Fintech is fun, insurtech is even more awesome! We’ve all witnessed the impact of fintech in the banking industry, and now disruption is coming for the insurance industry. Our mission is to help insurance companies get rid of their legacy systems and really start innovating. Cloud Insurance, our lean and mean Software-as-a-Service, is already in use in over 20 countries across five continents.
Cloud Insurance is constantly improving, we are adding on new clients, and need more people to join the fun! With this new position we seek someone to carry our next cutting-edge features from planning to deployment.
As the link between our clients across the world and our Oslo-based development team, you will work as a multifaceted superhero; balancing business understanding, advanced technological skill and managerial duties. Working in our small and fast-moving organization, you will also experience a good chunk of autonomy and get the opportunity to contribute in the areas you thrive.
Feel free to write your application in Norwegian or English. Application deadline: February 28th, 2018.
!!! You must apply via both Hub.no AND --> https://jobs.lever.co/cloudinsurance/eb801857-5c81-4685-b4c3-0370e351be25/apply
You'll:
- Plan and manage development and implementation projects, working in cross-functional teams with internal and external resources.
- Help define the best technical solutions to our customers’ business needs and pain points.
- Define project scope, goals and timeline, and translate these into epics and user stories.
- Work closely with our development team to groom the backlog; assess complexity estimates, detail and prioritize backlog items
- Run project meetings, communicate with all key stakeholders and follow up to ensure completion on target.
- Depending on interest and skill, you may also be hands-on in frontend and/or backend development – fixing smaller ad hoc requests from our clients or lending a hand to the tech team.
Benefits:
- The experience of working in a fast-moving, fast-growing tech startup environment.
- Passionate, high-achieving teammates excited to help you succeed and learn.
- Unlimited high quality coffee from Solberg & Hansen, cold beer in the fridge and an amazing, free lunch (with the best bread ever, no kidding!)
- Competitive salary (we are funded and profitable).
- Equity in the company (we want to share the success with those who contribute to it).
- Plenty of flexibility with regards to where, when and how you work.
- Lots of fun – afterwork beers, parties and much more!
Your skills:
- Academic background in business or engineering (MSc preferred).
- 2+ years experience working with technology - from a tech or project perspective.
- Organizational skills to manage competing projects with tight deadlines.
- A flexible approach and ability to grow together with the company.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Team player with ability to lead through influence.
- Experience with IT project principles, methodologies and frameworks (such as Scrum).
Extra credit:
- Interest or experience from the finance/insurance sector (Not a must! We have a fresh and different approach to the insurance industry.)
- Project management experience from a technology and/or startup environment.
- Experience with common web development technologies and frameworks, such as Node.js, Ruby on Rails, PHP/Symfony, Python/Django, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
- Familiarity with cloud based application management and deployment.
- Bilingual in English and Norwegian/Swedish/Danish is a plus.
This position is based in Oslo, Norway. We have modern offices on the 8th floor at Havnelageret, close to the Opera and Oslo Stock Exchange. You can expect some, but not too much, travelling in the USA and UK.
Cloud Insurance is funded, profitable, and growing. We are among the 1% of Norwegian companies that were officially designated as Gazelle Company by DN and PwC this year. We also won Norwegian Fintech Awards 2017. Apply and join the fun!
Still curious? If you want to know more about us, check out links to news articles, videos, and our pitch deck - at the bottom of cloudinsurance.io/jobs