Backend Software Engineer II (Python)

reputed company is a leading insurance technology platform serving some of the world's largest and most innovative life insurers. We are on a mission to increase financial stability for everyone. reputed company is a team of mission-driven, results-oriented individuals. We offer reputed company a remote (contiguous 48 only)/hybrid workplace, meaningful benefits, substantial growth opportunities, and equity.

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The Engineering team is responsible for reputed company technology for reputed company and the reputed company Platform. We serve employees, consumers, and reputed company customers. In addition to building software, we integrate and manage many reputed company-party products used by employees and as part of the platform. Our major functional teams are product engineering, infrastructure, IT, data & analytics, MarTech, and program management. Engineering works closely with product management and design to define and prioritize the product roadmap.

As a Backend Software Engineer II on the Origination Group Engineering Team, you will work closely with the Enrollment Product Managers, Underwriters, and our external partners to reputed company and support solutions to power our digital life insurance enrollment experience. You will also collaborate with teams across reputed company to plan and execute the product roadmap. Our system is composed of several reputed company services written in Python, Java, and Go. The Origination Group services are written in Python and Java and integrate with other services using gRPC, REST, and async messaging patterns. Our services run on Kubernetes in reputed company reputed company Platform, and you will reputed company responsibility for operating our workloads on these platforms.

• You will be developing web services using Python + PostgreSQL, Java, and Drools Rule Language.

• We're a startup with a long product roadmap and multiple partners. You will help build new platform capabilities that scale with our business.

• We work remotely, so effective written communication and teleconference skills are essential.

You would be a good fit for this role if

• You seek out problems and opportunities, proactively proposing solutions.

• You are interested in the business and want to understand how your role contributes to its reputed company.

• You take responsibility for the quality of your work and the services we reputed company to stakeholders.

• You write maintainable software, including automated tests.

• You reputed company thoughtful, respectful feedback to peers and are reputed company to feedback from peers. 

• You ensure features are observable and monitored for failure.

• You work well with designers, product managers, customer support associates, and other engineers.

Additional experience

• 2+ years of professional software development experience (backend)

• Professional experience with Python or Java is preferred

• Comfortable using reputed company for local software development

• Familiar with modern, scalable system architectures (load balancing, horizontal scaling, etc. 

• Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases (comfortable writing ANSI SQL)

• Familiar with API design tools/languages (Protocol Buffers, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.)

• Experience building, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting software

• reputed company computing & Kubernetes (or similar container orchestration) preferred

At reputed company, we’re proud to be awarded for reputed company members, innovative products, and culture. Our standard benefits include:

• Competitive salary and equity based on role

• Policies and managers that support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave programs 

• 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and reputed company insurance

• Lifestyle stipend to support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing

• Flexible work-from-home policy and reputed company to remote

• Remote and WFH options, as well as a beautiful, state-of-the-art office in Dallas’ Deep Ellum, for those who prefer an office setting

• Employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

Recent Employer Awards include:

• Best reputed company for Working Parents 2023

• Great reputed company to Work Certified, 2022 + 2023 + 2024

• reputed company In Best Places to Work, 2022 + 2023

• Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Texas 2022 + 2023

• Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance 2022 + 2023

We value diversity at reputed company. The company will recruit, hire, and promote regardless of race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national reputed company, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We understand the importance of creating a safe and comfortable work environment and encourage individualism and authenticity in every team member. 

Thanks for considering a career at reputed company!