Do you want to participate in building a large-scale, ambitious yet realistic project? To be part of an involved and passionate team, which values initiative and progress? Do you want to have your say in the design of a product that will raise the standards of the travel insurance industry? Welcome to Koala.

How?

By building a robust, product-driven technical stack, which cores is a stable, fast and scalable API for our partners to integrate with.

By also putting a strong emphasis on developer experience through clear documentation and recipes.

Methodology

• Exhaustive internal documentation

• Code reviews

• Ownership (Tech Holder)

Backend

• TypeScript

• Node.js, NestJS, Postgres

• Zod, Prisma, XState

• Jest

Infrastructure

• CDK (infrastructure as code)

• ECS (container orchestration) / Fargate (compute engine)

• Lambda (serverless compute)

• EventBridge (event bus) / SQS (queues)

• DynamoDB (document database) / AWS RDS (Aurora) (relational database)

• Step Functions (orchestration)

• Kinesis Data Streams / Kinesis Data Firehose / Athena

We are a small tech team (4 developers + the CTO), with a complex domain and a rich codebase with a controlled technical dept.

We need someone willing to dive into the complex (but somehow fun) world of insurance. We are looking for a typescript backend developer, curious of joining a company that values software craftsmanship and the product-driven and LEAN approach. Someone eager to progress and understand simple solutions to complex problems.

Must have

• Node.js

• JavaScript (preferably some experience in TypeScript)

• Professional English

• Strong communication skills

Nice to have

• TypeScript & Ecosystem

• Interest in Software craftsmanship

• Experience in an early startup

• Professional French

Bonus

• Experience with some of our code libs (Nest, Zod, Prisma)

• Experience with API

• Knows AWS base services

• Knows the fundamentals of insurance

If you are more experienced, feel free to take a look at our other job offer.

• 30-min call with Antony (founder and CTO) to talk about the company, the technical stack and ensure the technical fit

• Homework (technical test)

• Immersion with your future teammates, including a deep dive in your previous experiences and some roleplay

… So apply quickly! We look forward to meeting you!

Koala guarantees equal opportunities to all candidates. Each application received is put into consideration regardless of ethnic and racial origin, opinions, beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, health or handicap.