{"id":1727,"date":"2021-02-25T10:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsurance.com\/?page_id=1727"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:11:43","slug":"interview-with-arsen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsurance.com\/en\/meet-our-tech-pioneers\/interview-with-arsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Tech Pioneers &#8211; Interview with Arsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<section class=\"sh-section sh-section-9d0de6bab7421b5fcf1deabed5c662f2 fw-main-row sh-section-visibility-everywhere\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-section-container container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-0391b5c1424cb6108667cab0027d532e fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-3\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-ead0d577ab7d17336ddc445212118d05 fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-6\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-empty-space\" id=\"empty-space-dfce8a3a008d9f1c0cc560a0b471a475\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"single-image-08a6947e13aead7fddbf9b3bbf1d7e75\" class=\"sh-single-image  \">\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-element-margin\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-single-image-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sh-image-url\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsurance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FS_meet_the_tech_team_1.jpg\" alt=\"FS_meet_the_tech_team_1\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-93a09ffef8dd82e76657080b817ac0f1 fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-3\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"sh-section sh-section-110d100e71ab5a66bd18f8efaa217c30 fw-main-row sh-section-visibility-everywhere\" id=\"jobs_column\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-section-container container section-justify-height section-justify-height-only\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-696f9fd9791e9355cb7c8e87eeb0301c fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-2\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-a6fc8dc9a1f202bac94a30bba5c416ff fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-8\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-empty-space\" id=\"empty-space-2c30bd88c4637f5a4a75e0ac350961e5\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-iconbox sh-iconbox-style2 sh-iconbox-center improved-responsiveness\" id=\"iconbox-fb10d6a167e8c6e45badf0d9c93946ce\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-iconbox-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-iconbox-icon-shape sh-iconbox-square\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"sh-iconbox-hover icon-bubbles\"><\/i>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"sh-iconbox-aside\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-iconbox-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Insurtech introduces innovation all the time<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-iconbox-seperator\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-iconbox-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Who are the faces behind Friendsurance's tech platform and innovations? Meet our IT team in a new interview series! In the first episode, we are talking with <strong>Arsen Hakobyan, Senior Software Engineer Team Lead<\/strong>, and one of the IT colleagues who have been with Friendsurance the longest - for almost 7 years.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-empty-space\" id=\"empty-space-8c7515ecf563f138824c5443008f29c6\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"divider-65fc41a646aa786686cc20f9a56820d4\" class=\"sh-divider sh-divider-center sh-divider-content-none\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sh-divider-line\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-28fe3df92a1a5cafc4c4f2da01776431 fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-2\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-99de60b96ec0c08ec3a4563a20aa5d01 fw-col-xs-12\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-empty-space\" id=\"empty-space-f0175fba2dfbc1d6dcab65c6e5b60ad5\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"sh-section sh-section-ddcf04e1f455986e0237789296ae091a fw-main-row sh-section-visibility-everywhere\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-section-container container section-justify-height section-justify-height-only\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-ec27fe3fe5f0f495ddb94a19a5bf7204 fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-2\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-c9b331dd2fe6332a36a6868cc827b703 fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-8\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div id=\"text-block-2f00fb353fd8a8c0fd04f8f0e69745a2\" class=\"sh-text-block\">\r\n\t<p><strong>Since when are you with Friendsurance?<\/strong><\/p><p>I started with Friendsurance in July 2014. So I've been on board for almost seven years \u2013 seven years full of great things and super interesting work.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Where do you currently work \u2013 in the office, in home office, or somewhere else? What do you prefer?<\/strong><\/p><p>Currently, I do both. But I prefer working from the office to have direct interaction with my team colleagues. However, I must admit when I work from home we found a great way to have fun and be productive, too.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong> What is your responsibility at Friendsurance? What is the most interesting part of your job?<\/strong><\/p><p>I have a wide and exciting scope of tasks at Friendsurance: As Team Lead of a \"superstar cross-functional\" team, I am responsible for the team members personal development and professional growth. This includes code reviews, personal growth sessions, quarterly OKR planning, and performance reviews every 6 months. It gives me great satisfaction to develop and establish development paths with my teammates. But I also love to work operationally myself. What thrills me the most is to develop and deliver high quality code myself and at Friendsurance I can fulfill this fully and deliver great solutions to our customers. Moreover, I am part of our \"IT on-call rotation\" group including the handling of incidents on several production environments as well as permission management.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>What do you like the most about working at Friendsurance?<\/strong><\/p><p>What I like the most is the Friendsurance culture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsurance.com\/en\/careers\/culture-deck\/\">(get to know more about it in our Culture Deck)<\/a>. There are many inspiring people with whom I enjoy daily working. Together we develop innovative products using state of the art technologies that have not yet been seen in the insurance sector. In addition, working at Friendsurance offers great learning possibilities.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>How did you find your way to the Insurtech space?<\/strong><\/p><p>I\u2019d like to think that Insurtech found me. Before joining Friendsurance I knew so little about insurances and now I know a lot, thanks to Friendsurance! It is also never boring as Insurtech introduces innovation all the time. Even now I find myself learning new things quite often.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong> What do you believe are the most exciting innovations and impactful technologies in the Insurtech space?<\/strong><\/p><p>I believe Bancassurance is really fascinating. Most of all I like the ability of Friendsurance to detect customer key life events like having a baby or a move to a new apartment by using a PSD2 compliant analysis of their bank transactions, as a result, we can suggest better insurances to the customer. I am convinced that this kind of data- and AI-driven convenience will have a huge impact on our daily life.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Are you using advanced architectures in the Friendsurance tech team?<\/strong><\/p><p>Definitely yes. I am excited to be in the company that runs on the cloud and we can benefit from all the advantages of modern architectures like using serverless technologies or microservices architecture.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>How do you prepare yourself for an AI-centric world?<\/strong><\/p><p>I am very excited to live in an AI-centric world. AI now gets in every aspect of our life and I am really looking forward to seeing the impact and what kind of problems it will solve. Friendsurance is definitely part of this exciting world.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsurance.com\/en\/careers\/\">Learn more about the Friendsurance Tech Team!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-empty-space\" id=\"empty-space-d01fb3100bc045bcbf8f3b967723b2b4\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-845a32a2d284d905c79e4f3c6496381a fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-2\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"sh-section sh-section-6578bfda87a2d0a301af91381951519d fw-main-row sh-section-visibility-everywhere\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-section-container container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t\r\n<div class=\"sh-column sh-column-99de60b96ec0c08ec3a4563a20aa5d01 fw-col-xs-12\" >\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-column-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<div 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