About the Role
Do you have expertise with backend software engineering?
You could be progressing your career in as a hands-on Backend Staff Engineer role as part of a friendly and supportive international team at a growing and hugely successful European car insurance tech company as they expand their UK presence; their platform enables an insurance quote to be made to the consumer within 60 seconds, using just 4 clicks.
As a Backend Staff Engineer you will architect, design, develop and maintain scalable SaaS systems, collaborating closely with stakeholders, product managers and engineering managers to translate business requirements into effective software solutions, including defining timelines and estimating effort. Working with engineers across the team you'll drive technical excellence, performing code reviews, helping to troubleshoot and debug complex problems and ensuring high quality code and performance.
You'll be empowered to stay up to date with emerging technologies, drive their adoption and contribute to overall continuous improvement. There's a supportive, diverse environment where you'll have your voice heard.
Location / WFH:
The company is a big advocate of flexible working and prides itself on DEI; you can work from home anywhere in the UK; you can also work at times that suit you.
About you:
You have a strong software engineering skills with technologies such as, Elixir, Rust, Scala, Ruby or Python in a SaaS environment
You have a good knowledge of AWS
You're able to conduct code reviews and provide coaching and mentoring
You have effective communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence others and explain complex technical information
You are delivery focused and have experience of managing technical projects
You have good commercial acumen
You are degree educated in a technical or scientific discipline, Computer Science preferred