Junior Backend Engineer (Remote - TypeScript, Node)

Hi, we are Briza! A globally distributed, remote-first tech startup building the world’s leading API for commercial insurance.

Before Briza, it took small and medium size businesses weeks and a lot of paperwork to get their company insured. Often, that lack of insurance is what blocks companies from moving forward. Our product reduces that time to minutes and some API requests (or a click of a button).

At Briza, our mission is to connect commercial insurance to the world. We do this by unlocking software developers to create great customer experiences so millions of small businesses across the US can purchase the commercial insurance they need in an instant.

Changing a thousand years old industry is not a trivial task but we are a startup like no other. We are building for the long term. We are a company that solves a real, enormous problem in a multi-billion dollar industry and we know the domain exceptionally well. We are on a journey of innovation, growth, and transformation and looking for people that are interested in being a part of our story.

Founded in 2016 by Ben Munro, a seasoned insurance executive with over 20 years of commercial underwriting experience, and Mike McDerment, founder of FreshBooks, we continue to expand our team with some of the sharpest people in both the software and insurance industries.

We are a growing company of builders, innovators and compassionate/supportive, collaborative people that believe small teams have a huge impact.

Come join us and bring your authentic self to work.

Don’t worry if you don’t have all these things, we believe in investing in personal growth and can coach you to be successful.

We are open to people familiar with other languages as long as you’re open to learning our stack.

While we originate from Canada, we are a remote-first, globally distributed company with team members located in 3 continents and 6 countries. You have the freedom to choose where to work, and we will support you in making it a great experience.

For those who prefer office work, we have a voluntary option to relocate to Canada, and we will help you with your visa.

If all goes well, and you feel that Briza is the place you want to build your career, we'll make an offer and ask for references.

Compensation: the target range for this role is between $5415-7165 CAD per month (net, B2B). How we determine your compensation on this range is based on where you are at in your career and we try to figure that out through our hiring process. If your compensation expectation is outside this range but you are still interested in the role or Briza let us know - we would love the opportunity to get to know you.

Some of the people you may meet - the hiring team: (if you click on the name it will take you to their LinkedIn Profile!) 

At Briza, we believe diversity breeds excellence. We have a global workforce with team members on, or recruited from, 6 continents. At Briza, people live wherever they work best. It’s a distributed team, but we also make it easy to relocate to Canada with your family if you want.

In addition to diversity there are our values. We believe in:

We encourage applications from all qualified candidates around the world, including indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. 

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