Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Akur8•Paris, TX

29d•Hybrid

About The Position

Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech scale-up that is transforming insurance pricing and reserving with transparent machine learning. Our SaaS platform leverages the power of transparent machine learning and predictive analytics to inject game-changing speed, performance and reliability into insurers' pricing and reserving processes. Powered by skilled R&D, Product & Actuarial teams we've developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing and reserving in an unprecedented manner. This results in a pricing solution that enables insurance companies to model risks 10 times faster with greater predictive power than traditional methods, whilst including next-generation reserving features, offering an end-to-end platform that anticipates and accounts for future claims. Akur8 has already been selected: In CB Insights Top 50 World Insurtech Companies 2024 In Insurtech Global's Top 100 AIFinTech list 2024 In Fintech Global's Top 100 AIFinTech list 2024 In CNBC's World Top 150 Insurtech Companies 2024 With 42 nationalities on our team and offices in 8 major global cities, Akur8's solution is international by design, serving over 320 clients across 4 continents, and focusing on mature markets to drive faster growth. 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, equality 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 building the next generation of insurance pricing software, following an ambitious development roadmap. We're looking for curious, experienced Full Stack Software Engineers to help us continue to improve our recently released E2E pricing platform, expanding on best-in-class modeling platform to provide a live-rating solution that will move our clients closer to their customers. Your main responsibility will be to participate in both the architecture and development of new high-impact features, across both frontend and backend, and work on complex business logic and large-scale data processing. Key differentiators such as performance and user experience are integral to our software, continuing to make us proud of what we deliver whilst continuing to provide exposure to a range of challenging technical topics, such as: Performance optimization, with very low-latency requirements Cross-region replication, high availability, and zero-downtime data migrations Responsive UI/UX and modern frontend patterns Async / concurrent processes at scale You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to internal workshops, improve our engineering culture, and participate in the recruit process of new Engineering talents.

Requirements

4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
Solid expertise in at least one major area of our stack, with a strong preference for Angular frontend skills
Experience building features handling large data volumes & optimized architectures
Ability to understand client priorities & balance rapid delivery with robust engineering
Strong communication skills, as well as an interest in gaining a deep understanding of the problems our customers are solving by using Akur8
Commitment to high-quality code & modern best practices
Fluent English
Eagerness to learn new skills and willingness to share your existing knowledge are both key factors for recruitment.

Nice To Haves

Advanced CSS and modern UI development
PostgreSQL / RDBMS optimization
Real-time / low-latency system experience
Knowledge of ONNX or similar model-interoperability frameworks

Responsibilities

Participate in both the architecture and development of new high-impact features, across both frontend and backend
Work on complex business logic and large-scale data processing
Contribute to internal workshops
Improve our engineering culture
Participate in the recruit process of new Engineering talents