Senior Technical Specification Developer 24 Month FTC Stratford-upon-Avon

Senior Technical Specification Developer 24 Month FTC

Region: Midlands

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract

Reference number: ITDI01419

Working pattern: Full-time

• Design and document specs for extracting data from legacy systems.
• Translate business needs into clear, technical migration solutions.
• Hybrid role with 80% homeworking and 20% in Stratford-upon-Avon.

NFU Mutual Guidewire Centre of Excellence

It's an exciting time at NFU Mutual. We've already rolled out Guidewire's ClaimCenter and BillingCenter and as part of a company-wide transformation we're now rolling out PolicyCenter. This is a strategic move that touches nearly every part of our operations and will have a lasting impact on the general insurance business at NFU Mutual, our customers, and their communities.

About the role

As a Senior Technical Specification Developer (24 Month FTC), you will support the strategic migration of policies from legacy systems into Guidewire PolicyCenter. You'll be the crucial link between business requirements and development delivery, understanding complex data structures, translating them into consistent technical specifications, and guiding the dev team on how to extract and process data in a repeatable, performant, and scalable way.

Your main focus will be designing and prescribing how data should be extracted from the legacy system, ensuring that developers implement solutions in a standardized and efficient manner. This helps avoid duplication of effort and achieves consistent and stable outcomes across the workstream. You'll review and analyze technical system requirements, challenge existing designs where needed, and recommend improvements to ensure effective data movement. While the role is highly technical, collaboration will be key as you work closely with developers, business analysts, and other project stakeholders to support successful policy migration.

You'll also be a key contributor to maintaining best practices across the team, supporting developers as they follow your technical specs and providing guidance where necessary.

You'll play a key role in supporting the team by reviewing and QAing code, mentoring junior developers, and occasionally getting hands-on with coding when needed. Your expertise will help ensure high-quality, reliable solutions across the team.

About you

This role depends on strong teamwork, collaboration, and the ability to influence others. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, building trusted relationships and communicating clearly to drive progress. Your ability to listen, adapt, and bring people together will be just as important as your technical skills.

Essential skills and experience

• Strong experience in SAP BODS (BusinessObjects Data Services) development
• Demonstrable SQL expertise and strong understanding of data modelling and ETL processes
• Experience designing technical specifications and working across legacy-to-strategic platform migrations
• Understanding of end-to-end system design and ability to identify and recommend improvements
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and awareness of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Ideally, experience working with Guidewire systems or within the insurance domain (useful, but not essential)

Internally this role is known as Senior Developer.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary £55,000 - £60,000 Dependent upon experience
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel, and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio, and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance, and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us.

We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row.