Senior Frontend Developer (m/f/d) // Open for Remote

About us

Getsafe is reinventing insurance. The insurtech startup from Heidelberg is creating technology to make insurance simple, transparent, and fair: With just a few clicks, customers can learn about, buy, and manage insurance conveniently on their smartphone. Getsafe sees itself as a technology company that is active in the insurance sector - not the other way around. Together with renowned partners such as Munich Re and leading venture capital investors, Getsafe is bringing the concept of multi-line insurance into the digital age in a consumer-friendly way.

Who are we looking for:

As one of the fastest growing tech companies in Europe, we’re always looking for ambitious employees with a pioneering spirit. Together, we are changing one of the largest industries in the world – the insurance industry.

Join the challenge: We grow together!

We develop individually but grow together. To achieve this, we demand a lot of ourselves. We always strive to create a fantastic and encouraging working atmosphere as well as a positive leadership culture and offer many career development opportunities. Our vision is to be one of the very best employers.

Your Mission:

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Getsafe you will have a huge opportunity to improve the experience for insurance customers using the latest and greatest in frontend technologies. We help customers get the best insurance fast and easy through our mobile apps, web apps, and the awesomely built frontend infrastructure that powers it all.

  • Programming: As a part of our 15 heads development team you will be an integral part of designing solutions as well as developing new features for our product and implementing concepts of our product owners.
  • Documentation and Improving: High quality code is incredibly important to us and we’re prioritizing testing and other best practices while constantly improving our technical environment and architecture to scale with the needs of our business 
  • Further development: You help and advise new colleagues during their onboarding process, share your ideas and work closely with all other team members to create a solid, consistent and scalable technical fundament.

Our Tech Stack:
  • JavaScript
  • React and React Native
  • Redux, TypeScript and Styled Components

Our HQ is in Heidelberg, where most of our team is based, but we’re open to having you be a remote member of the team as well as long as you are located in Germany.

About You:

  • You have 4+ years of frontend and JavaScript experience and consider yourself fluent in JavaScript 
  • You are experienced in architecting large JavaScript projects
  • You have several years of React experience and a solid understanding of how it works (preferred, but not required)
  • You are eager to work in an agile and ever-changing environment
  • You have excellent communication skills and the ability to self-organize your workday
  • You have the ability to distill a complex problem into its essential elements, and clearly communicate your vision to the team
  • You know how to test, what to test, and you like to take responsibility for reliable code
  • You come with high quality awareness, a hands-on mentality paired with team spirit and willingness to learn

You can look forward to:

  • You work in a fast, flexible and value-oriented company with flat hierarchies and helpful colleagues
  • A positive, focused, appreciative, and goal-oriented atmosphere. Getsafe is shaped by each and every one of us. We are a close-knit team and host after work events and foosball tournaments. Our working environment is our heart and soul
  • A competitive remuneration package with trust-based working hours as well as sustainable career and development opportunities. We invest in your growth
  • Various benefits, such as a welcome gift, an insurance voucher, an "Employees Recruit Employees" premium payment, Rocket Internet discounts and much more
  • Support for relocation as well as free German classes, if needed
  • Modern and spacious rooms kitted out with the best equipment offer you all the possibilities to work freely. We have adjustable tables, comfortable couches, community areas and even a roof terrace – what do you feel like doing today?
  • Do you live further away? No problem: You will receive a job ticket from Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH. Our office is located near Heidelberg city centre and the railway station, with excellent transport connections!
  • Free drinks, snacks, muesli, yogurt and fresh fruit await you, including great conversations in the kitchen

Join Getsafe and grow with us!

We are looking forward to your application.
Please apply online only, with an indication whether you are interested in a remote position or an onsite position.
 
Your contact person at Getsafe is Ana Hanssen.