Junior Software Engineer

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 41 nationalities on our team and offices in 7 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 the driving force behind an exhilarating development journey, sculpting the gold standard in insurance pricing software according to our ambitious development roadmap.

You are an energized Software Engineer looking forward to being part of a global dynamic team. You have a client-first approach that will help us build our complex data-processing solution and objective-driven mindset and you have proactivity solving problems that matter for our deliveries and to our clients . You possess a sharp curiosity to understand both the smallest details, and the general purpose of the features being developed. 

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with the team to design, develop, and enhance a new module for our platform, working across the full stack to deliver robust and scalable web solutions.
• Work closely with product managers and designers to refine features and user flows, contributing to the creation of a seamless user experience.
• Apply best practices in software development, including continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and built-in high-quality testing.
• Participate in team discussions to ensure alignment on technical implementation and product goals.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code to support the growth of the platform.

Technology stack:

• Java 21 (Spring), Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, Angular 18+, Redis, Docker

• Master degree in Software Engineering
• A fluent level of spoken English

• Additional bonus :
• Experience with backend development, preferably with Java and Spring Boot (or similar technologies).
• Experience with frontend development, ideally using TypeScript and Angular (or comparable modern frameworks).
• Familiarity with modern software development best practices such as TDD, BDD, and Hexagonal Architecture.
• Experience working with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Interest in or exposure to Machine Learning.

IMPORTANT: You must possess Canadian nationality or a working visa that will allow you to work from our Montreal office.