Junior Software Engineer

At Alan we are on an important mission to empower everyone to live a longer, healthier life. Our goal is to extend the quality years of life expectancy for everyone.

We are empowering our members to live a longer and healthier life with a 'one-stop health partner' model seamlessly integrating insurance, prevention, affordable care access and well-being services. We are redefining healthcare by being both a health insurer and a provider, creating the most member-centric experience in a vast market. We go above and beyond for our members and companies to overcome the day-to-day health obstacles and our product is built to address the biggest pain points they face. With Alan, you're never alone

We partner with 35K+ companies of all sizes, serving more than 950+ members, and have reached 680M+ in ARR.

Our team of 700+ people (still growing) operates across France , Spain , Belgium , and Canada .

People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:

1. Mission is the Boss: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the company's success above all else.

2. Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.

3. Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.

4. Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.

5. Radically Transparent: We make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.

6. Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.

7. Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.

8. Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.

9. Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.

10. Fight for Simplicity: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.

In our engineering team, we build the infrastructure, interfaces, and applications to provide first-class service to our members, health professionals, and even ourselves
Being an engineer at Alan means joining a team of talented, committed and passionate engineers, with a lot of product interaction.

We move fast, with a lot of ownership, and are proud to tackle big problems
Our process is very simple: those who make product decisions are the same ones who build them.

Our stack is Python/Flask, React/Redux, React Native, PostgreSQL.
Want to know more? Read this article if you want to discover how life as an Engineer at Alan looks like, and how our Engineering team is organized:

For this opportunity, we are aiming to hire within the B1-C1 level range.

We're building a team for the long term. We believe in finding people with huge potential and helping them grow.

• Even if you are light on experience, you'll still have the opportunity to take ownership of projects quickly, whilst being mentored by talented senior engineers.

• Through time, you'll be able to tackle complex & high-impact projects.

You would be a good fit at Alan if most of this sounds like you:

• Passionate about building products. Not a long professional experience? Talk to us about your side projects, what you've been building for your community, to improve your life and that of others

• Self-starting, entrepreneurial, and willing to work in an intense, fast-paced environment

• Humble with a clear willingness to grow amongst best-in-class engineers

• Well-versed in Object Oriented Programming such as Python, Java, C#, and enthusiastic about web technologies such as modern Javascript.

But above all, we are looking for high potential and curiosity: make sure to show us this when you apply Everything else is a bonus.
For more details on how engineers can grow at Alan, take a look at our Engineering career path:

At Alan, we're committed to bringing holistic health into everyone's daily life - and that starts with our employees. We want to empower our Alaners with benefits and perks selected to ensure well-being, boost productivity, and foster a harmonious work-life balance.

• All the tools you need: MacBook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling headphones.

• Flexible leave policy: we trust Alaners to take the holidays they need, and no pre-approval is required.

• Delightful healthcare insurance: great benefits until we launch our own Alan Canada plans.

• GRRSP. Generous employer matching program

• Transport: monthly Toronto Transit Commission pass or other equivalent commuter benefits.

• Learning & Training opportunities: a highly flexible training policy, free books and budgets to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises.

• Parental leave: extended parental leave for all new parents.

You can find more information about our perks, salary, and equity here.