Backend Engineer

About Igloo

Igloo (formerly Axinan) is the first full-stack insurtech firm to emerge from Singapore. With offices across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, China and India, Igloo is fueled by a mission of making insurance accessible and affordable for all. Igloo’s innovation solutions empower companies to eliminate operational risk, drive new revenue streams and optimise and enhance their existing products and services. With a successful Pre-Series C fund round of US$36 million in Dec 2023, Igloo has now raised over US$100 million. The leading regional insurtech firm looks to expand regionally with strategic acquisitions and hiring great talent.

As a passionate team building meaningful solutions to make an impact, we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us at Igloo. At our core, we prioritise teamwork and foster a culture built on strong collaboration and we are looking for talented people like you.

About the role

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to solve complex engineering challenges and drive the evolution of our platform’s architecture. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the scalability, security, and reliability of our systems, bridging the gap between high-level product requirements and high-performance execution. You will collaborate across teams to define technical standards, optimize development efficiency, and build the robust backend infrastructure needed to support our global expansion and AI-enhanced features.

Job Responsibilities

• You have a passion for AI and want to see where it can add value, and not just
  be a gimmick, while having a pragmatic approach to its limitations.
• You have managed complex IT delivery projects involving different teams and
  stakeholders, both from a Development and a Project Management point of view
• You have excellent communication skills and are comfortable being the main point
  of contact with the client
• You have experience managing and mentoring junior developers
• You are a tech guru but also enjoy the business side of what you do
• You have excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills – a passion for root
  cause analysis and problem resolution
• You are interested in Financial Technology and financial inclusion as a way to
  improve living standards of lower-income communities
• You have some start-up experience or mentality at least
• English required, Arabic a differentiator, all additional languages welcome,
  we deliver in many geographies.

Requirements

• MSc in Computer Sciences or related field
• 5+ years’ proven working experience with Python and Django
• Some experience interfacing with AI programmatically or machine learning,
  understanding strengths and limitations
• Experience people management or mentoring roles welcome
• Manage complex projects and interact internally with product, management and
  engineering teams and externally with different teams and stakeholders at the client
  (from CEO to IT administrator)
• Analyze, understand and improve existing systems, features and processes
• Define, design and ship new features as per the business team specifications
• Ability to work in a fast development environment and quickly adapt to changes
• Remembering tech debt is an ongoing part of development
• Familiarity with continuous integration tools, and agile development methodology,
  as well as version control tools such as git
• Celery/Pyramid/SQLAlchemy and experience a big plus
• AWS, or other cloud provider experience
• Experienced with database application development using Postgresql
• Vue.js or other single page app experience welcome
• SCSS/less experience welcome – mostly delivering to mobile
• Experienced with software design and implementation for Web services using
  HTTP, JSON, RESTful API
• Experience developing high transaction/volume processing applications
• Messaging Framework/Complex Event Processing