At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a small team to develop AI-powered solutions transforming the insurance industry.
- Company: Cytora, an innovative company reshaping insurance with cutting-edge technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a professional development budget.
- Other info: Embrace a culture that values diversity and empowers your unique contributions.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while working with advanced tech.
- Qualifications: Experience in Python, Git, and backend development; collaboration skills are a must.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Shape the Industry and Your Career At Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, we’re transforming how insurers and brokers connect, operate, and grow. Our AI-powered platform is driving smarter decisions, greater efficiency, and seamless collaboration across the global insurance ecosystem. As we accelerate digital transformation, we’re looking for curious, collaborative minds ready to help shape what’s next. If you’re energized by innovation and inspired by impact, your future starts here.
Position Overview As a Senior Backend Engineer at Cytora, you will be joining a backend functional team. The teams are small (maximum 4/5 people) and work independently of each other. Each team has a technical lead and a product owner steering the team to make sure we deliver the right features. Regardless of the team you join, you will be prototyping, implementing, shipping and supporting features that are changing the insurance industry. The core of our product is to digitize risks and to accomplish that we rely heavily on Generative AI. Our engineering and product teams are distributed across Europe.
This role requires experience with:
- Git (we use GitHub)
- Python (buzzwords: msgspec, httpx, pydantic, fastapi, structlog, sqlalchemy, alembic, jinja2, pytest, ruff, mypy)
- Mypy (we use mypy, a lot. We also welcome candidates with experience with other static type checkers!)
- Rest APIs (we use openapi spec to document our apis)
- Relational Databases (we use Postgres)
- Docker (we use Docker to package our code, and docker-compose to run it locally)
- AWS Lambda (The vast majority of our backend code is deployed as AWS Lambda functions)
- AWS S3
- AWS RDS
- AWS API Gateway
- AWS SQS
- AWS SNS
- AWS SES
This role benefits from experience with:
- Redis
- GCP VertexAi (we use gemini a lot)
- GCP BigQuery (we use it to power our analytics)
- OCR engines (we use AWS Textract, GDocAI, and we have used tesseractOCR in the past)
- Prompt Engineering
- Kubernetes
- CircleCI
- DataDog
- Auth0
- Role Based Access Control
- JsonSchema
- Pusher (we use it to push notifications to our Frontend Web App)
- LocalStack (we use it to mock AWS services locally)
- Terraform
Why Cytora We’re building the future of insurance and we’re doing it together. At Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, we’re driven by a shared mission to transform the industry through AI-powered solutions that deliver smarter decisions, stronger connections, and better outcomes. We foster a culture that values who you are and recognizes that you’re more than your role: you’re a teammate, and you matter. We thrive on the strength of our diverse experiences and celebrate the uniqueness each person brings to work every day. We believe flexibility fuels performance. Whether remote, hybrid, or in-office, we empower our teams to work in ways that work best for them.
Here’s what you can expect when you join us:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working and remote options
- Professional development budget
Remote Senior Backend Engineer in Warrington employer: Cytora
Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, is an exceptional employer that champions innovation and collaboration in the insurance industry. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, and a professional development budget to help you thrive in your career. Our inclusive work culture values diverse experiences, ensuring that every team member feels valued and empowered to contribute meaningfully to our mission of transforming the insurance landscape through AI-powered solutions.
