About the job

We employ 6,100 people across underwriting, claims, actuarial, IT and customer service. Our claims organization handles more than 400,000 claims a year, including catastrophe response after hurricanes and hail. Hail season means long days for field adjusters.

Job summary

We need another Software Engineer who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. Remote within the US. The team meets in Chicago once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Duties

Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it
Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items
Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags
Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed
Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review

Minimum qualifications

Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI
Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers
Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript

Preferred qualifications

Prior work at an early-stage startup
Kubernetes and Docker in production
Infrastructure as code with Terraform

Starting pay: $156,000 - $205,000 annually, depending on experience and certifications.

Pay and benefits

Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%
Three weeks of PTO to start
Short- and long-term disability
Referral program
401(k) with company match

Bayhurst Assurance is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

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