We’re a commercial motor insurer on a mission to save people time and money. From scooter delivery riders to private hire taxi drivers, our customers are our driving force. We’re making insurance fairer and more human for every one of them.

When we started back in 2016, we knew that traditional insurance held businesses back. It was too complicated, too expensive and too time consuming. So we set out to change things, building insurance solutions that empower professional drivers throughout the UK and Europe.

So far, we’ve raised over $200 million in funding. We’ve grown from a scrappy start-up into an industry changing organisation, and there’s plenty more to come.

That’s where you come in…

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us work across a number of different projects within our Telematics team.

Within our Telematics team we use advanced digital signal processing and machine learning to process high-frequency sensor data to generate a comprehensive view of driving behaviour. We use this information to drive the future of insurance, creating fairer insurance products and helping drivers to be safer on the roads.

We build services using Python. We use Protobuf and gRPC for inter-service communication and we deploy using Kubernetes and a variety of AWS services (S3, RDS, Kinesis, SQS, EKS, etc). We use tools like Sentry and Datadog to monitor running services and Snowflake for data warehousing. We adhere to the principles of CI and CD, and automate every part of the deployment process.

It is an exciting time to join, and you’ll partner with world class engineers, data scientists and product managers to help make Zego the best loved insurtech in the world.

What you will be doing

• Support our data scientists in the design, development, and operation of new behavioral features and machine learning services.
• Build reliable, well-tested, resilient, and observable software.
• Solve problems with software across the whole lifecycle from inception through to product and technical requirements, architectural design, shipping, operating, and ongoing evolution.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and across teams to design solutions that make a real business impact and bring new products and features to the market.

What you will need to be successful

• You have delivered production applications at scale with Python
• You are able to write clean, performant Python code and perform code reviews
• You have experience working with AWS and a variety of AWS services
• You are proficient with Docker and Kubernetes
• Good working knowledge of SQL
• You have a collaborative approach to working with product team members
• Enjoy solving problems in a cross-functional, diverse and distributed team across the whole software development lifecycle.

Other nice-to-have skills or interests include:

• Handling tabular data using python libraries such as pandas or polars.
• Previous experience working with large amounts of time-series data.
• Python-based data engineering using tools such as Snowflake Snowpark, Flyte or Spark,
• Machine learning and MLOps.
• Experience with C# or Scala.

What’s it like to work at Zego?

Joining Zego is a career-defining move. People go further here, reaching their full potential to achieve extraordinary things.

We’re spread throughout the UK and Europe, and united by our drive to get things done. We’re proud of our company and our culture – a friendly and inclusive space where we can lift each other up and celebrate our wins every day.

Together, we’re setting the bar higher, delivering exceptional work that makes a difference. Our people are the most important part of our story, and everyone here plays a role. There’s loads of room to learn and grow, and you’ll get the freedom to steer your career wherever you want.

You’ll work alongside a talented group who embrace each other's differences and aren’t afraid of a challenge. We recognise our achievements, learn from our mistakes, and help each other to be the best we can be. Together, we’re making insurance matter.

How we work
We believe that teams work better when they have time to collaborate and space to get things done. We call it Zego Hybrid.

Our hybrid way of working is unique. We don't mandate fixed office days. Instead, we foster a flexible approach that empowers every Zegon to perform at their best. We ask you to spend at least one day a week in our central London office (next to Liverpool Street). You have the flexibility to choose the day that works best for you and your team. We cover the costs for all company-wide events (3 per year), and also provide a separate hybrid contribution to help pay towards other travel costs. We think it’s a good mix of collaborative face time and flexible home-working, setting us up to achieve the right balance between work and life.

Benefits

We reward our people well. Join us and you’ll get a market-competitive salary, private medical insurance, company share options, generous holiday allowance, and a whole lot of wellbeing benefits. And that’s just for starters.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

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