Hey there! We're AKKO - a venture- funded & fast-growing insurtech company with a passionate, solution-forward, and collaborative fully remote team focused on disrupting the device insurance space.

Our mission is simple – Leveraging technology to make protecting people's tech easier and more affordable. Most people's lives have become tech-centric and AKKO provides customers with peace of mind that their tech is safeguarded in a transparent and seamless way. Backed by amazing investors such as Mundi, Fika, and Pear, we are just getting started!

We seek a Senior Back-End Engineer with expertise in Python, Flask, and PostgreSQL. This role demands a mix of technical skill, creativity, and a strong commitment to testing, ensuring our applications are intuitive, performant, and reliable. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the back end systems that power our products. You will work closely with our front end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, and robust solutions.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and performant web applications.
• Act as a strong architectural contributor by partnering with tech leads to help shape the core platform design.
• Lead implementation of key product features.
• Collaborate with front end developers to integrate user-facing elements with back end APIs.
• Contribute to the strategic planning and direction of our technology and product development.
• Leverage AI and machine learning tools to enhance claims automation, fraud detection, and predictive analytics, improving operational efficiency and customer experience.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code ensuring high code quality through best practices.
• Ensure high standards for security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team.
• Identify and address technical challenges by proposing innovative solutions to optimize application performance and usability.
• Stay up to date on industry trends and technologies to ensure our applications remain at the forefront of innovation.

WHAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED

You will report to the Engineering Tech Lead of the squad assigned.

The annual compensation for this position ranges from $160,000-$180,000 USD. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications.

WHAT ELSE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Our team is fostered around our core values :

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