Senior/Leading Software Engineer (f/m/d/x) for AI-Enabled Insurance Plattform

YOUR ROLE

We are building a cloud-native insurance platform designed for a future where humans and AI collaborate to create, configure, and operate insurance products.

Insurance systems are traditionally complex, rigid, and difficult to change. Our mission is to make them structured, versioned, and programmable so that product teams, engineers, and eventually AI systems can work with them safely and efficiently.

As a Senior / Leading Software Engineer (f/m/d/x) AI-Enabled Insurance Plattform, you will help design and build the core platform capabilities that power this vision. You will work on distributed systems, platform architecture, and developer tooling that enable teams and customers to build insurance products faster while maintaining correctness, transparency, and reliability.

This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, domain modeling, and AI-enabled software development.

WHAT YOU WILL BE CHALLENGED WITH

Design and build core platform services for a cloud-native insurance system
Architect scalable, reliable microservices running on AWS container infrastructure
Design APIs, metadata models, and workflows that support complex insurance products
Help shape systems that are structured and versioned, enabling safe automation and future AI-assisted workflows
Use modern AI-assisted development tools to accelerate design, coding, and testing
Collaborate with Product, Customer Delivery, and Solution Architects to turn complex business requirements into robust platform capabilities
Review code and mentor other engineers, contributing to a culture of strong engineering fundamentals and continuous learning
Continuously improve our platform architecture, infrastructure, and developer productivity

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Strong experience building complex production systems or platform services
Comfort designing distributed systems and service architectures
Experience with Golang, Python, and/or Node.js / TypeScript
Hands-on experience running systems on modern cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar)
Familiarity with microservices, containers, and CI/CD pipelines
A strong focus on system design, data modeling, and long-term maintainability
Regular use of AI tools as part of the engineering workflow, while maintaining full ownership of system correctness
Clear communication and a collaborative mindset when working with engineering, product, and customer teams
Curiosity and enjoyment in tackling complex problems without predefined playbooks

Nice to Know: Our Tech-Stack:

AWS cloud infrastructure
Containerized microservices architecture
gRPC and event-driven communication
Golang, Python, Node.js / TypeScript
React-based administrative interfaces

WHAT WE OFFER

An attractive salary package based on your experience, qualifications and responsibilities
A remote-friendly working model with occasional trips to our Berlin office
30 days of holiday leave, plus extra half-days off on 24 and 31 December
A personal training budget of at least €500, or more if necessary, which we will invest together in your further development
Exciting opportunities for internal development through a fixed role development model, fixed feedback cycles and performance reviews.
A company subsidy for Urban Sports Club membership to support your well-being outside of work
A generously subsidised company pension scheme, which we use to work together to make optimal provisions for your future
A VSOP programme that lets you benefit from the company's success additionally
We provide you with modern hardware; you decide whether you want Windows or iOS
With weekly company lunches and a well-stocked snack bar, everything you need for a quick bite to eat is right there
Three times a year, we invite you to Homecoming Week, either in Berlin or at off-site locations in nature / warmer countries
As part of a dynamic and motivated team of experts, you benefit directly from the knowledge of your colleagues, because team spirit and mutual support are an essential part of our culture

WHAT'S NEXT?

If you application impresses us, we will contact you to arrange an initial interview with our HR manager.

About us

EMIL Group is an Insurtech founded in Berlin in 2016, which offers innovative SaaS-solutions for the insurance industry. The global Insurtech Market was valued at 9,4 billion USD already in 2020 (Projection for 2030: 158,9 billion USD) – and we are part of that revolution! Our software enables insurers to master the shift into the digital age, thereby driving forward the insurance industry's technological disruption. We are a team of experienced founders (e.g., WHU, Rocket Internet), insurance- (e.g., wefox), and software experts (e.g., Google, Amazon).