Papaya Insurtech

Overview of job

Get to know Papaya:

Papaya is created to protect the financial assets of millions of people across South East Asia through insurance products. We use data and technology to improve the century-old industry and provide valuable safety nets for customers. We are focused on pioneering new ways of creating, distributing, and servicing insurance products for the digital age. Papaya is backed by global funds and strong partnerships with top-tier insurers. 

• Design, implement, and maintain state-of-the-art TypeScript applications for Insurance Industry with complex logic and workflows.
• Work with DevOps and Data engineers on IaC, Security, Performance, and Database Scalability for your Backend.
• Work with other Software Engineers in an Event-Driven SOA/Microservices platform employing the power of Cloud Native, Serverless, and GraphQL.
• Research to improve system performance, security & reliability.
• Engage in Tech Team’s spearhead projects to pioneer new technologies in the Cloud Native space.

• Compensation: competitive with room for significant salary bonuses 
• Personal Development - You’ll work and learn from one of the best and brightest technological & entrepreneurial teams in Asia
• Working environment: A young and dynamic startup, with lots of space to grow and to make a milestone for yourself
• Fully participate in the insurance regimes as prescribed by law
• Participate in health insurance
• Team Building activities, year-end party, dining with company

Why work with Papaya:

• Impact: the products we build here at Papaya will impact millions of lives. We strive to better lives and give people equal access to financial protection. Our products change lives.
• Team: We are a talented team with a well-picked board of advisors that have worked at amazing companies & deeply experienced in both tech and business: Citi, FWD, AIA, Prudential, Tiki, BCG, Forbes 30under30 Asia, Top100 Echelon Asia, featured on VTV1. 
• Investors: We are backed by reputable international VC funds

• Minimum 2 years of experience in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience in ReactJS or NodeJS is highly preferred.
• Experience in either Linux, PostgreSQL, or AWS is highly preferred.
• Experience in GraphQL, AWS Lambda, Serverless.com, and Hasura is a huge plus.
• Understanding major software architectures such as Monolith, SOA, Microservices, and Serverless, including their pros and cons is a huge plus.
• Having the ambition to become one of the best software engineers in the market with great deliverables and deep technical knowledge.
• Strong in team-working and peer influence
• Fun to work with