Senior Software Engineer
Join a leading insurtech company that is unlocking the potential of digital insurance to help everyone protect what matters most! Are you up for the challenge?
Sure was founded in 2015 and is the digital insurance platform that empowers brands and carriers to distribute products quickly. Our solutions reach and engage customers wherever they are on their journey. We are on a mission to provide a hassle-free way to buy insurance anywhere by powering insurance carriers and brands with our SaaS platform. Together we are building products that make digital insurance accessible to all.
🤝 Culture is everything. Join an incredible team of smart, passionate, collaborative and driven individuals. We empower our teams and promote autonomy and independence wherever we can.
🌐 We are remote first. We work from home and we love it!
🏆 Strive for greatness. We’ve been named 13th Fastest Growing Company by Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Best Place to Work in 2022 by Built In and recognized for Transforming the Global Insurance Industry by InsurTech 100.
💰 Funding. In October 2021, we raised $100M in our Series C with a $550M valuation.
We’re growing!
We are looking for strong Backend Engineers who have experience building systems with high availability that grow at scale for our SaaS platform.
You’ll work closely with our front end engineers and our product team, with a direct impact in the products you’ll be building. As a small distributed team, we rely heavily on effective communication and autonomy in order to build, iterate, and ship rapidly.
Our philosophy is that you would be teaching us as much as you'd learn from us. By learning and inspiring others, you'll help cultivate an environment that makes us better at what we do each day.
What you'll be doing:
* You'll contribute to all aspects of the software process: including architecture, specification reviews, automated testing, implementation, code reviews, debugging, and documentation.
* You'll design, build, test, and maintain scalable APIs, services, and systems within the platform
* You'll build a smart way to offer new products and services while taking into consideration industry regulations.
* You'll help with building and maintaining our back-end, CI, and cloud infrastructure.
What we're looking for:
* 4+ years experience with OOP (such as Python, Ruby, Go or Node)
* 2+ years experience with Python
* Experience with frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI a plus
* Experience building and maintaining public-facing RESTful APIs that are designed to be used at scale
* Experience making architecture decisions and participating in the design and architecture of a project
* Experience writing maintainable and well-tested, server-side applications
* Self-directed and self-motivated individuals comfortable working with diverse teams
* Excellent English communication skills, verbal and written
* Experience with AWS or other cloud services a plus
What we do for you:
* Unlimited PTO… no really, we want you to take it!
* Mental Health Breaks - company provided meditation app and a weekly wellness hour
* WFH stipend to help you work your best while being remote
* Countless Medical, Dental and Vision plans … we are an insurtech company after all!
* Equity and 401K
* Generous parental leave
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
For more information, visit https://www.sureapp.com/. Follow @SureHQ on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Employment at Sure is contingent upon a satisfactory verification of a general and criminal background check and education and employment verification. Upon an offer of employment, all prospective employees may be required to complete an employment application. Any background verifications will be obtained with written consent from the individual.