Lead Software Engineer

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

The role:

The Lead Software Engineer will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. This is a fully remote position open to candidates anywhere in Canada.

Day to day:

• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Draft short design docs for larger changes and walk the team through the tradeoffs.
• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags.

Required qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.

Preferred:

• Prior work at an early-stage startup.
• Kubernetes and Docker in production.
• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Perks and benefits:

• Extended health and dental benefits.
• Group RRSP with employer matching.
• Paid vacation.
• Home office allowance.
• Flexible hours.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Start: Within 30 days.

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