Lead DevOps Engineer – DataOps / MLOps (GCP, k8s, terraform)

Descartes was born out of the conviction that climate change calls for a revolutionary approach in insurance to better protect corporations, governments, and vulnerable communities. We offer a new generation of parametric insurance that builds resilience against the full spectrum of climate and emerging risks. Utilizing Machine Learning and real-time monitoring from satellite imagery & IoT, our state-of-the-art climate tech provides innovative coverage for all trade sectors in all regions of the world. After a successful Series B raise of $120M USD, Descartes Underwriting is proud to be recognized among the French Tech Next40 and launched Descartes Insurance, a ‘full stack’ insurer licensed to underwrite risk by the French Regulator (ACPR). With a growing corporate client base (250+ and counting) - our diverse team is headquartered in Paris and operates out of our 12 global offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

ABOUT YOUR ROLE

Due our consistent growth, we are seeking to expand our Data, Software and DevOps team. We are searching for a Lead DevOps/Sysadmin to manage a team of 2. As team lead, you will oversee:

•  The development environment used to develop our code base
• The integration of third party tools towards full automation
• The processes to make each individual DevOps/Sysadmin excel at their work

🔔 KEY MISSIONS 🔔

• Work closely with underwriting and R&D managers to define key targets and roadmap
• Provide a strong technical direction and support to the engineering team
• Ensure best practice and compliance to internal standards and practices
• Frequently present the progress and goalsto both engineering and wider teams
• Set up a cyber roadmap with a reachable Business Continuation Plan and Incidence response plan
• Contribute to the technical roadmap through architecture meetings, design documents
• Lead & coach your engineering team to consistently deliver according to their roadmap
• Share your expertise to help your team:
  • Setup, automate, maintain and update:
    • Secured connection to third party tools
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Data storage process
    • Package versioning and releasing pipeline
    • Docker environment
    • Modularization of code base
    • VM and compute instances
    • Connections to external and internal APIs
    • Notification process with chat tools
    • Website hosting
  • Assess and evaluate the cost and the security of software architecture and implementation
  • Participate in:
    • Tech stack selection
    • Discussions with tech partners
    • Training of tech and underwriting teams
    • Support and debug of internal users
    • Management of IAM policies, groups and users

TECH STACK  🖥️

• Cloud provider: GCP
• Code versioning tool: Git + Gitlab
• OS: Linux
• Container: Docker
• Code base: Python
• Notification tool: Slack

EQUIPMENT 🖱️

• Laptop: Dell Latitude 7530
• OS: you decide

ABOUT YOU

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS 👩‍💻👩‍💻

[Management skills]

• 5+ years’ experience in DevOps position(s)
• At least 1 year of experience in team or project management
• Tech roadmap and MVP critical path definition
• Scoping and identifying solutions with business team
• Ability to handle human interactions between tech and business

[Hard skills]

• Knowledge of the tech stack or equivalent tools
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience automating a CI/CD pipeline
• Good knowledge in English and fluency in French

[Nice-to-have]

• Experience in HPC
• Experience releasing python package
• Experience working data science project or scientific code
• Contribution to an open source project

MINDSET 💥

• Strong interest with climate issue (it’s not a hoax, many people suffer from it)
• Being comfortable to work alongside corporate insurers (some still wear suits 👔)
• You enjoy CI/CD automation (or at least appreciate the elegance of a well-crafted pipeline)
• Willingness to help junior developers (remember how you were when you started 💬)
• Strong team spirit and ability to work (you’ll have to review code and have your code reviewed)
• Rigorous, creative and meticulous mind (we handle large insurance, we take our time)
• Strong desire to learn (there’s no limitation to the tech used, we’re happy to test and learn new tools)
• Eagerness to work in a multi-cultural environment (policies and teams are from all around the world 🗺️)

WHY JOIN DESCARTES UNDERWRITING?

• Commitment from Descartes to its staff of continued learning and development (think annual seminars, training etc.);
• Work in a collaborative & professional environment;
• Be part of an international team that values diversity;
• Benefit from a nice referral scheme for successfully referring peers;
• You can benefit from a hybrid work mode thanks to our telecommuting agreement.

HOW TO APPLY

You may check off several but not necessarily all the expected boxes? Motivation and feeling are key elements for us!

If you want to develop your skills and work in a friendly start-up atmosphere, don't hesitate and send us your application! https://www.descartesunderwriting.com/careers/

At Descartes Underwriting, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination and for equal opportunities. We foster an inclusive work environment that respects all differences.

With equal skills, all our positions are open to people with disabilities. 

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• Step 1: Call and HR Interview with our Talent Recruiter
• Step 2: Technical project submitted via GitHub
• Step 3: Technical interview
• Step 4: Manager interview
• Step 5: Final round interview with the team
  (Candidates can opt to have the manager interview before the technical project and interview)