Company:
Descartes Underwriting
Location: Palaiseau
Closing Date: 17/11/2024
Salary: £60 - £80 Per Annum
Type: Temporary
Job Requirements / Description
ABOUT DESCARTES UNDERWRITINGDescartes was born out of the conviction that the ever-increasing complexity of risks faced by corporations, governments and vulnerable communities calls for a renewed approach in insurance. Our team brings together industry veterans from the most renowned institutions (AXA, SCOR, Swiss Re, Marsh, Aon, ...) and scientists on top of their field to bring underwriting excellence. After 5 years of existence, Descartes has secured a leading position in parametric insurance for weather and climate-related risks utilizing machine learning, real-time monitoring from satellite imagery IoT. After a successful Series B raise of $120M USD, we launched Descartes Insurance, a 'full stack' insurer licensed to underwrite risk by the French regulator ACPR. With a growing corporate client base (400+ and counting), our diverse team is headquartered in Paris and operates out of our 17 global offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Descartes is trusted by a panel of A-rated (re)insurers to carry out its activities.ABOUT YOUR ROLEDue to our consistent growth, we are seeking to expand our Data, Software and DevOps team. We are searching for a Lead DevOps Engineer to manage a team of 2.As team lead, you will oversee:
The development environment used to develop our code base
The integration of third party tools towards full automation
The processes to make each individual DevOps/Sysadmin excel at their work.
KEY MISSIONS
Work closely with underwriting and RD managers to define key targets and roadmap
Provide a strong technical direction and support to the engineering team
Ensure best practice and compliance to internal standards and practices
Frequently present the progress and goalsto both engineering and wider teams
Set up a cyber roadmap with a reachable Business Continuation Plan and Incidence response plan
Contribute to the technical roadmap through architecture meetings, design documents
Lead coach your engineering team to consistently deliver according to their roadmap
Share your expertise to help your team:
Setup, automate, maintain and update:
Secured connection to third party tools
CI/CD pipelines
Data storage process
Package versioning and releasing pipeline
Docker environment
Modularization of code base
VM and compute instances
Connections to external and internal APIs
Notification process with chat tools
Website hosting.
Assess and evaluate the cost and the security of software architecture and implementation
Participate in:
Tech stack selection
Discussions with tech partners
Training of tech and underwriting teams
Support and debug of internal users
Management of IAM policies, groups and users.
TECH STACK ?
Cloud provider: GCP
Code versioning tool: Git + Gitlab
OS: Linux
Container: Docker
Code base: Python
Notification tool: Slack
ABOUT YOUEXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS ?(Management skills)
5+ years’ experience in DevOps position(s)
1 year or more of technical management experience
Ability to handle human interactions between tech and business
Experience mentoring a team of engineers by unblocking complex situations and sharing best practices (code reviews, pair programming..)
Scoping and defining tech priorities according to roadmap and maintenance
Excellent communication skills, in both formal and informal settings, and in English and French.
(Hard skills)
Knowledge of the tech stack or equivalent tools
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience automating a CI/CD pipeline
Good knowledge in English and fluency in French.
(Nice-to-have)
Experience in HPC
Experience releasing python package
Experience working data science project or scientific code
Contribution to an open source project.
MINDSET
Strong interest with climate issue (it’s not a hoax, many people suffer from it)
Being comfortable to work alongside corporate insurers (some still wear suits )
You enjoy CI/CD automation (or at least appreciate the elegance of a well-crafted pipeline)
Willingness to help junior developers (remember how you were when you started )
Strong team spirit and ability to work (you’ll have to review code and have your code reviewed)
Rigorous, creative and meticulous mind (we handle large insurance, we take our time)
Strong desire to learn (there’s no limitation to the tech used, we’re happy to test and learn new tools)
Eagerness to work in a multi-cultural environment (policies and teams are from all around the world ?)
WHY JOIN DESCARTES UNDERWRITING?
Opportunity to work and learn with teams from the most prestigious schools and research labs in the world, allowing you to progress towards technical excellence
Commitment from Descartes to its staff of continued learning and development (think annual seminars, training etc.)
Work in a collaborative professional environment
Be part of an international team, passionate about diversity
Join a company with a true purpose – help us help our clients be more resilient towards climate risks
A competitive salary, bonus and benefits
You can benefit from a punctual home office days.
At Descartes Underwriting, we cherish value of diversity whatever it may be. We are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination and for equal opportunities. We foster an inclusive work environment that respects all differences.With equal skills, all our positions are open to people with disabilities.RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Step 1: Call and HR Interview with our Talent Recruiter
Step 2: Technical project submitted via GitHub
Step 3: Technical interview
Step 4: Manager interview
Step 5: Final round interview with the team(Candidates can opt to have the manager interview before the technical project and interview)
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