Senior Software Developer

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Founded in 2005, we now have 250 employees.

About the role

Pillai Apps is hiring for the Senior Software Developer role on our operations team. You'll write, test and ship code that runs in production every day. This role is fully remote within India. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

Duties

• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items.
• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.

What you need

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

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

Compensation: ₹18,00,000 - ₹23,00,000 per annum

Pay and benefits

• Health insurance for you and your family.
• Provident fund.
• Paid leave.
• Learning budget.
• Group term life insurance.
• Gratuity.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pillai Apps.