Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Akur8, France
Job Description
Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech startup that is revolutionizing insurance pricing with transparent AI.
Since 2016 our skilled Ramp;D team of Data Scientists, Software Engineers and Actuaries has developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing process in an unprecedented way.
Our solution is a SaaS platform which allows insurance companies to model their risks 10 times faster, with a higher predictive power than traditional methods. constituting a major game changer for the insurance industry.
Akur8 has been already been selected:
- In CB Insights Top 50 World Insurtech Companies 2022
- In Fintech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2022
- As No.24 in Sønr’s World Top 100 Insurtech Companies 2022
- As 3rd best overall (worldwide) in the CodinGame 2022 Software Engineering Fall Challenge
With 31 nationalities within our team, and offices in Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Milan amp; Cologne, Akur8’s solution is international by design. Servicing 85 clients across 3 continents and targeting all non-life insurance carriers, we focus on more mature markets for faster expansion.
To learn more about Akur8, and what we do, click here.
Akur8 is, in all senses of the term, an equal opportunities employer. Akur8 puts diversity and inclusion at the heart of its values. We examine all applications based on equal skills and applying the principles of non-discrimination.
Our Engineering team is the driving force behind an exhilarating development journey, sculpting the gold standard in insurance pricing software according to our ambitious development roadmap.
We’re looking for experienced Full Stack Software Engineers with a strong interest in Front-End development and cloud-computing to help build our complex data-processing solution, whilst at the same time possessing a sharp curiosity to understand both the smallest details, and the general purpose of the features being developed.
Your main responsibility will be to participate in both the architecture and development of new features on the AKUR8 platform, where the business logic - on both the Front and Back-Ends - can be complex, and the volume of processed data considerable.
Key differentiators such as performance, speed and user experience are integral to our software, making us proud of our platform whilst at the same time covering a range of challenging technical topics, such as:
- Data rendering (graphs, canvas).
- High performing website responsiveness.
- Async concurrent processes.
- Computation optimization.
The other main missions you will have will be the training and development of more junior profiles in our teams and recruitment of Engineering talent.
Our team is structured in squads that are in charge of one main feature development that can take several months to complete.
Our technology stack:
- Java 17 (Spring)
- Angular 16+ (NgRx, Tailwind, Storybook)
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- AWS
- Cypress (E2E)
- Python 3
- Plotly
Requirements
We're looking for an innovative and rigorous mind that has a solid technical background and a track record of helping their team grow, possessing the following attributes:
- Masters Degree (Bac+5) in Computer Science from a top French engineering school (such as Polytechnique, Telecom, Centrale Supelec, etc.)
- A minimum of 4 years of experience as a Full-Stack developer
- Solid professional experience in developing web applications in TypeScript/Angular, or Redux frameworks
- Experience developing features involving large volumes of data and optimizing architecture
- And understanding of client priorities amp; the need to find the right balance between fast delivery and code robustness
- A desire to produce good quality code amp; a sound knowledge of software development best practices
- A fluent level of spoken English
Important: You must possess an employment status: French or Schengen area nationality or a ‘carte de séjour’ that will allow you to work from our Paris office. We are equally open to the visa sponsorship of non-EU candidates as long as they are already in possession of their final diploma / attestation of their final academic results.
Benefits
As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, colleagues that are eager to share their knowledge and passion.</