Backend Engineer, Cuvva
£76-93.5k
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1-4 days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
Car insurance
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Car insurance
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£76-93.5k
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More information about location
1-4 days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
101-200 employees
Company mission
We are making cars multiplayer 🚙 We’re creating truly flexible products that meet people’s real needs. Cuvva is building the future of insurance every day.
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Company mission
We are making cars multiplayer 🚙 We’re creating truly flexible products that meet people’s real needs. Cuvva is building the future of insurance every day.
-12% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Before companies like Cuvva, the most recent consumer-facing innovation in insurance was through aggregators such as Moneysupermarket. However, the experience of using these is not great. The industry is known for low levels of customer support, confusing policies and needing to create a new account every time you want a quote.
Brokers and comparison websites add another step to the process, and charge companies they work with ~£70 on each policy sold, which is passed on to the customer in the form of higher policy costs.
Cuvva's focus on customer service is unusual in insurance, but it's providing them a winning edge. They are trying to make insurance more about the experience than simply the price of the policy. It seems to be working so far, as they’ve got a lot of great customer reviews. The challenge will be scaling this support (it’s notoriously hard to scale great customer service when you’re growing fast).
For an industry where brand loyalty is currently near zero (because people go for the cheapest policies) there could be a big opportunity for a company that provides an end-to-end amazing experience and cuts out the middlemen.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Very flexible WFH set up, we only ask folks to come in a couple of times a month for team strategy days and socials - but of course, you're more than welcome to come in as much as you like!
- A four day work week (Fridays off!)
- Transparent salary model and bands for all roles (without sharing anyones individual salary of course!)
- 20.5 days of holiday a year + public holidays - rising with each year at Cuvva 🌞 (holidays have been prorated based on our 4DWW)
- Quarterly team socials and company events
- Private medical insurance with Bupa
- Professional development budget
- Health, WFH and wellbeing budget 🧘♂️
- Enhanced parental leave and pay
- Cycle to work scheme
- Mental Health and Coaching Support - We offer free and confidential access to comprehensive mental healthcare and coaching through Oliva. Giving you the space to talk to a coach or therapist about anything you like
- Hundreds of perks and discounts with Perkbox
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2019
$19.9m
SERIES A
Jan 2017
$2m
SEED
Total funding: $23.3m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Freddy Macnamara
(CEO)Previously founded a renewable energy consultancy in Scotland.
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