Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Platform

At Fairmatic, we’re on a mission to make roads safer—one fleet at a time.

We’re revolutionizing auto insurance with AI and data-driven insights, offering personalized options that reward safe driving with meaningful savings. Our predictive risk models, trained on 200 billion miles of driving data, have been tested by hundreds of thousands of drivers, proving their real-world impact.

Our leadership team brings together serial entrepreneurs, insurance industry pioneers, and seasoned startup veterans—raising over $88M in funding in under a year.

We’re an insurtech company with AI at our core—but at Fairmatic, AI isn’t just for engineers. We believe everyone can elevate their workflow with the latest AI tools.

Join our global team of curious, adaptable technologists and problem-solvers who are passionate about making a real-world difference!

About The Team:

The Platform team is a critical part of our organization's ecosystem, responsible for developing and maintaining core services and data pipelines that manage trip and telematics data. This team also leads efforts to handle complex processes like driver risk analysis and premium calculation, ensuring robust frameworks are in place to support multiple vendor integrations and data ingestion.

In addition to these key responsibilities, the Platform Team builds tools that enhance overall business efficiency. They collaborate closely with engineering, product, compliance, and business teams to support and enable cross-functional products, ensuring seamless integration across various aspects of the company’s operations.

• Designing and developing scalable, high-performing products, features, and data pipelines with a focus on reliability and scalability.
• Partnering closely with Product Management, Risk Analysis team  and other cross-functional teams to iterate on features, and user requirements. 
• Crafting code that aligns with our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices, and advocating for these standards through code review.
• Independently understanding business requirements, shipping new features and enhancements. 
• Collaborating with the engineering team on larger projects, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Embodying Fairmatic's values of humility, collaboration, and a relentless focus on impact, both in your work and interactions with colleagues.

• 3 - 5  years of experience in backend development, including designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and robust systems.
• Strong proficiency in server-side languages like Java, Python or Golang.
• Expertise in building and optimizing RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL services.
• Experience with big data processing frameworks like Spark, Hadoop.
• Deep understanding of databases (both relational and non-relational) such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and experience with ORM frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands on experience with Queuing technologies like Kafka, Amazon  SQS, Celery.
• Solid grasp of system design principles, architecture patterns, and best practices for distributed systems and microservices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and version control (Git).
• Proficiency in optimizing system performance, debugging, and solving complex problems in large-scale applications.
• Experience working in Agile development environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Some of our Bangalore Office Benefits & Perks:

Unlimited PTO!

Employee Health Insurance Program

Hybrid working model

Mobile and home internet allowance

Pension contribution

Wellness and entertainment allowance

Paid company trips both nationally and internationally

Awesome Fairmatic gifts and swag!