Platform Engineer, Cover Genius
Python/Django
+ Employee Stock Options
B2B insurance and warranty API
Job no longer available
B2B insurance and warranty API
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Employee Stock Options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To protect all the customers of the world’s largest digital companies.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years' experience in business analysis or as a programmer
- Proficient in Python scripting, SQL and spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets)
- Experience using Web APIs with tools such as Postman and cURL
- Experience with API testing frameworks
- Experience reading and understanding technical documentation such as API Documents, Process Flow diagrams etc
- Ability to understand technical challenges and communicate optimal solutions in a clear, concise manner (verbally and written)
- Strong numerical and analytical ability
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, A postgraduate degree and/or record of academic achievement is also desirable
What the job involves
- As a Platform Engineer on our Platform Configuration Team, you will lead and coordinate the development, testing and execution of new insurance products across multiple verticals
- Working closely with stakeholders, such as our Technology, Actuarial, Data, Insurance and Partnership teams, you will build market-leading insurance products. Using ‘XCover’, our Policy Administration System, you will create products in an easy-to-use API format to deliver a seamless integration experience for our global Partners
- Leverage your technical experience to build insurance products and design API endpoints with our Partner’s technical requirements
- Create and execute comprehensive API test plans prior to product launch
- Work with front-end & back-end Product Managers to gather and communicate requirements for additional product features, across all XCover platforms
- Support the continuous development of our Policy Administration System, QA & testing frameworks
- Support the Finance and Data team with robust reporting configuration and ensure timely delivery of financial reporting
- Develop trusted advisor status and strong relationships with internal stakeholders, such as Insurance, Data, Actuarial and Product teams
Our take
Insurance plans and warranties are staples of a successful digital company, but setting them up is challenging. Businesses must compare and write contracts with insurance providers which require the expensive assistance of legal and financial teams, Add to this the cost of web designers who can embed the service online, and insurance and warranties quickly become unaffordable to smaller businesses.
Cover Genius provides end-to-end APIs called XCover and XClaim for embedding insurance and warranty plans onto online stores, preventing the business from having to compare, arrange and deploy insurance plans themselves. The company's policies are for any business, can be translated into over 40 languages, and are designed to be read easily without unnecessary jargon.
Whilst other insurtech companies offer similar services to Cover Genius, the company has uniquely focused on ensuring its plans are easily readable, translatable, and dynamically priced based on personal requirements. Although the company initially aimed to facilitate insurance and warranty plans for smaller businesses, it also partners with large enterprises such as Ryanair, Amazon, and eBay. In 2024 it secured impressive Series E funding off the back of a year where it achieved 107% year-on-year growth.
Steph
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2024
$80m
SERIES E
Nov 2022
$70m
SERIES D
Total funding: $241.4m
Company benefits
- Flexible Working Conditions
- Employee Stock Options
- Ongoing Learning
- Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Initiatives
- When From Home When You Want
- Peer Bonuses and Founder Awards Program
- International Working Opportunities
- GC Gives giveback program, led by the team
Company values
- We Make It Our Own - We’re proud of who we are and what we do. We bring our own way of doing things and we make it happen.
- We Make It Better - We bring new ideas, think differently and challenge the norm. We look for areas to improve and we own the changes that we desire.
- We Succeed Together - We’re better when we work together. When we need help we always say “yes”. And when we pull it off, we celebrate together.
- We Create Magic - We make hard things simple and old things novel. We’re making world firsts in one of the oldest industries.
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
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Leadership
Angus McDonald
(CEO)They were the General Manager of Emerge Digital. Formerly the VP of International Business Development for iClick Interactive Asia Limited.
Chris Bayley
(CIO)They were the former Business Development Manager for Google. Previously an Investor and Executive Director of Software.com from 2009 to 2019.
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