Backend Engineer - DriveScore

Backend Engineer - DriveScore 

DriveScore is searching for a talented backend engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will influence the direction of critical DriveScore services and tools that allow us to scale rapidly.

DriveScore’s mission is to disrupt the car insurance market by making it more transparent, accessible, and user-centric than ever before. Leveraging cutting-edge telematics technology and data analytics, DriveScore provides users with personalised car insurance offers and insights, helping people make informed decisions about their car insurance needs.

When joining our team, you'll contribute to a global micro-services architecture written in Scala, using functional programming to really provide value to our users. Currently, our micro-services communicate via REST API calls, fostering seamless integration between different services. You will actively participate in our ongoing transition towards an event-driven architecture, utilising Kafka as a core component.

You'll also work with:

• The Typelevel Stack (Cats, Cats Effect, http4s, Circe), Kafka, SBT and occasionally Akka HTTP
• A world-class SRE team who champion our “you build it you run it” principle, empowering our developers to work with AWS, Kubernetes and Spinnaker
• A Quality Assistance programme to build, test, release and monitor your own work
• TDD and peer-reviewing enabling you to do frequent yet resilient releases to global services

You will be joining:

• A cross-functional squad, to collaborate closely with Frontend Engineers, Native Engineers, Test Engineers and product managers to build new features on one of our apps
• A global community of ~50 backend developers from diverse backgrounds. We are a big fan of coding bootcamps and see the great value non-traditional routes into technical careers can bring to the team
• A global team of ~150 developers in ClearScore’s engineering function
• A learning culture, where everyone is supported in drawing up an annual Personal Development Plan.

We are always looking for ways to do things better and encourage new joiners to bring their ideas and ways of working to the table. Teach us some cool stuff and we'll teach you some, but most of all, you'll have fun doing it.

For more information on our tech stack check out our Tech Radar 2024, how we work is summarised in our Engineering Principles and we have many other Tech Blogs on Medium.

Why DriveScore?

DriveScore is a new app that helps users to prove and improve their driving skills, enabling them to save money on car insurance and other products. Our beautiful, insightful, and private app puts users in control of the data collected as they drive, making driving a safer, cleaner, and fairer experience for all.

Being part of the ClearScore Group means we can market to ClearScore's existing 15 million users in the UK and provides funding to take our message out to the broader market. While we operate as a separate start-up team, we benefit from access to the best of ClearScore's market-leading capability, from technology to CRM.

ClearScore's culture is fundamental to the success it has achieved, and we're cultivating that same culture in DriveScore. We believe in hiring smart, driven, passionate and diverse people who are keen on having a real impact in our organisation. We trust you to manage your own time so we offer flexible work and no fixed desk hours. We don't micromanage and we believe in measuring outcomes rather than effort. We have an inclusive culture where all, regardless of seniority, are encouraged to contribute with their ideas, look after their wellbeing and actively seek opportunities for career growth.

If you feel like this could be the place for you, apply and our Talent team will be happy to share more.

Benefits:

• 25 paid holidays and a “duvet day” on your birthday
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Private health and dental cover - including mental health support through Bupa
• GP office visits
• Life assurance scheme
• Up to 6% matched pension
• Regular Lunch and Learns with guest speakers
• Dog-friendly office
• Daily breakfast and free snacks
• Access to discounts via Cobens Extras
• Free sports and social clubs
• Continued investment into learning and development
• Leadership-led training
• In-house psychotherapist
• Financial coach to help you plan and achieve your goals
• No clock-watching culture
• Generous maternity and paternity plans
• Culture and inclusion representatives
• Transparent pay structure and a career growth plan

Equal Opportunities

ClearScore is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. As an equal opportunity employer, we are able to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate individuals with disabilities during the recruitment and selection process. If you require accommodation, please inform us in advance, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Our Hybrid Model

We embrace a dynamic hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with collaborative in-person experiences. Our approach is designed to foster innovation, team connection, and individual productivity.

• Levels 1-5: Minimum 2 days per week in-office
• Level 6 and above: Minimum 3 days per week in-office

We believe this structure offers the best of both worlds - the flexibility of remote work and the synergy of face-to-face collaboration. Our office days are carefully coordinated to maximise team interactions and learning/ mentorship opportunities.

What This Means for You:

• Flexibility to manage your work and life
• Dedicated in-office days for team building and collaborative projects
• Office facilities (with plants!) designed for productive interactions
• Clear expectations and support for maintaining our hybrid schedule

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment that accommodates diverse needs while maintaining our collaborative culture. Join us in shaping the future of work!

Note: While we offer flexibility, commitment to our hybrid schedule is an important aspect of our team culture and performance expectations.