Comparison portal with AI integration across insurance, energy, finance, and travel
CHECK24 operates a multi-category comparison platform serving German consumers, now shifting toward generative AI features and internal automation. The tech stack spans Python, Java, and PHP with heavy Azure adoption (Functions, App Service, Kubernetes, Cosmos DB), and the company is actively adopting GitHub, Terraform, and ChatGPT—indicating a modernization push in infrastructure and AI capabilities. Hiring velocity is accelerating with 210 roles posted in the last 30 days, weighted heavily toward sales (108) and product (93), while engineering remains lean (67), suggesting a sales-and-product-led expansion strategy.
Notable leadership hires: Art Director, Customer Support Lead, Quality Control Lead
CHECK24 is a privately held German comparison portal founded in 1999, offering free price comparisons across insurance, energy, finance, telecommunications, travel, and e-commerce to private consumers. The company operates from Munich and four additional German cities (Leipzig, Münster, Cologne, Hamburg) with 1,001–5,000 employees. Core revenue comes from customer acquisition and referral fees from providers in each vertical. Active development focuses on AI-driven features—including generative AI enhancements, chatbot-powered tax filing, and AI self-service travel tools—alongside next-generation identification and credit platform launches.
Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, C#. Infrastructure: Azure (Functions, App Service, Kubernetes, Cosmos DB), Docker, Linux. Data: SQL, pandas, Polars, NumPy. Tools: Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Postman, Terraform.
Generative AI feature development, tax filing chatbots, AI-powered travel and comparison tools, next-generation identity solutions, credit platform, and postbooking self-service features. Also modernizing infrastructure and automating internal processes.
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