Senior Software Engineer

Cover Genius is a Series E Insurtech that protects the global customers of the world's largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and , Intuit, Hopper, Skyscanner, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We're also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia's largest company, Shopee.

Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year. Our team and products have been recognized sed with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commits itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular "CG Gives" which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

Our People are not Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer in one of our Core Services Teams, you will be responsible for maintaining a number of services to a high standard of quality and availability. This role will require you to develop, test and maintain existing software systems while also being able to design and propose new features to address new emerging challenges and customer requests.

To drive success in this role, you will have demonstrable experience working in backend focused web applications, databases and a good understanding of content management systems. As a software engineer in this team you will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of software from managing product requirements and refining tasks to implementing code, conducting reviews, monitoring software systems and supporting internal customers of the services .

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor and optimise software products and services, ensuring high quality and performance.
• Own the feature lifecycle and support the team to define and refine product requirements, translating them into technical specifications.
• Manage individual priorities and deliverables effectively, contributing to team goals and project timelines of the wider organisation.
• Contribute to solution design and technical planning with product teams and other cross functional teams.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

What you will bring:

• Minimum 5 years backend focused web application development in Python using Django framework with a good understanding of the Django ORM and Wagtail.
• Experience working with relational databases and optimising queries for performance.
• Experience with background tasks and queues (ideally with Celery).
• Experience working with frontend technologies – Javascript, HTML, CSS.
• Good understanding of web application security and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience and exposure to technologies and services such as Docker, AWS / GitLab / Github, Redis / RabbitMQ, Kubernetes / HELM, Grafana / Datadog.

PROFICIENCIES AND ATTRIBUTES

What you will have:

• Good communication and problem solving skills.
• Product thinking.
• Ability to learn new technologies and adapt to changes.
• Attention to detail with good organisational and collaboration skills.
• Good understanding of how AI can help software development.

Why Cover Genius?

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We're a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?

• Flexible Work Environment - our teams are hybrid. We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times. We also have the added bonus of a Wellness day a month.
• Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
• Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat

• Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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