in the building, testing and running of our software and services. As a Software Engineering Manager, your role will be to continually drive and develop the strategic direction, driving results and demonstrating best practices. Working with agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban you will have a key focus on delivery. Our culture is fast paced, and we are constantly evolving, innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for a passionate Software Engineering Manager who will have responsibility of the technical innovation, encouraging and implementing agile methodologies. Leading multiple mixed discipline Software Engineering teams you will manage delivery leads, technical staff and work closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. People progression will be key to your role and you actively be involved in driving high-performance, coaching and developing teams. We continue to expand by recruiting experienced talent. Part of your role will be to lead the recruitment process and ensure there is enough resource for the company's needs. You'll have a passion for quality, striving for continuous improvement and work to best practises. As a strong communicator, your focus will be building strong relationships within your teams. About CDL: CDL is one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent track record in the high volume retail insurance sector, with clients including Ageas Retail, Swinton Insurance, Tesco Bank, iGO4 and John Lewis, to name a few. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. CDL is very much about innovation, excellence and collaboration. We've built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you're always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with. We pride ourselves on being part of a collaborative inspiring culture and the employees are the heart of our company. Our Agile Journey Here at CDL we do agile at scale from 'The Codeworks' our new purpose-built software house in Stockport near Manchester. Over the last few years our transformational agile journey has seen us become one of the top tier software houses in the Northwest, we aim to be the very best. If you have a passion to uncover better ways of developing software, this opportunity offers a key role within our Development function to facilitate the accelerated evolution of our lean agile practices.

Service Desk Technician - 2nd Line Are you a Service Desk Technician who enjoys solving problems? Do you have excellent customer service skills and are looking for a move into an IT Service Desk Role? We want to hear from you! As a Service Desk Technician - 2nd Line, the key focus to your role will be to resolve CDL application and product incidents, reported by clients. Working to agreed SLA's you will provide thorough investigation to find the root cause of problems. You will help diagnose 2nd line technical faults with the applications through resolution, within agreed SLA's. We are looking for a Service Desk Technician who has excellent problem solving skills with the ability to understand client problems and the impact it has on a client's activities. There will be a strong customer service focus to your role and communication skills are essential, ensuring you are building and maintaining excellent customer relationships. You will be responsible for assisting with incident and problem escalation, analysing information and identifying problems effectively, resolving 2nd line issues and escalating to team leaders and managers where necessary. You will keep up to date with technology, be motivated in your own personal development, including setting goals and objectives aligned with the business values. About CDL CDL are proud to achieve the Top Employer 2019 for the third year running! We are looking for talented people to join us on our journey. CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful enterprise software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Senior Agile QA Are you passionate about quality and testing software with an Agile mindset? Do you care about 'building the right thing' and 'building the thing right'? Does being part of an innovative culture inspire you? Then we want you! We're looking for a Senior Agile QA to join our ranks. With a strong collaborative focus and a drive for continuous improvement, you'll play a key part in supporting the implementation of strategic initiatives which enable better practices for our Delivery Teams to develop features that delight our customers. You'll be an experienced Agile advocate, with a strong testing background and a desire to iterate, innovate, and instigate quality-driven approaches and processes. You'll have a breadth of knowledge in all basic testing techniques, with depth and specialism in one or more advanced areas too! You'll ideally have some automation skills to flex, and love to advocate for new ways to do things. You'll be an inspiring teacher, coaching and mentoring others to improve their skills and acting as a role model to develop the stars of tomorrow. This is the perfect opportunity to be a part of meaningful change to our flagship and newer products, and help drive a culture of excellence in everything we do. The Role This is a position of influence, with a strong focus on supporting delivery of key initiatives and improvements to drive a Quality culture in Testing roles and beyond. You will be comfortable working as a self-starting individual, but have a predominantly collaborative approach to implement and influence positive change in people and processes. With proven expertise and experience in Agile, Quality, and Testing, you will cultivate and strive for a continuous improvement culture and demonstrate a true left-shifted, whole team approach to Quality. As a champion of the Testing Vision, you will provide everyday role modelling for other individuals; motivating, mentoring and helping others to develop their skills and to aspire to better themselves. You will embody CDL's values and be an ambassador for the company both internally and externally, with an active presence in the Testing community which in turn enables you to feed industry advances into our everyday working. You will not be happy with the status quo and will strive passionately to challenge, advance, and refine our collective successes and our people. You will actively advocate for quality being everyone's responsibility, and embed better practices, with a strong 'Test Pyramid' automation focus. Your consideration of quality extends beyond functional behaviour, encompassing non-functional capability such as performance and security. You will be technically competent; able to direct and contribute from a demonstrable position of knowledge. Your pastoral responsibilities will include cultivating an enjoyable, enthusiastic working environment, with a degree of 'just enough' line management to facilitate independent, positive and proactive staff.

Senior Cloud Engineer Are you looking for a new challenging role where you can work on a modern infrastructure and the latest technologies? Are you a passionate Senior Cloud Engineer with extensive experience in AWS looking to join a company where you can work on multiple projects? We are growing our cloud services department and we are looking for a talented Senior Cloud Engineer who can work with our new products and deployments, driving the projects through to delivery. You'll be a highly motivated Senior Cloud Engineer who's excited about helping to build a modern infrastructure for building, deploying and monitoring high-volume software applications, along with internal tools and systems. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you should be passionate about engineering and operations, own the technical direction and keep up to date with the latest trends. Leading the team, you will act as an escalation point and help with providing coaching and mentoring to junior team members. You'll build additional implementations in a Linux environment, assisting with the management AWS platform, ensuring smooth running of live systems. Are you up for a challenge? We would love to hear from you! About CDL CDL has established its position as a market leader in the highly competitive retail insurance sector by consistently creating powerful enterprise software solutions that deliver competitive and innovative advantage to our customers. We've custom-built our own modern, open offices set in our own landscaped campus in Stockport, employing over 600 staff, providing for over 100 internet brands (Asda, Tesco, Money Supermarket, Swinton, AA, and Sainsbury's) to name a few. We pride ourselves on providing a positive and rewarding environment for our people. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so you are always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.

Senior DevOps Engineer - Contract We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join us on a contract basis to work on one of our new digital solutions, this will be for a 3 Month period with the possibility to extend beyond this. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Contract Senior DevOps Engineer who is looking for an exciting project to work on implementing a new communication platform solution to a large client. What you'll do: As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be working on the support and delivery of Cloud based pipelines for our new flagship digital products. You will be closely involved in projects to deliver our new mobile app and our state-of-the-art communication platform technology. You will be involved with the deployment and automation of the Cloud based platform, automating application configuration through APIs. About CDL: CDL are one of the UK's leading insurance software houses, we are a privately owned company that has experienced continuous year on year growth and we employ over 600 people at our campus in Stockport. We are a certified UK top employer by the Top Employers Institute and are constantly striving to provide our employees with the best working environment and conditions. We have spearheaded development in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company's robust and innovative technologies have enabled our customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.