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! Originally posted on Himalayas