Software Engineer

at  Laka

HELLO, WE’RE LAKA

You might not have heard of us yet - that’s OK, you’ve found us now - come and find out more about our journey…
Founded in 2017, Laka set out to transform insurance by connecting passionate cyclists to form a collective and protect their bikes for when things go wrong - a better model for insurance was born. For once people come first in insurance by fairly sharing the cost amongst each other. We exist to rewrite the rules of insurance so it’s something people stand with, not against.
Our model: Laka makes sure everything runs smoothly for The Collective - from exceptionally fast claims, splitting the cost fairly, guaranteeing a maximum price and all the other heavy lifting of a regulated insurance business. For that service, the collective pays Laka a fee relative to the claims in a month.
Take a closer look at exactly what this means and how it works here.
What have we been up to since then…?
In a nutshell, we’ve been very busy! Here are a few of the massive achievements we’ve had:
Raised an awesome Series A investment round of over $20m
Grown the team to over 60 Lakanauts, based across the UK and NL, enabling a choice-based, remote-first way of working
Launched Laka in multiple European countries, essentially helping more people in more places!
Captured the UK and NL enthusiast cyclist market and expanded into commercial business partnering
Been awarded ‘Best Cycle Insurance Provider’ (for the past 6 years in a row - go us! )
Opened 3 shiny new offices in London, Bristol & Amsterdam to provide spaces for people to collaborate as they like
Help us continue to change an outdated industry…
We’re growing real fast on our path to make the Laka collective model the industry standard and we’re expanding across segments, products, and territories. We’re looking for innovative, bold and brave minds to help us build the world’s best insurance company.

THIS ROLE WILL BE A GREAT FIT IF YOU:

• Have commercial experience with backend development. We work with Node.js and Golang
• Have commercial experience working with a modern frontend framework - we use React, Next.js and Redux
• Are comfortable with REST APIs as well as Graphql
• Are comfortable with SQL
• You know why testing matters, and you have experience of unit testing and end-to-end testing. We use Jest and Cypress.
• Are a good communicator and team player - great pairing is a must for us
• Feel comfortable with a strong culture of mutual support and feedback
• Are keen to learn new things and recognise when it’s time to use the ‘best tools for the job’ rather than trying to ‘make things fit’
• Are comfortable working within a remote-first team. We have offices in Bristol, London & Amsterdam if you fancy popping in
  Before you apply, please make sure that you currently have the right to work in the UK (we’re really sorry, but we’re not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role).