Front-End Web Developer

Since you’ve landed on this page, you already know Hedvig is a mover and shaker in insurtech, and think you might have what it takes to join us. As the only loved insurance company in Sweden (in the world?), we’ve proven that it’s possible to disrupt an entire industry with people’s best interest at heart. But our journey is just beginning.

Our front-end web development team is a relatively small but skilled team that is working hard to build Scandinavia’s most loved insurance company. We work closely with product, design, back-end, as well as app developers to create the best experience for our customers.

We work mostly on developing our public website that is powered by React, Emotion (which is basically styled-components) and TypeScript. On top of this, we also use Koa, GraphQL with Apollo, and the headless CMS Storyblok.

We hold open-source projects near and dear and hence most of our front-end source code is public. If you’re curious about what you’ll work on day-to-day you can check out our front-end web repos on GitHub.

What about the role?

As a front-end developer at Hedvig, you will be jointly solving complex problems in our front-end projects. You’ll spend time developing and refactoring React components, and make designs come alive using CSS-in-JS and close communication with our designers. You’ll solve issues of code scalability as well as exiting UX challenges as Hedvig expands both in number of products and to new markets. You’ll also write the occasional tests with Jest and React Testing Library.

More important than all of this, you will be part of a team that enjoys pair programming and takes code reviews seriously. We truly value knowledge sharing and learning together.

What about you?

We believe that a good developer is a problem-solver who is capable of learning any new tech stack. Our ideal candidate likes tech-savvy frontend work and has a strong interest in front-end software architecture. Having an eye for UI/UX design is also a plus.

The closer your experience is to our tech stack the better but we generally believe the following would make you a perfect fit:

• You are fluent in Javascript for web production, preferably React.

• You know HTML and CSS, and preferably also TypeScript.

• You might also have some experience working with a headless CMS, GraphQL and Apollo, and a CI/CD pipeline.

We highly value a good attitude and communication abilities, and place a lot of emphasis on these "soft skills". Further, we look for developers who aim high and don't play it safe. We love creative problem-solvers who are not afraid to try new things and fail!

What about us?

As part of the Hedvig team, you will quickly notice that "general truths" are not accepted without being questioned. We're an enthusiastic group of people who love to challenge each other to find the best way forward. We don't care who says something, we care about what's being said. We put a lot of effort into building a trusting culture where freedom, collective thinking, and individual ownership have center stage. We're not perfect – far from it – but we talk about and learn from our mistakes and imperfections to continuously get better. As individuals, as a team, and as a company. And we have a lot of fun along the way!

What most processes will look like:

🔥30 minute chat with a member of the Talent Acquisition team to learn more about you – and tell you more about us!

👏 First interview with your potential leader!

📝 Case and case presentation or code test depending on the role

🎩Final interview with one of our founders or leaders.

FYI: We ask all candidates who make it to the first step of the process to complete a Personality and Logical Thinking test in order to understand your profile better. You will get to see your results and hopefully learn more about yourself as well!