Full Stack Engineer

About Igloo 

Igloo (formerly Axinan) is the first full-stack insurtech firm to emerge from Singapore. With offices across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, China and India, Igloo is fueled by a mission of making insurance accessible and affordable for all. Igloo’s innovation solutions empower companies to eliminate operational risk, drive new revenue streams and optimise and enhance their existing products and services. With a successful Pre-Series C fund round of US$36 million in Dec 2023, Igloo has now raised over US$100 million. The leading regional insurtech firm looks to expand regionally with strategic acquisitions and hiring great talent. 

As a passionate team building meaningful solutions to make an impact, we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us at Igloo. At our core, we prioritise teamwork and foster a culture built on strong collaboration and we are looking for talented people like you.

About the role 

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer  who is comfortable with both front and back end programming to join our dynamic team. As a full stack engineer you will be working with the products team, design team and other stakeholders and play a crucial role in developing highly scalable and highly available web applications.

Job Responsibilities 

• Work closely with fellow Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists and Designers to define, refine and implement features on the product line;
• Work closely with DevOps to build frameworks and tools, define standards (e.g., API contract) and improve overall efficiency of the development (e.g., CI/CD) and hygiene of the codebase (i.e., Git);
• Work on complex engineering problems to improve the scalability, security, and reliability of our platform;
• Have hands-on programming and architecture design skills with demonstrated willingness and capability to learn new technologies quickly
• Collaborate with visual designers to develop site features and functionalities.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

• Bachelors in Computer Science or other related Degrees.
• Min. 4 years of experience in similar roles. Experience in tech start-up is a plus.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, and the JavaScript object model
• Experience with TypeScript would be advantageous
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with AWS, RESTful/RPC services, C++/Java/Golang and related system programming languages. Having experience of Golang is a plus.
• Experience with NoSQL (e.g., Redis/MongoDB), message queue (e.g., Kafka/Kinesis), and relational databases (e.g., MySQL).
• Experience with Docker, proficient in CI/CD flow on AWS or GCP.
• Proficiency in AI-assisted coding practices to increase development velocity and experience integrating AI-driven features or APIs into modern web applications.
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling, Demonstrated ability to design, build, and deliver complex, successful web services and/or customer experiences efficiently and with quality.