Polaris Developer

About us

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance, and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

We are looking for a Commercial Polaris Developer to join our Commercial Direct team on a full-time, permanent basis.

This is a hybrid role with two working days a week from our Leeds or London office.

As a Polaris Developer, you will work as part of the business-led Development team being responsible for the development lifecycle, including internal systems, software house changes [Polaris and non-Polaris], scheduled releases, new products, product changes and faults.

You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of all system changes, reducing risk to the business and supporting Commercial to achieve strategic goals.

What you'll be doing as a Polaris Developer

• Review and provide feedback on Business Requirement Documents, also providing development estimations based on these business requirements

• Analyse business requirements to recommend the development approach, strategy and conditions

• Take responsibility for the project/BAU planning for development, preparing development plans, managing and resolving conflicts with other development activities, and amending development plans throughout the life of the project/change

• Ensure that development build specifications are executed following business priorities and progress recorded in line with governance requirements

• Identify issues, to a level where the underlying issue is understood and recorded in line with governance requirements and resolution managed through to completion     

• Provide updates to stakeholders and management on current development projects and BAU activities, highlighting conflicts for review and resolution

• Ensure that the integrity of the development environment and data is maintained     

• Ensure that all development requirements, specifications and any variances are documented correctly, in line with group governance, providing an audit path and a document library.

Skills & Qualities you'll need

• Competent working knowledge of the host policy administration systems

• Experience in Polaris ProductWriter

• Working knowledge of development and project methodologies

• Experience in analysing insurance products

• Understanding underwriting rules and complex pricing algorithms to a level where underlying requirements can be developed or configured to deliver the required solution

Ways of Working

Our hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you. Read our flexible working approach here .

What we offer in return

We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Core benefits include:

• Generous 9% employer pension contribution

• 25 days holiday allowance (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days each year)

• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance

• Free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

Plus, many more

There’s no-one else like you.

No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, quirks, skills and thoughts. That’s why you could belong here. As part of a team of brilliant individuals, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be.

We’re proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every single one of us brings. Every person, team, Squad, Tribe and Chapter, across every business that makes our Group. And we’re happy to say we’re customer obsessed.

Join us. Help us keep innovating and putting customers at the heart of everything. To be an insurance company of the future. When we work together, we can all achieve great things. Inspiring, challenging, and supporting each other to aim higher.

Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work – that’s why we champion diverse voices, build workplaces that work for people, and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks, adaptive working to inclusion training, we’ve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at directlinegroupcareers.com

Together, we’re one of a kind