Senior Back-End Engineer
Senior Back-End Engineer
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$ 160000 - 180000
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Hey there! WereAKKO!
Our mission is to protect the devices the world relies on by relentlessly innovating to deliver an unparalleled digital insurance experience. AKKO enables partners and their end-users with modern and seamless protection solutions. Weve become the #1 ranked provider in our space with industry- leading reviews and NPS scores.
With rapid growth and a fully remote team fueled by passion innovation and collaboration were just getting started. Our investorsled by Mundi Fika and Pearbring the same conviction that helped power companies like Doordash Gusto wefox and Pipe.
We seek a Senior Back-End Engineer with expertise in Python Flask and PostgreSQL. This role demands a mix of technical skill creativity and a strong commitment to testing ensuring our applications are intuitive performant and this role you will be responsible for designing developing and maintaining the back end systems that power our products. You will work closely with our front end developers product managers and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality scalable and robust solutions.
THE DAY-TO-DAY
- Design develop and maintain scalable and performant web applications.
- Act as a strong architectural contributor by partnering with tech leads to help shape the core platform design.
- Lead implementation of key product features.
- Collaborate with front end developers to integrate user-facing elements with back end APIs.
- Contribute to the strategic planning and direction of our technology and product development.
- Leverage AI and machine learning tools to enhance claims automation fraud detection and predictive analytics improving operational efficiency and customer experience.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers designers and other engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Write clean maintainable and efficient code ensuring high code quality through best practices.
- Ensure high standards for security reliability and maintainability.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team.
- Identify and address technical challenges by proposing innovative solutions to optimize application performance and usability.
- Stay up to date on industry trends and technologies to ensure our applications remain at the forefront of innovation.
WHAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED
- 6 years of experience in back end development (preferably with startup experience)
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field with a strong portfolio of projects demonstrating expertise in the following technologies.
- Python/Flask
- PostgreSQL and Google Datastore
- Postman and Pytest
- Strong experience with relational databases and data modeling.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud.
- Experience with microservices architecture and RESTful API design.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker.
- Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to make sound decisions in fast-paced environments.
- Passion for engineering and doing quality work.
- Experience working on a scrum team and understanding agile methodologies of software development.
- Nice-to-haves
- React/ React Native
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- Kubernetes
You will report to the Engineering Tech Lead of the squad assigned.
The annual compensation for this position ranges from $160000-$180000 USD. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors including business needs experience level of responsibility and qualifications.
WHAT ELSE ARE WE LOOKING FOR
Our team is fostered around our core values:
- Collaborate: Work together to be more effective lift up others and win together
- Aim High:Set ambitious goals
- Embrace Diversity: Seek different perspectives bring our true self to work
- Customer Love: Serve the end user and listen to them
- Nurture Empathy: Listen and strive to truly understand others
- Take Action: Be proactive be an owner value speed
- Maintain Integrity:Build the AKKO you are proud to work at
- Data Driven: Use data to iterate find truth
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