Software Engineer – Python Developer (Data team)

Posted:
3/11/2025, 9:08:34 AM

Location(s):
New South Wales, Australia ⋅ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Pay:
$50/hr or $104,000 total comp

The Company  

Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, HopperRyanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at AmazonFlipkarteBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.
 
Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are
Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

Our People are not
Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

About the Role

We are looking to hire a strong mid-senior software engineer in the BrightWrite/Data team, where you'll apply your skills to innovate around data monitoring and AI adoption, particularly focusing on chatbot functionalities and insurance operations optimizations. You'll be diving into Django, FastAPI, and offline PyPI packages, making critical contributions that helps us to make it fast and reliable.

What could your day look like?
- Lead AI adoptions: Spearhead the development and integration of AI-powered solutions within APIs, focusing on refining customer chatbot operations and automating insurance workflows for enhanced user interaction and business efficiency
- Collaborate with the team to design, develop, and deploy scalable and robust APIs using Django and FastAPI with Rest and GraphQL
- Ensure code quality, performance, and reliability through comprehensive testing and code reviews. Improves the process with the CI/CD toolings
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues. Writing and maintaining technical documentation, including tutorials, guides, and blameless post-mortems

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on tackling complex challenges and is passionate about continuous learning and improvement. You'll have the freedom to experiment, the support to grow, and the platform to make a massive impact.


This role will be based in our Sydney office and the team works in a hybrid environment so that you have flexibility while being able to collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders in-office Monday, Tuesday and Friday, whilst having the added benefit of one Wellness day a month