FullStack Developer, Descartes Underwriting

• Good knowledge in javascript and python
• Experience with Docker
• Good knowledge in English and fluency in French
• Familiar with production development workflow (code reviews, fast forward git policy, pair coding, SCRUM)
• From 4 years of experience
• Desire to train junior developers and explain software design and good practices
• Desire to keep learning from more experimented developers
• Desire to suggest improvements in architecture or features
• Ability to understand break epic track in achievable issues
• Excellent communication skills, in both formal and informal settings, and in English and French
• Experience working with public API
• Strong interest with climate issue (it’s not a hoax, many people suffer from it)
• Being comfortable to work alongside corporate insurers (some still wear suits 👔)
• You enjoy CI/CD automation (or at least appreciate the elegance of a well-crafted pipeline)
• Willingness to help junior developers (remember how you were when you started 💬)
• Strong team spirit and ability to work (you’ll have to review code and have your code reviewed)
• Rigorous, creative and meticulous mind (we handle large insurance, we take our time)
• Strong desire to learn (there’s no limitation to the tech used, we’re happy to test and learn new tools)
• Eagerness to work in a multi-cultural environment (policies and teams are from all around the world 🗺️)

Desirable

• Due to our consistent growth, we are seeking to expand our Data, Software and DevOps team. At the core of our company, your missions will focus on:
• Build interactive web applications
• Testing and refactoring code already used in existing project
• Introducing object oriented patterns in functional code
• Profile and optimizing JavaScript and python codes
• Develop, optimize, update and deploy software for:
• Portfolio management
• In-depth analysis of risk models
• Interactive forms and data visualization
• Export of outputs adapted to users
• Monitoring of contracts and associated data
• Testing and validation of existing solutions
• Maintain the software solution with:
• Version management
• Technical Documentation (architecture design, detailed design, validation tests)
• Programming best practices
• Support, test and correct the tools of:
• Continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD)
• Data storage
• Modularization and containerization of IT solutions
• Connection to external and internal API’s
• To participate in:
• Assessment and definition of user needs
• Conversion of technical specification into software development tasks
• Bug tracking management
• Software evolution management
• Choice of technical solutions
• Discussions with IT partners
• Improving the skills of technical staff
• Managing the access and rights of users of internal tools

• Step 1: Call and HR Interview with our Talent Recruiter
• Step 2: Technical project submitted via GitHub
• Step 3: Technical interview
• Step 4: Manager interview
• Step 5: Final round interview with the team
• (Candidates can opt to have the manager interview before the technical project and interview)