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ABOUT DESCARTES UNDERWRITING

Descartes was born out of the conviction that climate change calls for a revolutionary approach in insurance to better protect corporations governments and vulnerable communities. We offer a new generation of parametric insurance that builds resilience against the full spectrum of climate and emerging risks. Utilizing Machine Learning and realtime monitoring from satellite imagery & IoT our stateoftheart climate tech provides innovative coverage for all trade sectors in all regions of the world. After a successful Series B raise of $120M USD Descartes Underwriting is proud to be recognized among the French Tech Next40 and launched Descartes Insurance a full stack insurer licensed to underwrite risk by the French Regulator (ACPR). With a growing corporate client base (350 and counting) our diverse team is headquartered in Paris and operates out of our 13 global offices in North America Europe Australia Singapore Hong Kong and Japan.

ABOUT YOUR ROLE

Due our consistent growth we are seeking to expand our Data Software and DevOps team. We are searching for a Lead DevOps/Sysadmin to manage a team of 2. As team lead you will oversee:

• The development environment used to develop our code base
• The integration of third party tools towards full automation
• The processes to make each individual DevOps/Sysadmin excel at their work

KEY MISSIONS

• Work closely with underwriting and R&D managers to define key targets and roadmap
• Provide a strong technical direction and support to the engineering team
• Ensure best practice and compliance to internal standards and practices
• Frequently present the progress and goalsto both engineering and wider teams
• Set up a cyber roadmap with a reachable Business Continuation Plan and Incidence response plan
• Contribute to the technical roadmap through architecture meetings design documents
• Lead & coach your engineering team to consistently deliver according to their roadmap
• Share your expertise to help your team:
  • Setup automate maintain and update:
    • Secured connection to third party tools
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Data storage process
    • Package versioning and releasing pipeline
    • Docker environment
    • Modularization of code base
    • VM and compute instances
    • Connections to external and internal APIs
    • Notification process with chat tools
    • Website hosting
  • Assess and evaluate the cost and the security of software architecture and implementation
  • Participate in:
    • Tech stack selection
    • Discussions with tech partners
    • Training of tech and underwriting teams
    • Support and debug of internal users
    • Management of IAM policies groups and users

TECH STACK

• Cloud provider: GCP
• Code versioning tool: Git Gitlab
• OS: Linux
• Container: Docker
• Code base: Python
• Notification tool: Slack

EQUIPMENT

• Laptop:Dell Latitude 7530
• OS: you decide

ABOUT YOU

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

Management skills

• 5 years experience in DevOps position(s)
• At least 1 year of experience in team or project management
• Tech roadmap and MVP critical path definition
• Scoping and identifying solutions with business team
• Ability to handle human interactions between tech and business

Hard skills

• Knowledge of the tech stack or equivalent tools
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience automating a CI/CD pipeline
• Good knowledge in English and fluency in French

Nicetohave

• Experience in HPC
• Experience releasing python package
• Experience working data science project or scientific code
• Contribution to an open source project

MINDSET

• Strong interest with climate issue (its not a hoax many people suffer from it)
• Being comfortable to work alongside corporate insurers (some still wear suits )
• You enjoy CI/CD automation (or at least appreciate the elegance of a wellcrafted pipeline)
• Willingness to help junior developers (remember how you were when you started )
• Strong team spirit and ability to work (youll have to review code and have your code reviewed)
• Rigorous creative and meticulous mind (we handle large insurance we take our time)
• Strong desire to learn (theres no limitation to the tech used were happy to test and learn new tools)
• Eagerness to work in a multicultural environment (policies and teams are from all around the world )

WHY JOIN DESCARTES UNDERWRITING

• Join a company with a true purpose help us help our clients be more resilient towards climate risks;
• A competitive salary bonus and benefits (Premium Alan health insurance Swile restaurant vouchers Navigo reimbursement etc.);
• The opportunity to grow in your role as the company does;
• Commitment from Descartes to its staff of continued learning and development (think annual seminars training etc.);
• Be part of a collaborative diverse team where your ideas are heard;
• A paid referral scheme for successfully referring peers;
• Frequent team events.

OUR COMMUNITY

At Descartes Underwriting we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination and for equal opportunities. We foster an inclusive work environment that respects all differences.With equal skills all our positions are open to people with disabilities.

HOW TO APPLY

If you want to develop your skills and work in a friendly startup atmosphere dont hesitate and send us your application!

If you dont check all the requirements in the description dont worry. We can try to make some room for you within the company if youre motivated to work on climate risk.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• Step 1: Call and HR Interview with our Talent Recruiter
• Step 2: Technical project submitted via GitHub
• Step 3: Technical interview
• Step 4: Manager interview
• Step 5: Final round interview with the team
  (Candidates can opt to have the manager interview before the technical project and interview)