Preliminary Remark
We don’t provide visa sponsorship for now, so please don’t apply if you don’t have the right to work in the UK.
about umbrl
umbrl is a data-driven insurtech firm providing home insurance in the UK.
It aims at providing the most seamless customer experience possible (buying cover, amending cover, claiming and being paid in case of damage).
The customers know what they pay for; they pay the right price and don't pay for things they don't need.
umbrl will go live in May/June 2024. Meanwhile, we are expanding our team, with positions available either at our London office or with remote work flexibility
About 80Tech
Founded in 2015, 80Tech is a privately held tech company focusing on quantitative risk analysis.
It is the head office function of several Insurance/Reinsurance, Technology Infrastructure and Asset Management businesses.
80Tech serves as a seed investor for early-stage start-ups within the insurance sector, and is sponsoring umbrl.
The Role
As a Backend Engineer at umbrl, you will have the opportunity to research, conceive and develop applications to create, extend and improve our home insurance application.
As a critical member of the early stages of our backend team, you will play a pivotal role in developing cutting-edge systems for umbrl.
For example, you will:
• Design, develop, and maintain backend solutions for umbrl.
• Manage various data feeds and integrate them into our systems.
• Create and optimize synchronous and asynchronous services in Python, interfacing with GCP Pub/Sub for efficient data consumption.
• Write and maintain unit and end-to-end tests.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Use Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) for efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Use Redis as a caching mechanism to enhance system performance and response times.
• Implement the best practices for error handling, logging, and monitoring.
• Implement data pipelines to transfer data from GCP Pub/Sub to our data warehouse, maintaining data integrity and ensuring analytics readiness.
What We Value
• Pro-active, can-do attitude.
• Excellent communication skills: we put a strong emphasis on collaboration and open communication between our teams, which is especially crucial during the early stages of launching our product.
• Integrity with your work: always choosing to do what's right and being honest.
• Fostering kindness in your interactions with others: embracing and embodying this through your actions.
Benefits / Conditions
• Salary Range: 55-65k (depending on experience)
• Pension fund with Aviva.
• Health insurance with Vitality, which includes many added benefits.
• A beautifully located and friendly office environment in central London (shower and kitchen on site).
• A flexible hybrid set-up for the role, although we would ideally like people to come into the office at least 3 times a week, especially during the process of launching our product.
• Free fruit and snacks
