Full Stack Software developer

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate Full Stack Software Engineer to join one of many agile squads in the Insurance Retail family, we are looking for someone who likes a challenge, wants to embrace a DevOps culture and brings ideas around improved ways of working. We are also looking for someone who is a team player and can collaborate with different people of technical ability.

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 history 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 have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.

In a nutshell we are the market leading software house in our industry, creating the software, websites & apps for the Insurance & Finance sector across the UK. If you were to go on a price comparison website, approximately 65% of the companies on there are our clients! Department Insurance Retail Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location North West UK - Hybrid Workplace type Hybrid Compensation £42,000 - £49,000 / year Reporting To This role's hiring manager : Jed Shaw

Key Responsibilities

You will be working with a squad responsible for the delivery, maintenance, and support of several CDL products. You will be closely involved in projects to migrate some of those products to the cloud as well as providing support and feature enhancements adhering to a product delivery roadmap. This role is heavily back end loaded with the frontend component making up 20% of workload.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Strong knowledge of Java and Spring frameworks.
• Proficiency in front-end development with React and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks.
• Proficient in using Gitlab for version control.
• Experience with Kibana for monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Highly Desirable

Benefits

Salary

The salary for the role of Full Stack Software developer pays up to £49,000p.a . Falling within our level 4 banding, providing a fantastic opportunity for career progression through CDL’s clearly defined career framework ().

Your growth and advancement within CDL are only limited by your own ambition and effort.

Benefits

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Diversity and inclusion

We’re on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking.

CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

About CDL Software

The UKs biggest insurance retailers rely on CDLs trend setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK. This Policy was last updated in April 2025