Engineering Lead

Since you’ve landed on this page, you already know Hedvig is a mover and shaker in insurtech, and think you might have what it takes to join us. As the only loved insurance company in Sweden (in the world?), we’ve proven that it’s possible to disrupt an entire industry with people’s best interest at heart. But our journey is just beginning.


Our tech team is at the very core of our business. The team enables us to scale and deliver the smartest insurance platform there is. We focus on building a flexible system that enables us to expand across different EU markets. Further, we work on improving the customer journey by reducing manual processes via automation. The tech team works closely with our business units, and their stakeholders, to ensure that our development work has the right impact on our business output.


What about the role?
As an Engineering Lead, you will never be far from solving problems and writing code, yet you will have the responsibility of leading and coaching our talented backend developers. In addition to the support on daily tasks, you will ensure that they are developing their capabilities and career.


On top of that, you will have the responsibility of communicating with stakeholders by explaining solutions and technical trade-offs. This role aims to bring clarity to the organization over what we do and how we do it.


What about you?
Having experience as a developer along with coaching or leadership experience is what we are looking for. You don’t have to be an experienced leader/coach, but you should have the potential, interest, and motivation to develop in this direction. A big part of the role includes hands-on coding, and you should be familiar with our tech stack:


•Kotlin & Java
•Spring
•Postgre
•SQL
•Kubernetes


We believe that a good developer is a problem-solver who is capable of learning any new tech stack. We highly value both a good attitude and personality and place a lot of emphasis on these "soft skills". For this position, we are interested in your leadership style.


What about us?
As part of the Hedvig team, you will quickly notice that "general truths" are not accepted without being questioned. We're an enthusiastic group of people who love to challenge each other to find the best way forward. We don't care who says something, we care about what's being said.


We put a lot of effort into building a trusting culture where freedom, collective thinking, and individual ownership have center stage. We're not perfect – far from it – but we talk about and learn from our mistakes and imperfections to continuously get better. As individuals, as a team, and as a company. And we have a lot of fun along the way!


Sounds like your next challenge? You can start by sending us an application. If you don't feel ready maybe you want to know more about us? Then check out our LinkedIn page where we regularly post inspiring thoughts from our people.
What most processes will look like:
🔥30 minute chat with a member of the Talent Acquisition team to learn more about you – and tell you more about us!
👏 First interview with your potential leader!
📝 Case and case presentation or code test depending on the role
🎩Final interview with one of our founders or leaders.


FYI: We ask all candidates who make it to the first step of the process to complete a Personality and Logical Thinking test in order to understand your profile better. You will get to see your results and hopefully learn more about yourself as well!