iOS Engineer, Zego
1+ day a week in office (Liverpool Street, London)
Commercial motor insurance provider
Job no longer available
Commercial motor insurance provider
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
1+ day a week in office (Liverpool Street, London)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide businesses and people with insurance they control, saving them both time and money.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate must have experience creating and delivering reliable, secure and scalable apps for the iOS platform
- Experience with app development using Swift
- An appreciation of Agile ways of working
- Great communication and the willingness to collaborate across teams to deliver excellent customer experiences
- Telematics experience would be nice to have, however is not essential
- Experience in the insurance/finance industry is also not a must, however a desire to understand how insurance can benefit customers, and empower them to take on more meaningful employment is
What the job involves
- We are looking for a iOS Engineer to help us shape the technical architecture and develop a high-quality iOS app to give our customers the best user experience
- You will join our App squad and help us build out and set the direction of our mobile team
- It is an exciting time to join as you will partner with world class engineers, designers and product managers to help make Zego the best loved insurance startup in the world
- Play a key role in developing our core application experience for the iOS platform
- Iterate on the existing apps to ensure we're providing the best experience in the market
- Work on maintaining CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps
- Lead by example in championing code styles and standards as part of our engineering team and setting best practices for iOS development
- Collaborate across teams to bring new products and features to the market
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Zego was early to see the trend towards the gig economy. It was one of the first companies to offer unique insurance to workers in the space (their first products were focused on transport-related insurance for food delivery workers).
The traditional rigid model of insurance is no longer fit for purpose. The world is becoming more urbanised, and the vehicle economy in particular is moving away from traditional ownership to shared use.
Success in this space requires strong partnerships with big underwriters, so there's defensibility for the companies that crack it. Zego is off to a good start here as one of the first movers, having struck up partnerships with huge underwriters like RSA.
Zego is the first insurtech company in the UK to be awarded a licence to underwrite its own insurance products. This allows them to provide innovative policies, alongside working with their insurer partners.
The company is aiming big. The CEO recently said they expect to be bigger than Allianz, the $100bn insurance giant, by 2030. They launched in Spain, France and Belgium in 2019 and are planning further expansion across Europe in 2020.
In September 2019, Zego sold more than 100 million hours of flexible insurance policies - equivalent to 250m pizza deliveries. This shows the huge presence they now have in the market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Mar 2021
$150m
SERIES C
Jun 2019
$42m
SERIES B
Total funding: $210m
Company benefits
- Truly flexible approach to work, enabling Zegons to manage their work-life balance
- £1,000 contribution towards your travel to the office or learning and development
- Share options enabling all Zegons to become shareholders
- £1,000 contribution towards your travel to the office or learning and development
- Company-paid private medical insurance, including dental & optical cover
- Company-paid life insurance and income protection insurance
- Company pension scheme
- A wide range of perks and discounts through PerkBox
- Up to 15 company-paid coaching or therapy sessions a year
- Cycle to Work scheme
- 25 days annual leave (excl. bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy up by 5 additional days
- Employee Assistance Programme offering 24/7 confidential advice line for health, legal & bereavement support (and loads more)
- Enhanced family leave, with 6 months fully paid maternity leave and 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Up to 3 months sabbatical leave with one month paid after 3 years of service
- Trans and non-binary policy including additional paid leave for transitioning medical treatment
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Sten Saar
(CEO)Head of Operations at Onefinestay and Operations Director at Deliveroo.
Harry Franks
(CCO)Operations Manager at Onefinestay and Global Head of Procurement at Deliveroo.
Stuart Kelly
(CTO)Manager of Front End at Onefinestay, Head of Engineering at Hubble.
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