Staff Software Engineer, Policygenius
Online insurance marketplace
Job no longer available
Online insurance marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Policygenuis' mission is empowering users to understand their options, compare and contrast quotes, and buy policies, all in one insurance platform.
Role
Who you are
- You have 6+ years of experience as a software engineer, designing applications and/or service-based systems
- You have strong communication skills and the ability to comfortably articulate your thoughts and decisions
- You have a proven track record of mentorship
- You have a desire to be involved in all aspects of the product life-cycle, from discovery through deployment
- You have experience working in an agile environment
- Microservices / Distributed Systems
- Relational Databases
- DevOps
- Data Engineering: ETL / Data Warehousing
- Test Engineering
- React or an Equivalent Web Framework
- GraphQL or REST APIs
What the job involves
- You will solve problems and implement transformations that impact the engineering department as a whole
- You and your manager will share the prioritization of your efforts, but you will not wait for work to be handed to you
- You will be responsible for understanding the engineering department, its software, its customers, and for identifying leverage points where you can apply your expertise to affect the greatest change
- Work cross-functionally with your business and product partners, and influence the roadmaps of business units with which you interact
- Embed on product engineering teams, attend team ceremonies, and contribute to team objectives
- Bootstrap new projects and initiatives, creating designs, implementation plans, and other documentation, while also writing code and working with engineers and stakeholders on the long-term future of initiatives
- Shepherd multiple teams, working to improve their technical vision and execution
- Mentor engineers of all levels in your particular areas of expertise
- Equip others to complete work, rather than just completing work yourself
- Perform code reviews on a wide range of projects
- Spend time in strategic planning, and on executing the strategic plan
- Experiment with an open-minded team that is always exploring new technologies
- Ship exceptional products that people love! (We’re proud to be building a company that has customers who consistently refer their friends and family, with an industry-leading NPS!)
Our take
Traditionally consumers have stayed with one insurance provider for many years because of the hassle in comparing quotes. But in recent years, more and more consumers have headed online to compare policies. Servicing this need PolicyGenius, has built a marketplace for consumers who want to evaluate multiple insurance carriers and policies all in one place.
Insurance is a highly competitive marketplace, with global insurance premiums for 2019 worth $6.3 trillion. There are several main rivals to PolicyGenius that also provide digital insurance solutions including, SelectQuote, Health IQ, MS&AD Insurance Group and Power Corporation of Canada.
PolicyGenius most recently raised $100 million in Series D funding led by leading global investment firm KKR. As the success of Policygenius grows, there are rumours that the company is considering an initial public offering.
Starting with life insurance, PolicyGenius has gradually expanded its suite of options to include health insurance, renters’ insurance, long-term disability insurance and even pet insurance. Looking ahead they hope to broaden their consumer financial protection products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2020
$100m
May 2017
$30m
Total funding: $151.1m
Company benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Paid parental leave
- Dog-friendly office
- Free snacks
- 401k
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Jennifer Fitzgerald
(CEO)Jennifer graduated from Columbia Law School and worked for World Bank for 2 years, before spending 5 years at McKinsey as an Associate Principal in Financial Services. She co-founded Policygenuis in 2013, and has served as CEO ever since.
Francois de Lame
(Chief Product Officer)Francois worked as a McKinsey as a Business Analyst for 3 years before an MBA at Harvard Business School and rejoining McKinsey as a Senior Associate. He left this role in January 2014 having co-founded Policygenius to work as CPO.
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