Product Engineer

At SafetyWing (YC W18) , we’re building a global social safety net for remote workers - simple health, insurance, and retirement products designed to replace national welfare systems. Our mission is to remove geographical borders as a barrier to equal opportunity and freedom for everyone. If we succeed, we believe this will be one of the most important tasks of our time.
🌎 About this Role

As a Product Engineer, you’ll help us build and scale systems that make our vision a reality. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to create clean, scalable solutions and play a key role in shaping both our products and our processes.

We’re a fast-growing team that thrives on creativity, innovation, and collaboration. Our tech and product teams work hand-in-hand to develop products that empower remote workers worldwide, while participating in the strategic direction of the company.

🧪 We are looking for someone who has

- A strong foundation in backend development with Java (Kotlin would be a great advantage)

- Hands-on experience developing product's backend services with clean, scalable code

- A grasp of TypeScript, React, and Next.js

- A solid understanding of the product development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, system design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance

- Curiosity about new technologies and a passion for incorporating them into their work

💻 Technologies you will use

- Kotlin and Java with Micronaut

- TypeScript with React and NextJSRedux

- Redux Toolkit and React Query

- Styled Components and Tailwind

- MySQL with Hibernate and Liquibase

- Google Cloud with Kubernetes

😀 We like to work with people who

- Want to help build a global social safety net on the Internet.

- Think for themselves instead of copying others.

- Are willing to try new things, even with the risk of failure.

- Are intellectually curious and open to new ideas.

- Are creative and bold in the face of any problems.

- Have strong integrity and do the right thing.

🧘 What we offer

- Fully remote work environment – work from anywhere globally

- Transparent compensation and equity

- Our own Global Safety Net, giving you worldwide health, income, and travel coverage

- A minimum of four weeks of vacation per year

- Yearly personal development budget and office allowance

- A new laptop

- An annual team gathering in amazing locations—our previous meetups were in Japan, Mexico, Bali, Siglufjörður and Hoi An

🚀 We look forward to hearing from you!

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