Backend Software Engineer

Accelerant
Published
August 27, 2024
Location
Anywhere, United States of America
Category
Job Type

Description

Accelerant is building a new platform that will serve as the backbone of how risk is exchanged in the future. The Accelerant Platform SaaS team is looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about creating and building performant backend services. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining robust backend systems that power our platform.

If you join our team, these are some of the things you’ll be doing:

  • Working closely with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.
  • Taking full ownership of micro-services and having input into our future direction.
  • Writing backend code in Typescript that is fully unit tested.
  • Owning the security and availability of critical micro-services and infrastructure components.
  • Moving fast while taking the time to ship high-quality code.

What you bring to the table:

  • Experience building and scaling web applications.
  • Strong coding ability.
  • Passionate problem-solving mindset.
  • Reputation for getting things done.
  • Strong sense of ownership.
  • Desire to learn and grow.

Desired qualifications: 

  • Experience with Typescript.
  • Experience with orchestration technologies like Kubernetes.
  • Experience with SQL-Like databases and data caching strategies such as Postgres, Snowflake, and Redis.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform.

About Accelerant:

Accelerant is a data-driven, technology-fueled insurance platform that empowers underwriters to more effectively serve their insureds. We’re using advanced data intelligence tools to rebuild the way that underwriters share and exchange risk. With a current focus on the small and medium-sized businesses that power our global economy and their niche insurance needs, we align incentives to improve outcomes for everyone. Our full-service risk exchange supports our carefully selected, best-in-class network of underwriting teams. We leverage granular information on each policy to deliver unprecedented insight into insurance pools, and our specialty portfolio is fully diversified with very low catastrophe, aggregation or systemic risk. We’re proud to have been awarded an AM Best A- (Excellent) rating. For more information, please visit www.accelins.com.

Accelerant is a fully remote company. Work where you’re most productive and fulfilled. This position is open to remote candidates across the U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe, who have the flexibility to work with our teams distributed across Europe and North America. Most cross-team collaboration happens in the mornings of the Eastern Time Zone.

To apply, please send your resume/ email to: [email protected]

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