Senior Java 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.

tl;dr:

• Help us change the insurance industry for the better

• Backend Tech stack: Kotlin, Java, Spring[boot], PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS

• Autonomous teams guided by KPIs and OKRs

• A company culture based on trust and helping people

• Recently closed $45 million in Series-B funding

But our journey is just beginning. Our record payout time is less than 200 seconds from claim submission, no wonder 8% of new insurance sign ups in Sweden are with us! After closing $45 million in Series-B funding, we are the insure-tech company with both an EU license and the capital to be an actual insurer, not just a broker. With huge demand comes huge hiring plans. We’re hiring a Senior Backend Developer who wants to innovate and integrate payments and products for our Members in need across Europe.

Currently, we are hiring for a backend developer in the following teams:

• The Partnership Integration team is responsible for driving the purchase experience for partners.

• Internal Product is helping to improve the experience for our internal teams.

• Payments provide reliable and scalable payment products that fuel our growth.

• Insurance Product folks build the products enabling Hedvig to scale our insurance offering.

What about the role?

As a backend developer, you will work with a senior, international team to build our event-driven microservices. Right now, we’re focusing on scalability, low latency, and high availability.

Some of the tools and frameworks we use in the backend teams:

• Kotlin & Java

• Spring & SpringBoot

• Axon (Event-sourcing framework)

• PostgreSQL

• Kubernetes

• AWS

The other teams use:

• React

• Swift

• TypeScript

Where do you want to work?

We encourage remote excellency and our team is based in Stockholm. We have a hybrid set-up and can help you with visa sponsorship.

What do we offer?

A culture that we invest (a lot) in to make sure you feel your best based on:

• Empathy & Trust, Remarkableness, Ownership, and Collective Thinking

• Warrants in a growing financial company

• 30 days of paid vacation Full Swedish

• 1:1 Work Permit compliance and insurances (if needed)

What about us?

As part of our international R&D team, you will quickly see that challenging "general truths" is not only part of our business, but our culture and who we are. We help each other grow as professionals while helping our Members. We're not perfect, far from it. But we’re having fun disrupting industries and tech while helping people.

Interested? Don't be shy! Feel free to reach out to Kevin Marney who is handling the interview process and scheduling meetings with stakeholders.

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!