Remote Full Stack Engineer (Node / React, EU, 6-month contract)

Our broker platform is the core technology crucial to success – allowing us to evolve underwriting intelligently and unlock massive scale. We’re a multi-disciplined team, bringing together expertise in software and data engineering, full stack development, platform operations, algorithm research, and data science. Our squads focus on delivering high-impact features – we favour a highly iterative, analytical approach.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer (Full-stack) to join our Development team.

This project team collaborates during regular working hours to develop and deploy a personalized content recommendation system. The team leverages technologies like React/Typescript, Python machine learning, HTML/CSS, Maven, Git/Github, and Kotlin/Java to deliver a high-quality solution meeting user requirements and industry standards.

• Experience as an engineer working across a modern web stack
• Strong software engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, ER modelling)
• Professional experience with a server-side language, ideally JVM based
• Knowledge of back-end development, primarily Node.js (75% of tasks)
• Solid API development background
• Professional experience building web-based single page applications, using React/Typescript (25% of tasks) or an equivalent
• Knowledge of front-end development, able to build rich user interfaces following a responsive design
• HTML/CSS experience, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross browser compatibility, and accessibility
• Comfortable working with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure as code (e.g. K8s and Terraform) to manage the deployment and scale of our software (“You build it, you run it”)
• Familiar with standard logging and monitoring tools used to investigate issues
• Experience with continuous integration, or ideally, continuous delivery
• Strong familiarity with build tools (e.g. Maven) and version control tools (e.g. Git/Github)
• Experience working in agile teams, following Scrum or Kanban, participating in regular ceremonies including stand-ups, planning, and retrospectives
• Experience using project management and workflow tools (e.g. Jira) Previous experience of software development in the financial markets, Fintech or Insurtech is preferable

• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Pro-active, self-motivated and able to use own initiative
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, negotiation and planning
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies

• Build robust and scalable software for business critical, web-based applications
• Build eye-catching, functional, efficient, and reusable web and mobile-based sites that drive these web applications
• Design, build, test, document and maintain APIs and integrations
• Ensure quality control using industry standard techniques such as automated testing, pairing, and code review
• Work with the Product team to understand end-user requirements and translate them into an effective technical solution
• Document technical design and analysis work Assess current system architecture and identify opportunities for growth and improvement
• Build mock-ups or prototypes to explore and troubleshoot new initiatives
• Work with the Product team and UX designers to review designs, implement new features, and ensure user experience is top level
• Explore new ideas and emerging technologies, develop prototypes quickly
• Uphold the engineering team’s principles and ways of working