2 days ago
Paris, FranceEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Own product features end to end, from clarifying needs and scoping through implementation and production follow-up.
- Translate requests from actuaries, underwriters, and product owners into clear, pragmatic technical solutions.
- Write code, design data models, and build scalable, tested, and maintainable backend and frontend services.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, actuaries, and engineers to understand insurance pricing workflows and user needs.
- Balance delivery speed and system robustness while reviewing, testing, and taking responsibility for shipped work.
Requirements
- Completed or currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or another quantitative field.
- Code-writing experience through academic research and an interest in developing testing, code review, and system design practices.
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems, work independently, and explain technical trade-offs.
- Pragmatic, outcome-oriented approach focused on user value and business context.
- Prior experience with Rust, Java, Python, Angular, AWS, or the insurance industry is welcome but not required.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual bonus, plus company shares/equity.
- Hybrid office/home-office policy based in Paris.
- 25 days of paid holidays plus RTT.
- Gym membership with Wellpass, on-site gym facilities, and corporate sporting activities.
- Health insurance with possible family coverage, Swile lunch vouchers, and public transportation reimbursement plus sustainable mobility allowance.
- Relocation support, sponsored crèche access, free cafeteria, and an office in Paris’s 9th arrondissement.
About Akur8
Akur8 builds actuarial pricing and reserving software for insurers, delivered as a SaaS platform that blends machine learning with transparent GLM models. Carriers use it to accelerate risk modeling and rate-making while meeting regulatory and governance requirements across P&C and health lines. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris, the privately held company sells to enterprise insurers and reinsurers through direct deployments and services.