Financial Services Technology
InsurTech Engineer Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next InsurTech Engineer opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects InsurTech Engineers with insurers, insurance technology businesses, brokers and financial services organisations building modern policy, claims, underwriting and digital insurance platforms.
Whether your experience covers C#, .NET, Java, Python, APIs, cloud platforms, Guidewire, Duck Creek, policy administration, claims technology or digital insurance products, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current InsurTech Engineer Jobs
Explore current InsurTech Engineer opportunities available through HOK Consulting.
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If there are currently no suitable InsurTech Engineer vacancies listed, upload your CV and tell us what you’re looking for. Our team can contact you when a relevant permanent, contract or interim opportunity becomes available.
What Does an InsurTech Engineer Do?
InsurTech Engineers design, build and maintain technology used by insurers, brokers and insurance technology businesses to deliver and manage insurance products and services.
The role can involve developing policy administration systems, claims platforms, underwriting tools, customer portals, pricing services, APIs and integrations between insurance platforms and wider financial services technology.
InsurTech Engineers often work alongside Product Managers, Underwriters, Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Software Engineers and cloud teams to modernise legacy insurance systems, automate processes and build new digital insurance products.
InsurTech Engineer Skills & Experience
Technical requirements vary between insurers and technology platforms, but InsurTech Engineer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Insurance Technology (InsurTech)
- C#
- .NET
- Java
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Cloud-Native Development
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Guidewire
- Duck Creek
- Policy Administration Systems
- Claims Management Systems
- Underwriting Technology
- Pricing Systems
- Insurance Data
- System Integration
- Event-Driven Architecture
- SQL
- Test Automation
- Agile Development
Some InsurTech Engineers specialise in core insurance platforms such as Guidewire or Duck Creek, while others focus on cloud-native applications, customer-facing products, claims, underwriting, pricing, data or integration.
Strong software engineering skills are particularly valuable alongside an understanding of insurance processes because InsurTech teams often need to connect modern applications with established policy, claims and underwriting platforms.
Typical InsurTech Engineer Responsibilities
- Developing software for insurance products and platforms
- Building APIs and microservices for insurance applications
- Integrating policy, claims, underwriting and customer systems
- Developing cloud-based insurance services
- Supporting policy administration and claims platforms
- Automating insurance workflows and manual processes
- Modernising legacy insurance applications
- Developing customer and broker-facing digital services
- Writing automated tests and maintaining engineering standards
- Supporting CI/CD and automated deployment processes
- Investigating production issues across insurance platforms
- Working with product, underwriting, claims, data and technology teams
- Improving platform scalability, reliability and security
Responsibilities vary depending on whether the role focuses on policy administration, claims, underwriting, digital products, integrations or wider insurance technology transformation.
InsurTech Engineer Salary Expectations
InsurTech Engineer salaries vary according to experience, location, software engineering expertise, insurance platform knowledge and the complexity of the technology environment.
Permanent InsurTech Engineer
Around £95,000 per year
Current UK InsurTech skills median
Contract InsurTech Engineer
Around £625 per day
Current UK InsurTech contract median
Senior InsurTech Engineers and specialists with Guidewire, Duck Creek, cloud architecture, platform engineering or complex insurance transformation experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide. InsurTech Engineer is not a consistently standardised job title, so these figures use current technology vacancies citing InsurTech expertise rather than exact-title salary data.
InsurTech Engineer Career Progression
InsurTech Engineers can progress into senior engineering, architecture, platform and technology leadership positions within insurance and financial services.
Typical InsurTech Engineer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
InsurTech Engineers may also progress into roles such as:
- FinTech Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Insurance Technology Architect
- Platform Engineer
- Technical Architect
- Engineering Manager
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your software engineering expertise, specialise in insurance platforms, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider insurance technology products and engineering teams.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next InsurTech Engineer Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the insurance platforms you’ve worked with, your software and cloud expertise, the technologies you specialise in and the type of InsurTech opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
Financial Services Technology Recruitment
InsurTech Engineering forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider Financial Services Technology recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with specialists across insurance technology, FinTech, banking, payments, cloud platforms and financial services transformation.
Hiring?
Recruiting InsurTech Engineers?
HOK Consulting supports insurers, insurance technology businesses, brokers and financial services organisations looking for experienced InsurTech Engineers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re modernising a policy administration platform, transforming claims technology, building new digital insurance products, implementing Guidewire or Duck Creek or strengthening your wider insurance engineering capability, speak to HOK about your requirements.