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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