Back End Integration Engineer (6-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Who we are

Apollo, a Skyward Group company, is an innovation-inspired insurance platform operating at Lloyd’s of London, delivering data-driven and creative solutions across a broad range of risks.

Our name reflects our origins. Inspired by one of our founding investors, Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, the business was built with the same pioneering mindset. Alongside Jim Hays, Neil set out to create a different kind of Lloyd’s platform, focused, agile and built around people.

Since launch in 2009, we have grown into a diversified insurance group offering products across Property, Casualty, Marine, Energy and Transportation, Specialty and Reinsurance, alongside Smart Follow and digital and embedded risk programmes. Our experience and unique ecosystem give Platform Partners the best chance of success, from navigating the Lloyd’s new entrant process through to the delivery of their long-term strategy.

With a team of more than 300 professionals, we continue to grow with purpose, combining underwriting excellence, innovation and collaboration to enable a more resilient and sustainable world.

Your Role

Apollo is modernising its technology landscape with cloud-based applications, integrations, and automation that support underwriting, operations, and business growth. We are hiring a Back End Integration Engineer on a six-month fixed-term contract, providing paternity leave cover within our Digital Solutions team.

This role will focus on maintaining delivery momentum across several active integration initiatives, ensuring critical systems and data flows continue to operate reliably while new capabilities are introduced.

As part of the team, you will design, build, and maintain the APIs, services, and integration patterns that connect systems across the organisation. Working closely with colleagues across business and technology teams, you will help shape practical solutions, streamline processes, and improve how applications and data interact across Apollo’s platforms.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement integrations across internal systems, cloud services, and vendor platforms.
• Build and maintain APIs, messaging components, orchestration workflows, and data access layers.
• Apply recognised integration patterns, security standards, and governance principles.
• Contribute to design discussions, architectural patterns, and engineering best practice.
• Develop high-quality, secure, maintainable code using approved languages and tools.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code review activities.
• Work within agile delivery cycles to estimate, plan, build, test, and deliver integration work.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and provide early-life support for new integrations.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Analysts, Application Engineers, Data Engineers, and Architects to translate requirements into effective solutions.
• Monitor integration performance and identify opportunities to simplify architecture or enhance automation and observability.
• Support governance, security, and compliance requirements across integration components.

What We Are Looking For

• Hands-on experience designing and building APIs, services, and system integrations.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns including REST, messaging, event-driven approaches, and orchestration.
• Experience with cloud integration services such as Azure API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Functions.
• Proficiency in C# or Python, with a focus on secure coding practices.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and modern engineering practice.
• Strong problem-solving capability and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
• Understanding of data flows, data modelling, and interoperability concepts.
• Experience integrating legacy systems or vendor platforms.
• Knowledge of the Lloyd’s insurance market is beneficial.
• Familiarity with agile delivery and DevOps approaches.

This six-month engagement offers the opportunity to contribute immediately to meaningful technology initiatives at Apollo, working alongside experienced engineers and business teams to deliver integrations that support underwriting, data, and operational capability across the organisation.

What you’ll get in return

We offer a competitive and thoughtfully designed reward package that reflects the value of our people. This includes a fair and attractive salary, discretionary bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package - including 31 days’ annual leave, a non-contributory pension and private medical insurance.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Apollo, people are at the heart of everything we do. We are a diverse, growing team of empowered experts who bring collaboration, innovation and data-driven thinking to every relationship and every risk.

We believe diversity and inclusion go far beyond targets. They are essential to understanding the global communities we serve and to making better decisions. That’s why we are committed to developing diverse talent at every level and creating an environment where different perspectives are genuinely valued, supported and celebrated.

We also run a programme of events, training and initiatives designed to recognise both the challenges and opportunities that come with building an inclusive workplace.

Hybrid & flexible working

Flexible and hybrid working are fully embraced at Apollo. We do not believe in presenteeism. Instead, we trust our people to work in ways that allow them to perform at their best, balancing professional responsibilities with personal commitments.

Supporting your application

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