Site Reliability Engineer

Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech scale-up that is transforming insurance pricing and reserving with transparent machine learning.

Our SaaS platform leverages the power of transparent machine learning and predictive analytics to inject game-changing speed, performance and reliability into insurers’ pricing and reserving processes.

Powered by skilled R&D, Product & Actuarial teams we’ve developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing and reserving in an unprecedented manner.

This results in a pricing solution that enables insurance companies to model risks 10 times faster with greater predictive power than traditional methods, whilst including next-generation reserving features, offering an end-to-end platform that anticipates and accounts for future claims.

Akur8 has already been selected:

• In CB Insights Top 50 World Insurtech Companies 2024

• In Insurtech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2024

• In Fintech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2024

• In CNBC’s World Top 150 Insurtech Companies 2024

With 42 nationalities on our team and offices in 8 major global cities, Akur8’s solution is international by design, serving over 320 clients across 4 continents, and focusing on mature markets to drive faster growth.

To learn more about Akur8, and what we do, click here.

Akur8 is, in all senses of the term, an equal opportunities employer. Akur8 puts diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of its values. We examine all applications based on equal skills and applying the principles of non-discrimination.

Akur8 is looking for a motivated, curious, and passionate Site Reliability Engineer to join the IT Operations team in Paris.

You will play a key role in deploying, maintaining, and monitoring the infrastructure used to build, test, and release our software, as well as managing our cloud production environments.

You will evolve in a dynamic and international environment, working with teams distributed across three time zones (North America, Europe, Japan).

You will collaborate daily with the three development teams we support, contributing to the reliability and performance of our platform while ensuring we meet our Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

Your regular responsibilities shall cover the following areas:

• Deploy, maintain, and monitor the infrastructure used to build, test, and deploy the Akur8 software

• Participate in the provisioning and management of Akur8’s cloud environments

• Support the growth of Akur8 and its products while ensuring SLO compliance

• Automate workflows and pipelines to reduce repetitive tasks

• Improve and maintain our CI pipelines (GitHub Actions), including best practices for Docker container management

• Design, develop, and maintain automation using Terraform, AWS CLI, Git, and tools written in Python, Go, or other relevant languages

• Participate in on-call rotations (once per month)

• Monitor and optimize system reliability using Datadog

• Promote and apply IT security best practices

• Collaborate closely with R&D teams and contribute to a strong team culture — we are looking for a true team player

Work environment and organization

• Teams distributed across three time zones: NA, EU, JP

• Collaboration with three development teams

• On-call rotation (once per month)

• Hybrid work policy

• Dynamic and international environment

TECHNICAL STACK

Cloud providers: AWS, Azure

Infrastructure & automation: Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, AWS CLI, Git

Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

Observability: Datadog

Authentication & security: Auth0

Programming languages: Python, GoLang, Java

Automation / AI Agents: Agentic

For this key role within our IT Operations team we’re keen to speak to applicants that meet the following criteria:

• Engineering degree or Master’s degree in Computer Science

• Strong experience with monitoring and maintaining production systems

• Good knowledge of IT security best practices

• Significant experience with AWS and Azure

• Solid experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub, and automation workflows

• Strong programming skills (Python, Go, etc.)

• Fluency in English

• Motivation, curiosity, teamwork, and willingness to learn

And if you're wondering about the small things that might make the difference, bonus soft-skills that we appreciate greatly include:

1. Builder mindset

• Enjoys designing, automating, improving, and structuring systems

• Provides pragmatic, impact-oriented solutions

1. Curiosity and continuous learning

• Active interest in learning and exploring new technologies

1. Community and open-source spirit

• Has contributed to open-source projects

• Has participated in tech communities or meetups

1. Ownership and proactivity

• Able to take ownership of topics end-to-end

• Proposes improvements to workflows, architecture, or processes

1. Communication and collaboration

• Able to communicate clearly with diverse teams

• Comfortable in multi-timezone and multicultural environments

1. Reliability and rigor

• Focus on quality, documentation, and reproducibility

As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, and colleagues that are also eager to exchange their knowledge and passion.

But it’s not all work, you’ll also be part of a dynamic team that enjoys spending time together and having fun.

In addition to this, we will provide you with:

• Competitive salary + annual bonus

• Hybrid office / home office policy

• 25 days of paid holidays + RTT

• Gym membership with Gymlib

• On-site gym facilities / corporate sporting activities

• Excellent health insurance (including possibility of family coverage)

• Swile lunch vouchers

• Public transportation reimbursement + sustainable mobility allowance

• Relocation support

• Sponsored crèche access

• Free cafeteria with fresh fruit, drinks and snacks

• Great office in the heart of the 9th arrondissement of Paris