Verisk is a global data, analytics, and technology company helping organizations make better-informed decisions about risk.
Within Verisk, Maplecroft combines data, technology, and deep subject-matter expertise to help organizations understand and respond to complex global risks. Its risk intelligence covers areas including climate, human rights, political, economic, and environmental risk, helping organizations make more informed decisions across their operations, investments, and supply chains.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our backend engineering team and help build the APIs and workflows behind the next generation of our client-facing technology.
This is a hands-on engineering role with meaningful ownership. You will write production Python, make technical decisions, and take work from early design through deployment and ongoing improvement. You will also have the opportunity to use AI-assisted development pragmatically to improve how you build, test, and deliver software.
If you enjoy solving substantial backend engineering problems and want your work to support products with a clear real-world purpose, this is an opportunity to do that within the stability and scale of Verisk.
Why joining Verisk Maplecroft
The difference here is the context in which you will be engineering.
Maplecroft has built its business around turning complex global risk into useful intelligence for decision-makers. Its Country Risk Data covers more than 190 political, regulatory, social, climate, nature, and economic risks worldwide.
Technology is central to delivering that intelligence. Maplecroft’s existing technology landscape includes the Global Risk Dashboard, its client-facing risk analytics platform, alongside large-scale data processing technology and the development of its next-generation risk management platform
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:
• Own meaningful backend engineering work rather than simply receiving development tasks.
• Build production Python and Django services that support client-facing technology.
• Influence engineering decisions around architecture, security, reliability, testing, and maintainability.
• Work closely with product, QA, platform, and engineering colleagues throughout the full software lifecycle.
• Help evolve how the team develops software through automation, modern engineering practices, and responsible use of AI-assisted development.
• Apply your engineering skills to data and technology designed to help organizations understand complex global risks.
You will be joining a specialist risk intelligence business while benefiting from being part of the broader Verisk organization. Maplecroft itself highlights this combination, noting that being part of Verisk provides access to the resources and expertise of a leading strategic data, analytics, and technology company. We have our main office in Bath, but we can offer a full remote contract for this position within UK.
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You are an experienced backend engineer who is comfortable owning production software rather than focusing on one part of the development lifecycle.
You will bring:
• Strong commercial software engineering experience building and supporting backend services in production.
• Strong hands-on Python development experience.
• Production experience with Django, including its request lifecycle, ORM, migrations, configuration, and testing practices.
• Experience designing maintainable APIs and backend systems using sound REST, data modeling, and relational database practices.
• Good knowledge of authentication and authorization, including common single sign-on patterns and secure API design.
• Experience with automated testing, peer code review, continuous integration, and delivery practices.
• Experience diagnosing application, database, networking, or performance issues in live environments.
• An understanding of cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure as code, ideally within AWS.
• A strong understanding of backend security risks and how to address them throughout the software development lifecycle.
• The judgment to explain technical trade-offs clearly and work effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
You are an experienced backend engineer who is comfortable owning production software rather than focusing on one part of the development lifecycle.
You will bring:
• Strong commercial software engineering experience building and supporting backend services in production.
• Strong hands-on Python development experience.
• Production experience with Django, including its request lifecycle, ORM, migrations, configuration, and testing practices.
• Experience designing maintainable APIs and backend systems using sound REST, data modeling, and relational database practices.
• Good knowledge of authentication and authorization, including common single sign-on patterns and secure API design.
• Experience with automated testing, peer code review, continuous integration, and delivery practices.
• Experience diagnosing application, database, networking, or performance issues in live environments.
• An understanding of cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure as code, ideally within AWS.
• A strong understanding of backend security risks and how to address them throughout the software development lifecycle.
• The judgment to explain technical trade-offs clearly and work effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Useful additional experience.
You do not need to have worked with every technology below. Experience in some of these areas would be valuable:
• FastAPI or another modern Python API framework.
• PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Docker, Celery, Redis, or Sentry.
• AWS services and cloud-native application development.
• Asynchronous or event-driven processing.
• AWS CDK, Terraform, or comparable infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Scrum or Kanban within an agile product engineering environment.
• Product-led, data-rich, or B2B software environments.
Our People, Our Culture
For more than 50 years, Verisk has helped property and casualty insurers make smarter decisions about risk through AI-powered risk modeling, advanced analytics, and technology solutions spanning the entire policy lifecycle. We are a leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry, guided by core values of learning, caring, and results while maintaining the highest ethical standards as stewards of the industry's most comprehensive datasets. Learn more about Verisk and what we are doing within the insurance industry.
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Skills Required
- Strong commercial software engineering experience building and supporting backend services in production
- Strong hands-on Python development experience
- Production experience with Django, including request lifecycle, ORM, migrations, configuration, and testing
- Experience designing maintainable APIs and backend systems using REST, data modeling, and relational database practices
- Knowledge of authentication and authorization, including single sign-on patterns and secure API design
- Experience with automated testing, peer code review, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
- Experience diagnosing application, database, networking, or performance issues in live environments
- Understanding of cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure as code, ideally within AWS
- Strong understanding of backend security risks and how to address them throughout the software development lifecycle
- Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly and work effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Experience with FastAPI or another modern Python API framework
- Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with Docker, Celery, Redis, or Sentry
- Experience with AWS services and cloud-native application development
- Experience with asynchronous or event-driven processing
- Experience with AWS CDK, Terraform, or comparable infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Experience with Scrum or Kanban in an agile product engineering environment
- Experience in product-led, data-rich, or B2B software environments
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Retirement Support — A strong company 401(k) match is specified, with additional references to profit‑sharing. Together these create a solid foundation for long‑term savings.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, and life and disability coverage are described positively. Mental‑health support and broader well‑being programs are also highlighted.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO and paid holidays are noted alongside flexible/remote work options and volunteer time. Companywide well‑being days further expand time‑off options.
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Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Our team of nearly 9,000 helps customers make crucial decisions every day about risk—with greater precision, efficiency, and discipline.
