Software Engineer II, Remote

Founded as a farmers' mutual in 1975, the company is now one of the larger mutual insurers in the US. Founded in 1975, we now have 6,800 employees.

Overview:

Harlan Assurance is looking for a Software Engineer II, Remote to join a small, steady team. Our Payments team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. Remote within the US. The team meets in Wichita once a quarter, travel covered. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short.

Job duties:

• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.

Required qualifications:

• 2-4 years of professional software development experience.
• 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.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line.

What we offer:

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Professional development budget.
• Home office stipend.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

No agencies or third-party recruiters, please.

Start: Immediately.

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