Job description
First Connect is a software platform designed for insurance agents to easily connect with today’s top Insurtech providers and other tech-forward insurance carriers.
The platform’s standout feature is a robust comparative rater that lets insurance agents input data just once to generate multiple insurance quotes for their clients. FC aims to continually expand its network of insurance providers by integrating more companies via APIs, making it easy to access a wide range of insurance products.
First Connect is one of the products that Hippo Insurance and SwingDev—a hippo company have been developing and supporting for years.
What’s our culture like?
„We’re all about people” - yes, it may sound a bit cliche. But whether we’re writing code or just hanging out, we know that people are at the heart of everything we do. We like to have a good time and keep things light, even when we’re tackling big projects. We could brag about what’s making us special, but we’ve boiled it down to two key ingredients: mature, companionable people who, rather than compete, prefer to inspire and have each other’s backs; a culture of trust, empathy, and positivity that keeps us together, lets us interact as teammates and friends, and truly enjoy the ride.
About the role:
You’ll be the second Sr. DevOps Engineer managing the modern, Kubernetes-based infrastructure behind First Connect. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with various stakeholders, including Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and developers, to address the needs of different teams. This is an independent position requiring not just strong technical skills, but also great communication abilities, a knack for mentoring and knowledge-sharing.
So if you’re a Senior DevOps Engineer enjoying a startup-like atmosphere with plenty of ownership over your work and looking to shake things up while having a good time, you’ve come to the right place. 🚀
What will you do?
- You’ll focus on strengthening and expanding our scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure as the First Connect platform grows.
- You’ll help make developers more productive by providing tools, metrics, CI/CD processes, and other self-service tools.
- You’ll play a key role in defining and improving our DevOps culture, guiding and mentoring teammates around best practices in reliability, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
- You’ll have the chance to work with various cloud providers, databases, and open-source tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- You’ll have huge creative freedom and the ability to put your mark on the project, and you will take ownership and responsibility for what you do. This isn’t a “just keep the lights on” role — you’ll shape how things are done from the ground up.
- You’ll work closely with the other senior DevOps engineer, sharing responsibility for on-call rotations and keeping the platform healthy.
- You’ll have a lot of chances to develop your skills as well as learn a lot about how tech business is done in the US (if you want to).
We might be a match if you…
- Have 6+ years of hands-on DevOps experience and feel at home with build/release automation.
- Have hands-on experience with tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, Helm, Docker, and modern CI/CD systems.
- Know AWS well and have solid, practical experience running production workloads on it.
- Feel comfortable as a generalist — you’re not just about pipelines and infrastructure, but also open to diving into networking, security, and broader systems topics.
- Are skilled in Golang or Python.
- Enjoy working in a small, focused, and highly efficient team, in a startup environment.
- Are comfortable working with logging and metrics systems to keep things running smoothly.
- Have a great command of English and Polish (written & spoken).
- Are available in the afternoons - due to collaboration with the United States, occasional evening meetings may occur. Rest assured, we prioritize work-life fit, respect everyone’s private lives, but we still must ensure that communication between the time zones is effective
You will get extra points for:
- A foundation in system administration, networking, or security — we value broad technical awareness.
- Prior startup experience (1–2 years or more).
- Familiarity with GCP.
- Experience working in small DevOps teams.
Recruitment process:
- Send us your CV – it’s the best way for us to get to know you.
- Meet Gabi, one of our Recruiters.
- Join Andrzej, our Sr. DevOps Engineer, for a technical interview.
- Talk with our Engineering Manager (Wojtek) to learn how the team operates.
- and… welcome aboard! 👋
What benefits are waiting for you?
Salary
26 000 – 32 000 PLN + VAT on B2B or equivalent on the contract of employment
Basics
📝 Form of employment of your choosing
🌎 Remote work & flexible working hours
🤒 Paid sick leave
🏖️ Paid holidays
Health & Safety
💊 Private medical care with dentists & orthodontists package for you and your family
❤️ Group life insurance
🧘 Psychotherapists support — free online sessions with psychologists and psychotherapists.
🤸 Home physiotherapy
🏅 Multisport card & meditation apps reimbursed 50%
Working conditions & Development
💻 Gear with Apple Logo and monitor
🌱 50% reimbursement for courses, conferences, books & certificates
🇺🇸 Free access to private language lessons
🐕 6 Personal Development Days & 4 Voluntary Days Off
Extras you may like
🎫 Cafeteria platform — extra “stówka”every month to spend on whatever you want to
🧒 Nanny services for parents
📦 Concierge services – a personal assistant to help you to deal with your everyday matters
🎮 Chill room with table football & PlayStation 5
🍦 Free snacks, and ice cream in the office (every day, all year round!)
🍱 Free Friday Lunch in the office
🎉 Team building events — we party together several times a year during the annual Offsite & Christmas Parties, beer after work, or our #WinterEscapeMonth workation in Cyprus
