Backend Engineer at Superscript

Job Description:

The insurance industry is ripe for disruption. Instead of using the few major software houses in the industry, we’ve opted to build our system from scratch using a modern tech stack with a best-in-class continuous delivery pipeline.

As a Backend Engineer at Superscript you’ll help build a next-generation policy management system that can support the rich domain of insurance across countries, regulations, taxes and currencies.

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your talents to a small but ambitious team as we build an industry leading product. To succeed, you’ll need solid experience in PHP and running scalable solutions in production.

What you'll get up to

• On a day to day basis, you could be:
• Pairing and doing Google style PR reviews
• Getting involved in problem solving on whiteboards with your team
• Integrating with CRMs, payment gateways, billing systems, analytical tools etc.
• Creating or contributing to open source projects to give back
• Going to developer meetups regularly
• Improving our processes to remove any pain points in engineering

About you

• We don’t like to put people into boxes, but it’s safe to say that you will have:
• A keen interesting in learning and growing
• Deep knowledge of Laravel and how it can be used to efficiently deliver features
• PHP experience, or not afraid to learn it
• An interest in Domain-Driven Design
• Feature, integration and unit testing using PHPUnit (Behat experience is a plus)
• Experience with CI / CD / Hosting with Heroku and Netlify
• The ability to create simple solutions to complex problems
• An appreciation for Event Sourcing and how it can be used an effective tool vLove for what Laravel does for PHP

Company Benefits

• A competitive salary and the ability to grow your career at the UK’s leading Insurtech 🚀
• An amazing team and founders, supportive board and investors 🤗
• 25 days holiday - so there’s plenty of time for work, rest and play 🏖
• Hybrid way of working for the perfect work / life balance 🏡
• Vitality private health and dental insurance 🏥
• Great pension (up to 10% on top of your salary) 💰
• Full access to Spill, our mental health platform 🗣
• Cycle to work scheme 🚲
• Latest Apple tech gear & everything you need to be set up for success 🍏
• Fun, modern and informal office environment with regular team social events 👯‍♀️
• Central London location with the best lunch in town (Borough market!) 🍽

Interview Process

• Introduction / informal chat with Talent
• Google Meet with Engineering Director
• Technical exercise/pair programming and interview