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Admiral

Senior Software Engineer - Python

Location:  Cardiff
Location flexibility:  Fully remote – for roles advertised as remote, 1 office day / week, 2 office days / week, 3 office days / week, 4 office days / week
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Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Python to join our team at Admiral Money!

About us

Admiral Money is the dynamic lending arm of Admiral Group, offering personal loans, motor finance, and homeowner loans since 2017. We’re building something special for our customers and are looking for curious, driven individuals ready to learn, take on challenges, and make an impact.

We’re proud to be a certified Great Place to Work for over 25 years, with recognition for Women and Wellbeing. Our inclusive culture empowers everyone to Be You.

Need support during the recruitment process? Just let us know – we’re here to help.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Admiral Money, your role will be to contribute to the varied development tasks undertaken by our technical product teams and champion technical excellence. You will also be expected to develop a deep understanding of our products and their technical implementation.

Responsibilities

Although this exciting and important role will vary day-to-day, we expect that the suitable candidate will:

  • Write clean, idiomatic, and maintainable code that aligns to business requirements
  • Ensure all work is covered by suitable unit tests
  • Proactive contribution to technical excellence through peer reviews and development of best practices
  • Ensure a suitable level of documentation is maintained
  • Effective contribution to team activities including Scrum Events
  • Commitment to the continual improvement of the software, the team, the discipline, and the business
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  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects and other stakeholders
  • Support the growth of the discipline through coaching and mentoring
  • Required Skills/Experience

    We are seeking candidate with:

    • Significant professional experience with Python
    • Use of AWS (or other cloud platform providers)
    • Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tooling and processes
    • Ability to work effectively as a member of a Scrum/Agile team
    • Knowledge and awareness of accessibility standards and best practices
    • Practical understanding of the importance of Secure Software Development practices
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

    Desirable Skills/Experience

    Although not essential, we would be excited to speak to candidates who also have:

    • Knowledge of other programming languages (particularly Go, Java, or Typescript)
    • Experience working with microservices and event driven architectures
    • Database engineering experience (particularly PostgreSQL and DynamoDB)
    • Terraform/IaC experience
    • Kubernetes and Docker experience

    Admiral: Where You Can

    We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

    Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

    We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

    Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

    As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

    If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know. Please do email eden.davies39@admiralgroup.co.uk or contact us on 07780038264. This number is dedicated to supporting candidates that require reasonable adjustments or support during the application process.

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    Working at Admiral

    Hybrid Fully remote – for roles advertised as remote

    A little flex time

    Company employees:

    10000

    Hiring in countries

    Gibraltar

    United Kingdom

    Office Locations

    Company benefits

    25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    Adoption leave
    Annual bonus
    Annual pay rises
    Bank holiday swaps
    Bike parking
    Book budget
    Buy or sell annual leave
    Career and family coaching
    Carer’s leave
    Charity donation scheme
    Coaching
    Collaboration spaces
    Compassionate leave
    Critical Illness Insurance
    Cycle to work scheme
    Death in service
    Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
    Employee assistance programme
    Employee discounts
    Enhanced maternity leave
    Enhanced paternity leave
    Enhanced pension match/contribution
    Ergonomic workstations
    Eye Care Support
    Faith rooms
    Financial advice
    Further education support
    Gym membership
    Health assessment
    Health insurance
    Home office set up
    In house training
    Interest free loans
    L&D budget
    Learning platform
    Life assurance
    Life insurance
    Learning license
    Meditation space
    Mental health first aiders
    Mentoring
    Modern office
    On-site barista
    On-site catering
    On-site massages
    On-site shower
    On-site wellness room
    Open to part time work for some roles
    Optional unpaid leave
    Paid fostering leave
    Pregnancy loss leave
    Pregnancy support
    Private booths
    Private GP service
    Referral bonus
    Restaurant discounts
    Sabbaticals
    Secure on-site parking
    Share options
    Shared parental leave
    Study support
    Teambuilding days
    Travel insurance
    Volunteer days – 2 days
    Personal development budgets

    Awards & Accreditations

    Most Inclusive Company

    Top 5 - Most Inclusive Company

    Flexa awards 2026
    Best Career Progression

    Top 10 - Best Career Progression

    Flexa awards 2026