Ever thought the premium you
pay for your car insurance is opaque and unfair? Well, that’s because it
is. At Cuvva we have fixed this by allowing you to insure yourself on a
car for as little as an hour, via an app. No more meerkat toys, no more
singing tenors, we have cut out all the middlemen and built our own
insurance platform from scratch. We're using it to change the way people
buy and use cover, and the way they think about getting from A-to-B.
It's all about providing insurance that fits.
As a tech-driven
company, we are changing the way people engage with their insurance
company, the way they buy insurance, and the way they think about
borrowing a car.
Why Cuvva?
We're
a fintech startup with significant traction, writing 20,000 temporary
car insurance policies per month (and sustaining 30% Month on Month
growth). We’re seed-funded (£2.1m to date) and a Techstars alum.
Hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded the Cuvva app to insure
themselves for the short and long term.
We started off with a
simple proposition: car insurance for as little as one hour (up to 28
days) and we now have a subscription product that separates car
ownership from driving. We are also looking to expand into different
markets next year.
We are looking for a talented and motivated
backend engineer who will raise our game and keep us on top. We
therefore have a generous share option scheme as we believe that
everyone within the company should share in the success they help build.
The Job
We're
looking for a kick-ass software engineer who has experience working
with a Node-heavy stack. You've been a key member of small teams within
high-intensity startups, being able to operate with significant
autonomy, while still conforming to existing team standards. You care
deeply about building rock-solid infrastructure for the long term, with a
track record of delivering solutions which support the whole team, and
your product. You're a total nerd, but comfortable with
presenting/speaking and communicating professionally.
You'll be a
core part of the team which creates and owns the entire Cuvva platform,
delivering solutions unmatched by any other insurance company. You will
also regularly prototype new concepts and research new technology, with a
view to incorporating it into our long-term plans. You will put
practices and infrastructure into place which will support the team as
it grows.
You will be responsible for:
- developing practices and procedures for our back-end systems
- creating a new data processing platform to support our telematics and statistics activities
- planning and implementing new product features
- working with our team to develop their skills
- helping customers and fixing any problems they have (everyone does support)
- improving internal tooling to support the whole team
Requirements
You should have:
- a fiercely independent and self-driven approach
- 2+ years commercial experience working on back-end systems at high-scale companies
- deep understanding of the internals of JavaScript and Node (particularly ES6/Babel/etc.)
- knowledge of the entire web stack - from how DNS lookups are transmitted, to how browsers prioritize CSS rules
Benefits
As
well as a competitive salary (£40-60k, dependent on experience) and
equity based remuneration, benefits of working at Cuvva include working
in our new offices in Shoreditch and of course significant savings on
your car insurance.
