Lead Software Engineer (Front-End)

Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech startup that is revolutionizing insurance pricing with transparent AI.

Since 2016 our skilled R&D team of Data Scientists, Software Engineers and Actuaries has developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing process in an unprecedented way.

Our solution is a SaaS platform which allows insurance companies to model their risks 10 times faster, with a higher predictive power than traditional methods. constituting a major game changer for the insurance industry.

Akur8 has been already been selected:

• In CB Insights Top 50 World Insurtech Companies 2023
• In Insurtech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2023
• In Fintech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2023
• As No.24 in Sønr’s World Top 100 Insurtech Companies 2022
• As 3rd best overall (worldwide) in the CodinGame 2022 Software Engineering Fall Challenge

With 31 nationalities within our team, and offices in Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Milan & Cologne, Akur8’s solution is international by design. Servicing 130 clients across 4 continents and targeting all non-life insurance carriers, we focus on more mature markets for faster expansion.

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 and inclusion at the heart of its values. We examine all applications based on equal skills and applying the principles of non-discrimination.

You're an experienced Front End Lead Engineer with a client-first approach that will help us build our complex data-processing solution. You also possess a sharp curiosity to understand both the smallest details, and the general purpose of the features being developed. 

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Leading a squad of 4-5 engineers in the front end development of product features.
• Being a guarantor that Front-End best coding practices are respected and followed by squads throughout the engineering team.
• Working closely with Product Managers & Designers in order to refine features and prototypes.
• Leading discussions concerning our Front-End testing & refactoring roadmap.
• Close contact with clients to ensure maximum reactivity.
• Training of junior engineers.

Our technology stack:

• Angular 17
• Java 17 (Spring)
• Python 3
• AWS
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Docker

We're looking for an innovative and rigorous mind that has a solid technical background and a track record of helping their team grow, possessing the following attributes:

• Masters Degree (Bac+5) in Computer Science from a top French engineering school (such as Polytechnique, Telecom, Centrale Supelec, etc.)
• A minimum of 4 years of experience as a Front-End developer
• Experience creating, using and maintaining design systems.

• And understanding of client priorities & the need to find the right balance between fast delivery and code robustness

• A fluent level of spoken English

Important: You must possess an employment status: French or Schengen area nationality or a ‘carte de séjour’ that will allow you to work from our Paris office. We are equally open to the visa sponsorship of non-EU candidates as long as they are already in possession of their final diploma / attestation of their final academic results.