Full-Stack Software Engineer, Akur8
+ Annual Bonus
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AI insurance pricing solution
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AI insurance pricing solution
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Annual Bonus
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Akur8's mission is to revolutionise insurance pricing with transparent AI.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for an innovative and rigorous mind that has a solid technical background and a track record of helping their team grow, possessing the following attributes :
- Master Degree (Bac+5) in Computer Science from a French top engineering school (such as Polytechnique, Telecom, Centrale Supelec, etc.)
- At least two years of experience as a software engineer
- Deep knowledge on at least one part of our tech stack, be it back-end development in Python or front-end with Angular/Typescript and Redux frameworks
- Experience developing features involving large volumes of data and optimizing architecture
- A desire to produce good quality code & a sound knowledge of software development best practices
- Understanding of client priorities & the need to find the right balance between fast delivery and code robustness
- A fluent level of spoken English
- Experience with:
- Complex and modern user interfaces (CSS)
- PostgreSQL / RDBMS
- Real-time / low-latency systems
What the job involves
- We’re looking for curious Full Stack Software Engineers to help us accelerate and deliver our E2E pricing platform vision, by expanding on our modeling platform to provide a live-rating solution that will move our clients closer to their customers
- As a member of a growing task force responsible for the new offering/product, your main responsibility will be to participate in both the architecture and development of new features on the AKUR8 platform, where the business logic, on both the front- and back-ends, can be complex and the volume of processed data considerable
- Key differentiators such as performance, speed and user experience are integral to our software, making us proud of what we deliver and at the same time keeping us on our toes with a range of challenging technical topics, such as:
- Website responsiveness and modern UX/UI
- Async / concurrent processes
- Computation optimization, at times with very low-latency requirements
- Cross-region replication and platform resiliency, with zero-downtime data migrations
- You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to and participate in internal workshops, to continuously improve the engineering culture at Akur8, and in the recruitment of new Engineering talents
- Our Engineering team is the driving force behind an exhilarating development journey, sculpting the gold standard in insurance pricing software according to our ambitious development roadmap
- Our back-end today runs on Python 3.11+/FastAPI/SQLAlchemy and uses PostgreSQL as its main storage solution. The front-end is developed on Angular 18, with NgRx & Tailwind, and we use Playwright for e2e test automation and Storybook for UI testing and documentation
- All of our infrastructure is maintained in Terraform and hosted on AWS, leveraging managed services for caching (Redis), messaging, storing/hosting Docker containers etc… We value developer experience and strive to remain on top of technology to open up possibilities for innovation
Our take
Putting the correct pricing on insurance has always been a challenge for insurance companies. On the one hand, getting the right price is essential for ensuring an insurance company's viability, as pricing too low could decimate its profits in the event of a mis-priced payout. On the other hand, pricing too high is a surefire way to drive off customers - one study by Accenture found that price was the number one driver of customer loyalty. However, despite its importance, insurance pricing has traditionally been a human task, and therefore prone to errors and biases.
Akur8 wants to change this. Its product is an AI-based insurance pricing solution that automates modelling for insurance companies, while keeping full transparency and control on the models created, as required by regulators worldwide. The only solution on the market reconciling machine learning and actuarial worlds, Akur8’s platform enhances insurers’ pricing processes, reducing modelling time whilst increasing predictive power.
Pricing in the insurance industry is changing fast, with developments coming frequently from both regulators and consumers. Keeping on top of such developments will be paramount to Akur8's success. Judging by its early metrics, though, it looks like this should be no problem. In just a few years it has acquired big customers, including the likes of AXA and Generali, and its footprint spans over forty countries in multiple continents. Following major funding, Akur8 looks well placed to continue its early success, and with a strategy focused on international expansion, it should be set for big things in future.
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Company benefits
- Annual bonus
- Company shares/equity
- Hybrid office/home office policy
- 25 days of paid holidays + RTT
- Gym membership with Gymlib + on-site gym facilities/different sporting events
- Swile lunch vouchers
- Alan health insurance (including possibility of family coverage)
- Relocation support
- Sponsored crèche access
- Free cafeteria with fresh fruit, drinks and snacks
- Ongoing training
Company values
- Challenge the unbearable status quo - We strive for innovation and for the transformation of the insurance industry. But we command change only when it is a no-brainer and has genuine virtuous impact
- Disrupt the known, organize the unknown - We work without any borders. We have the ability to challenge ourselves to adapt to unknown scenarios. We thrive in structuring what is hardly structurable
- AI-driven but refreshingly human - Akur8 is an artificially-intelligent solution but humanity always comes first, within our team, with our clients and with our solution, where AI is Transparent and human-controlled
- Build things that last - We build long-standing, robust and reliable solutions for new and century-old insurance companies. We are here to stay
Company HQ
Plaine-Monceau, Paris, France
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Leadership
Samuel Falmagne
(CEO)Worked at IBM for over 17 years, holding a range of executive roles, and also served as Head of Sales for Shift Technology.
Guillaume Beraud-Sudreau
(Head of Product & Data-Science)Has a background in engineering, and has worked as Lead Data Scientist and Head of R&D at AXA.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Akur8
- At Akur8, we pride ourselves in having an exceptionally international team with 20 nationalities represented and 16 languages spoken. Inclusion & diversity are core values to us, that go beyond words
- We are very happy to work with Gloria to ensure that these values are true not only on paper but also in our company DNA
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