Product Engineer, SafetyWing
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Health insurance for world nomads
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Health insurance for world nomads
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help long-term travellers with all their insurance needs.
Role
Who you are
- A strong foundation in backend development with Java (Kotlin would be a great advantage)
- Hands-on experience developing product's backend services with clean, scalable code
- A grasp of TypeScript, React, and Next.js
- A solid understanding of the product development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, system design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance
- Curiosity about new technologies and a passion for incorporating them into their work
- Want to help build a global social safety net on the Internet
- Think for themselves instead of copying others
- Are willing to try new things, even with the risk of failure
- Are intellectually curious and open to new ideas
- Are creative and bold in the face of any problems
- Have strong integrity and do the right thing
What the job involves
- As a Product Engineer, you’ll help us build and scale systems that make our vision a reality
- You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to create clean, scalable solutions and play a key role in shaping both our products and our processes
Our take
SafetyWing is ambitiously setting out to build a global social safety net. Following the roll-out of their medical insurance products for digital nomads and remote teams, they’re working on adding a remote doctor consultation service, and plans are in the pipeline to develop a global retirement product.
Targeting the global community of remote workers, SafetyWing had a well timed launch prior to the Covid Pandemic. As teams were forced into remote or hybrid set-ups, ‘workcations’ became normalised. By some reports the US digital nomad community ballooned by 50% to nearly 11 million, and more countries green-lit ‘Digital Nomad Visas’. Many of these require travellers to maintain their own medical insurance. So SafetyWings’ offerings are likely to slot neatly into the growing market as it continues to open up.
The company operates across more than 180 countries, and there is relatively little competition in this space due to the complexities of the heavily regulated insurance industry. This complexity will continue to challenge SafetyWing when new rules are being introduced. The company raised $8 million in 2021. They are planning on using this funding to hire more talent and expand their product offerings.
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Apr 2022
$35m
SERIES B
Jan 2021
$8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $47.2m
Company benefits
- Fully remote work – work from anywhere on the globe
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance, laptop, and two yearly team gatherings (previous ones were in Slovenia, Norway, and Mexico)
- Flexible hours and vacation policy (Office hours 8-11am PST)
Company HQ
Downtown North, Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Sondre Rasch
(CEO)Previously a Co-founder of SolidHost, NorJobs, and Superside. Was also a policy advisor for the Government of Norway.
Sarah Sandnes
(CTO)Previously IT Manager and Data Analyst at AksjeNorge. Went on to work as a System Consultant at Mesan AS, before working as Lead Engineer at Tapdaq.
Hans Nyvold Kjellby
(COO)Previously a Senior Associate at Kluge Advokatfirma AS, and went on to work as Head of Legal and Compliance at AUKA.
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