Company
Seasonalife is a funded insurance technology startup based in Hong Kong. We are looking to grow our young team, and this is an exciting time to join a team that is gaining significant traction in the market.
In our short history, we’ve already built a fintech award-winning product comparison platform to make the lives of independent financial advisors easier and more fun. A number of other initiatives are currently underway, all focused on making the insurance experience more meaningful and friendly.
Our mission carries with it a strong sense of purpose, and we are seeking like-minded individuals to help craft a beautiful, reliable platform and re-think how personal finances should be managed.
We are looking for a Cloud Software Engineer with proven ability to facilitate the successful development and deployment of our web product.
What you’ll do
This is a start-up environment so bear in mind we expect you and your responsibilities to grow and evolve:
- Manage our web-applications in a cloud-based PaaS Platform (e.g. AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Microsoft Azure, Heroku, etc.);
- Collaborate with experts from actuarial, financial and IT disciplines to integrate our back-end infrastructure with financial models;
- Handle application release management, infrastructure provisioning and deployment;
- Participate in architecture design and implementations of our cloud-based environments;
- Monitor the cloud platform and analyse log files to identify root causes for infrastructure or application problems;
- Uphold cloud-oriented security standard and promote development best-practices; and
- Develop tools to better maintain and automate all of the above, with the aim of bringing them under a uniform framework.
Who you are
- You have knowledge with back-end web frameworks (e.g. Django, Ruby on Rails, etc.) and programming languages (preferably Python);
- You understand how networks and common networking protocols work;
- You have basic understanding of modern deployment tools and concept (e.g. Git, Docker, Continuous Integration, etc.);
- Experience with cloud environment administration is preferred (e.g. AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Microsoft Azure, Heroku);
- You are ready to learn new technology, frameworks and programming languages;
- You are a problem solver and enthusiastic about cooperating with in other teammates in various technical projects;
- You care about quality, and you know what it means to ship high quality code and secure cloud-deployed applications;
- You have good communication skills necessary to understand/feedback requirements from application owners, and also have a mindset to document your work properly; and
- You hold a Bachelors or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics; or you have demonstrable skill and experience in the relevant subjects.
Working with Us
We do not expect you to have much knowledge of personal finance, life insurance or actuarial science – we will teach you, but you must be prepared to go through a steep learning curve. We offer a very competitive salary with tremendous career upside for individuals looking to be a part of this extraordinary journey.
We offer the following benefits to the right candidate.
- Competitive remuneration;
- Great exposure to industry leaders;
- Distinct vibe that will inspire you;
- Fun company culture, and
- Casual dress code.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are interested in joining us, please submit your resume stating the position and your availability by clicking "APPLY NOW". Application is on a rolling basis.
(Information provided will be treated in the strictest confidentiality. All personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only and will be destroyed after two months upon collection).