Senior Software Engineer

at  Loadsure

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key member of our engineering team bringing technical excellence and experience of designing and developing cutting edge applications to drive the growth of Loadsure’s products.
You will work in a small cross-functional team developing key products that deliver strategic goals and be involved in every stage of the product development lifecycle. You will play a key role in influencing the technical direction of the product, whilst working with the latest technologies in a cloud-based environment.
You will be highly organised and comfortable building relationships and working with all levels of the firm. Stakeholder management and communication will be vital to the success of the role.
This position requires a self-driven, high-energy professional who’s passionate about disrupting an industry and wants to be rewarded for their performance and contributions.
We believe that with a growth mindset, tech-first innovation, and focused execution, anything is possible. We value others’ insights and ideas to build a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and lighthearted environment.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS;

Essential;

• 7+ years of relevant commercial experience
• 2+ years at a Senior Software Engineer level
• Strong understanding of software development principles in a back-end environment
• Expert in developing using Node.js and TypeScript
• Experience designing and scaling databases (SQL, PostgreSQL, Firebase)
• Familiarity designing and writing RESTful APIs
• Experience developing cloud-based solutions (GCP)
• Knowledge of practices such as TDD, BDD and CI/CD
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Strong commitment to code quality and best practices
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to deal with ambiguity
• Eagerness and willingness to learn
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Self-starter who takes initiative
• Outstanding interpersonal and problem solving skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly changing technical environment

Desirable;

• Experience leading projects
• Familiarity with data security and privacy
• Familiarity in some of: domain driven design, service oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, large scale high reliability systems, observability
• Enthusiastic about emerging technology and Insurtech

ABOUT US;

We’ve combined groundbreaking AI and industry expertise to create a service that goes beyond conventional cargo insurance. This is holistic freight protection.
With trailblazing end-to-end InsurTech, our mission is simple: empower brokers to better serve the freight community, maximising profits and minimising losses for all.
At Loadsure, we celebrate the spirit of individuals and empower them to grow. Fostering a culture of personal freedom, mutual respect, and collaboration, we enable the professional success of each person, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, or disability. Understanding, communication, respect among all people: This is how we’re nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace in which everyone can thrive.
We Strive for continuous growth and excellence in everything we do.
We Unite through collaboration, leveraging our diverse strengths to achieve common goals.
We Pioneer innovative solutions, embracing new technologies and forward-thinking approaches.
We Deliver outstanding results, ensuring reliability and quality in every project.

• Analysing, designing and creating high quality solutions that are maintainable, scalable and adaptable to future business needs and technology trends
• Building applications as platforms that can easily integrate with other services and enable seamless addition to new functionalities
• End-to-end ownership for the delivery of key initiatives and leading peers in the delivery of broad initiatives as a technical lead
• Collaborating with other engineers and teams, to design and develop new products to complement our existing range of InsurTech products
• Applying agile practices to software development activities
• Participate in code reviews, documentation and the development of coding standards and best practices
• Providing mentorship a to more junior engineers, as well as peers, as well as coaching to meet internal coding best practices