About Cover Genius
Cover Genius is the global infrastructure for embedded protection. Active in over 60 countries and all 50 US States, we protect the customers of the world’s largest digital companies, including Klarna, Revolut, Stripe, Priceline, Agoda, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, Tongcheng Travel, eBay, and Uber, with seamless, end-to-end experiences. Cover Genius has protected more than 73M customers globally across 240M policies with USD $3.2BN in gross written sales.
Coming off a stellar year with 40% YoY revenue growth and a recent $100M capital raise, putting our valuation at $1.9BN, we are accelerating into our next phase of growth. As part of our team, you’ll help drive our AI-first roadmap, developing hyper-personalization engines, agentic distribution, and automated claims infrastructure, while building the scalable technology powering the fast-growing $70B embedded protection market.
Our people are: Accountable, customer-obsessed, collaborative, driven
Our people are not: Passive, defensive, siloed, hesitant
About the Role
As a Software Engineer on our Customer Experience team, you will be responsible for solving problems faced by our customers while using our products. To drive success in this role, you need business acumen and a keen eye for solving customer facing problems. As the full-stack software engineer you will be responsible for delivering end to end features that aligns with the team’s OKRs and collaborate with other problem spaces. Regular collaboration with business stakeholders, product managers and customer team members will be essential to success in this role.
Key Responsibilities
Own the technical delivery of complex, cross-stack initiatives across both frontend and backend systems, ensuring quality, timelines and architectural consistency.
Drive technical excellence by establishing and maintaining engineering best practices, quality standards and architectural principles.
Help the team to shape technical vision and service architecture to align with and enable delivery of the broader product vision, making strategic decisions that balance current needs with long-term scalability.
Champion innovation by identifying emerging technologies and opportunities that can enhance the business capabilities and create competitive advantages for the business.
Establish metrics and processes that improve engineering efficiency, code quality and system reliability.
Skills & Experience:
What you will bring:
5+ years of professional software development experience with proven expertise in full-stack web application development.
Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and React with deep understanding of modern frontend development patterns, state management and component architecture.
Extensive backend development experience with NestJS or equivalent Node.js frameworks including API design, database integration and microservices architecture.
Comprehensive understanding of full-stack web services architecture from client-side optimization to server-side performance, including RESTful APIs, database design, and system integration patterns.
Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP and automated testing frameworks is highly valued.
What you will have
Customer-centric mindset. Keen eye for user experience and delivering exceptional products that meet business objectives.
Clear technical communication. Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Self-directed leadership. Comfortable working autonomously while collaborating effectively across engineering and product teams.
Initiative ownership. Proven ability to drive technical initiatives to successful completion.
Bias for action. Demonstrates urgency in decision-making with complete accountability for deliverables and outcomes.
Continuous learning. Commitment to staying current with emerging technologies and adapting to evolving business needs.
Why Cover Genius?
At Cover Genius, we create magic by turning the archaic into the extraordinary. We take one of the world’s oldest and most complex industries and reinvent it with world-class technology. Cover Genius doesn’t just disrupt legacy insurance; we make the impossible feel effortless. Our operating principles guide our mission:
Make today matter: We deliver with urgency and excellence. We act decisively, move with intention, and hold a high bar.
Act with accountability: We own our commitments and take pride in delivering results that move us forward.
Grow together: We are a collective of curious minds. We learn from wins and setbacks, share knowledge generously, and elevate each other every day.
Inspire each other: We push each other to think bigger and pull together to go further.
Champion our customers: We lead with empathy and center the customer, turning complex disruptions into seamless moments of trust.
Flexible Work Environment - Our teams are hybrid. We work from home on a Wednesday and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.
Don't just take our word for it- hear about our culture straight from our people here: story time.
Ready to make an impact? If you’re looking for a place where you’ll be challenged, trusted, and empowered, we’d love to meet you!
The Legal & Privacy Stuff
Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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