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Senior Software Engineer (.NET 8, Remote ?), milano

Client:

Kota

Location:

Remote

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

559755834776407244833710

Job Views:

18

Posted:

19.04.2025

Expiry Date:

03.06.2025

Job Description:

Full-time, remote, immediate start, 4 hours of overlap with GMT timezone required.

Kota is the world's first fully integrated benefits platform for companies and their employees, where insurance and retirement providers are powered and billed in one place. We do this by building the infrastructure on the Internet for insurance providers to get online and enhance their distribution opportunities for a new era of workers—those with increased financial literacy, expecting consumer-first user experiences and a global outlook.

Our mission is to make insurance and benefits more accessible and delightful to this generation of employees. Kota was started in 2022 and has raised €7.6m from Europe’s top technology investors, including EQT Ventures, Northzone, Frontline and angels, including Job Van Der Voort of Remote.com, Romain Huet, formerly of Stripe, now Open AI, David Clarke formerly of Workday. The companies our investors have previously backed or built include the likes of Spotify, Airbnb, Klarna, Truelayer, Snapchat, Workday, Personio, Workvivo, Pointy, Workable, Wayflyer and more.

We work remotely and our team is spread from Ireland, UK, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Romania, and all the way to India.

Join Kota as a Senior Software Engineer - Backend (.NET)

Are you passionate about building robust backend systems that directly improve customer and operational experiences? Here is an opportunity for direct impact in a category pioneering startup. Kota is seeking a Senior Engineer to support and scale our products, and benefit & financial products and operations. You will be joining Kota as a part of the core team for our B2B product. You'll collaborate across technical and non-technical teams, developing impactful products for our customers.

This is a full-time, remote role where you'll play a pivotal part in driving our mission forward. We're eager to bring the right person on board and are flexible on the start date. Whether you're available to start immediately or need a bit more time, we encourage you to apply! We're happy to discuss your individual circumstances and find a timeline that works for both of us.

What You'll Do

Being a part of our core team, you will be responsible to:

• Drive innovation: Build and enhance products to scale Kota’s benefit and financial operations.
• Collaborate for impact: Work closely with teams across Kota to refine procedures, ensuring excellent customer experiences and operational efficiency.
• Own incident management: Serve as an incident responder for technical issues, fostering a blameless culture of learning and iterating for improvement.
• Architect for the future: Research, design, and implement enhancements that strengthen our product and processes.

A glimpse into your week might include:

• Architecting and building new features for our customer-facing web and mobile applications, and finance and benefit systems.
• Transforming inefficient internal workflows into self-service features that delight customers and save time.
• Leading technical efforts to resolve customer-reported issues as part of the incident response team.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: 6+ years in building backend systems with expertise in:
• SQL databases
• ORM frameworks
• Automated test frameworks
• Industry knowledge: Experience in fintech, payroll, or benefits is a plus.
• Problem-solving mindset: You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex challenges.
• Education: A degree in Computer Science (or equivalent), bootcamp graduation, or proven self-taught experience.
• Availability: At least 4 hours of overlap with GMT working hours.

Why Join Kota?

At Kota, you'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects in a supportive, growth-oriented environment. As part of our product team, you'll directly shape tools and systems that make a real difference to our customers and operations.

• Benefits: Competitive salary
• Stock-options
• Health Insurance
• Up to 5% matched contribution to a Workplace Pension
• Life Assurance cover
• WFH stipend to support your home office needs
• Annual company-wide offsite

Our Hiring Process

• Introductory Call (45 minutes): Meet one or two members of our product team to learn more about Kota and the role.
• Technical Interview (60 minutes): A collaborative and open-book session with two of our engineers.
• Call with Founders (60 minutes): We are a small but growing team and we would want to share our vision with you and hear your thoughts.
• Final Response: We'll follow up promptly with next steps.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.