Verisk

Senior Backend Engineer [node.js]

Verisk  •  Stockholm, SE (Hybrid)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

We're looking for a Senior Node.js Developer who builds with AI as a first principle—not as an afterthought. You'll design and build APIs from the ground up, modernize legacy .NET services into Node, and architect BFF and API gateway layers that scale. You'll work alongside AI tooling daily, using agentic programming practices to accelerate everything from problem diagnosis to code generation.

What You'll Do

  • Build Node.js APIs from scratch—designing schemas, defining contracts, implementing business logic, and owning the full lifecycle
  • Analyze existing .NET services, understand their behavior, and rebuild them in Node with improved architecture
  • Design and implement Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) layers and API gateways using REST patterns
  • Integrate AI tooling into your workflow for understanding codebases, planning technical work, and executing through agentic coding practices
  • Collaborate with teams to define API standards, error handling patterns, and documentation practices
  • Review code, mentor developers, and contribute to engineering culture

The AI Aspect

This is non-negotiable, you need to be actively exploring where AI can eliminate tedious work. We expect you to experiment with AI tools, identify opportunities to automate repetitive tasks, and push the boundaries of what you can delegate. If you're not regularly discovering new ways to make AI do the boring parts, you're not the right fit.

What You Bring

Required

  • 5+ years of production Node.js experience, with deep understanding of async patterns, event loops, and performance optimization
  • Proven experience building REST APIs from scratch—not just consuming them
  • Experience designing BFF architectures or API gateways
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar) and a genuine interest in pushing these tools further
  • Strong opinions on API design

Preferred

  • Ability to read and understand .NET/C# codebases well enough to translate business logic into Node
  • Experience with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)
  • Background in migrating legacy systems to modern stacks
  • Understanding of authentication patterns (OAuth, JWT, API keys)
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes

Good to Have

  • React, Next.js, or Angular experience
  • Python proficiency
  • Exposure to GraphQL, gRPC, or event-driven architectures

How You Work

You're comfortable using AI to accelerate your thinking—not just your typing. You use tools like Claude or Copilot to explore unfamiliar codebases, draft implementation plans, and generate boilerplate. But you also know when to step back and think without assistance. You're pragmatic about what AI can and can't do today.

You don't wait for perfect requirements. You dig into legacy code, ask questions, and figure out what the system actually does versus what the documentation says.

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Our People, Our Culture

For more than 50 years, Verisk has helped property and casualty insurers make smarter decisions about risk through AI-powered risk modeling, advanced analytics, and technology solutions spanning the entire policy lifecycle. We are a leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry, guided by core values of learning, caring, and results while maintaining the highest ethical standards as stewards of the industry's most comprehensive datasets. Learn more about Verisk and what we are doing within the insurance industry.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, the fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and the second consecutive year in Poland. In addition, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

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Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.

At Verisk, we provide a competitive compensation package aligned with market benchmarks and individual experience, disclosed transparently in accordance with applicable pay transparency regulations. In addition to base salary, eligible roles may include a range of incentive opportunities designed based on market research and our internal grading structure.

Our benefits portfolio varies by location; however, a typical package includes medical coverage, life insurance, pension plans, and paid time off in line with local labor laws.

We also foster a work environment focused on well-being and career development. Additional perks may include wellness initiatives, fitness programs, and team-building activities.

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About Verisk

Verisk provides expert data-driven analytic insights to the global insurance industry that help businesses, people, and societies become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Since we opened our doors in 1971, we’ve been driven by a passion for using data and insights to make a difference—helping protect people, economies, society, and our planet.

For more than 50 years, we’ve combined our unique data with advanced technologies in new ways to unlock meaningful insights about risk, moving forward to become a global leader in cutting-edge analytics. We’ve stayed at the forefront of developing insurance innovations to help clients manage the risks they face.

Globally, we’re more than 7,500 people strong, all of us on a mission to achieve both profitable outcomes and positive societal impact. Verisk has received U.S. certification from Great Place to Work® for seven consecutive years. Verisk has also earned Great Place to Work certifications in the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland and India. In addition, Verisk was named one of the Best Workplaces in New York by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work. In the United Kingdom, Verisk was recognized by Great Place to Work as a Best Workplace for women, tech and well-being. Verisk was also honored on the Best Workplaces lists in the UK, Spain and Málaga.

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Industry
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Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Jersey City, NJ
Year Founded
1971
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