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You may apply using this application form)</li><br /><li>Proficient in one or more server-side languages (e.g. Python, Java, Go, C#) </li><br /><li>Experienced in building REST API and good knowledge of CRUD operation</li><br /><li>Good knowledge in using relational databases and understanding of SQL</li><br /><li>Experienced in designing/refactoring/migrating data schema</li><br /><li>Good sense of finding and patching bugs</li><br /><li>Experienced in maintaining production systems with profiling and bug monitoring (for the senior role)</li><br /><li>Experienced in designing and developing a complete system (no matter how big or small) from scratch (for the senior role)</li><br /></ul><br /><p><strong>Preferred Qualification</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>Experienced with Python, Django, Django REST framework</li><br /><li>Good understanding of different programming paradigm (OOP vs. functional programming)</li><br /><li>Experienced in using PostgreSQL</li><br /><li>Knowledge in deploying web servers is a plus</li><br /><li>Setting up cache layer</li><br /><li>Good knowledge of programming design pattern</li><br /><li>Experienced in the financial and insurance industry</li><br /><li>You advocate software craftsmanship and take pride in your work</li><br /></ul><br /><p><strong>What do we offer?</strong></p><br /><ul><br /><li>A competitive package that is commensurate with your experience</li><br /><li>Flexible working arrangement (a hybrid of work from home and in-person)</li><br /><li>Fun, cooperative, flexible, and autonomous start-up culture</li><br /><li>We offer education sponsorship and leaves to support you to further your skills and expertise</li><br /></ul><br /><p>Our Tech Stack:</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Python</li><br /><li>Django &amp; Django REST</li><br /><li>TypeScript</li><br /><li>AWS</li><br /><li>ReactJS</li><br /></ul><br /><p><strong>About the Job </strong></p><br /><p><em>What problems will you solve?</em></p><br /><p>As a backend engineer in Bowtie, you will be leading and working on producing intuitive, reliable, and sleek software that makes insurance operations a bliss. Your projects can range from developing claims systems, improving our underwriting engine, to any other tools that make our teams' life easier and more efficient.</p><br /><p>In case you are wondering how we are doing so far, here is coverage on <a href=\"https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/hong-kong-s-first-virtual-insurer-bowtie-launches-online-vhis-1028082436\" rel=\"nofollow\">our first-of-its-kind online underwriting engine</a>. </p><br /><p><strong>What will your day-to-day look like?</strong></p><br /><p>Our engineers never work in a silo. You will be working in a cross-functional team that&rsquo;s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. You will be directly interacting with teammates from different departments. </p><br /><p>While communication is crucial, we do appreciate that engineers need a quiet and disturbance-free environment to be the most productive. We make arrangements to let our engineers work from home since our early days and we have a flexible hours policy that lets people work on their schedule as long as they can effectively collaborate with different parties.</p><br /><p><em>We work together as a team and our engineers never work in silos. </em></p><br /><p>Cross-team collaboration is the key ingredient to our success. As an engineer at Bowtie, you will be participating in meetings with different stakeholders and a cross-functional project team from early on in the product development process. This is to make sure that engineering challenges / barriers will be uncovered and discussed at an early stage of design/decision making.</p><br /><p>We are on a constant search for better ways to operate. At the moment, we are exploring the benefit of the<a href=\"https://3.basecamp-help.com/article/35-the-six-week-cycle\" rel=\"nofollow\"> 6-week sprint cycle</a> from Basecamp. But we are always happy to take on new suggestions and discover alternative options.</p><br /><p>We are a lean team, but we have built/are building some big software that takes hundreds of engineers and years to build.</p><br /><p>If you are looking to join a multi-award-winning team (HKICT Fintech Award Winner of 2017, <a href=\"https://www.asiainsurancereview.com/News/View-NewsLetter-Article/id/74368/Type/eDaily/Winners-of-The-Hong-Kong-Insurance-Awards-2020-announced\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hong Kong Insurance Award 2020</a>, just to name a few) that has been <a href=\"https://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/virtual-insurers-new-tools-for-a-new-world\" rel=\"nofollow\">featured and recognised by tech companies, such as AWS</a>, get in touch today!</p><br /><p><strong>About Bowtie </strong></p><br /><p>We are the first licensed virtual insurer () in Hong Kong.</p><br /><p>We believe that insurance is fundamentally good, and we are here to bring the good back through our passionate, innovative, and customer-obsessed team. We are also proud to bring deep domain expertise and our own proprietary modern technology into Hong Kong. As we grow, we're looking for highly dynamic, hands-on, and passionate talent to join our team.</p><br /><br /><p><em>Information collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purposes.</em></p><br /><p><em>The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter.</em></p><br /><p><em>We are an equal opportunity employer. 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