Next Insurance
Insurance
BackendEngineer
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“Backend Engineer at Next Insurance. Skills: Backend development, Cloud-based environments, Databases. Create high quality long term solutions. Achieve company goals”
Industry & Context.
Find the best solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3 years of proven experience in Backend development, B. Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent, Experience working with Relational Databases, Good SQL skills
Nice to Have
Hands-on development of highly distributed, cloud-based environments, Experience working with document DB, Experience leading large-scale features from end-to-end
What You'll Do.
Create high quality long term solutions
Achieve company goals
Iterate on our product
Find the best solutions
Take ownership of features
Bring feature to production
Ensure high level of quality
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with team members; Work with engineers from other teams; Work with product; Work with Marketing; Work with Front-end engineers
Communication Scope
Communication skills
Full Job Description
Location: Kfar Saba, IL (hybrid) ERGO NEXT's mission is to help entrepreneurs thrive. We’re doing that by building the only technology-led, full-stack provider of small business insurance in the industry, taking on the entire value chain and transforming the customer experience. Simply put, wherever you find small businesses, you’ll find ERGO NEXT. Since 2016, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of small business customers across the United States get fast, customized and affordable coverage. We’re backed by industry leaders in insurance and tech, and we still have room to grow — that’s where you come in. Our Backend Software Engineer can expect to work with the latest backend technologies and programming languages. We’re big fans of server-side Kotlin, and we produce clean, testable code fast and push it into production several times a day via our CI / CD pipeline. What You’ll Do: Work closely with your team members and engineers from other teams to create high quality long term solutions and achieve the company goals. You will work directly with other functional areas in the company—product, Marketing, and Front-end engineers—to rapidly iterate on our product and find the best solutions to our challenges. You will take ownership of features – from inception through design and coding, eventually bringing your feature to production at a high level of quality and test coverage. What We Need: At least 3 years of proven experience in Backend development. Java/Kotlin or similar languages (Python, .NET). A B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent is a must. Excellent knowledge and understanding of OOP concepts and best practices Hands-on development of highly distributed, cloud-based environments - an advantage. We work with AWS, but any cloud experience is a plus. Experience working with Relational Databases and good SQL skills. Experience working with document DB - an advantage Adaptable, with a passion for quickly learning new ideas and working effectively in a dynamic
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