Software Engineer III (C++)

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. More than 9,000 organizations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts.

Job summary

The Software Engineer III (C++) will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. Remote within the US. The team meets in New York City once a quarter, travel covered.

What you'll be doing

Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk. Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review. Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana. Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed. 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.

What you need

5+ years of professional software development experience. BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up. Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI. Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.

Nice to have

Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ. Kubernetes and Docker in production. Infrastructure as code with Terraform.

Pay: $173,000-$235,000 per year

Pay and benefits

Health insurance. 401(k) with company match. Three weeks of PTO to start. Flexible spending account. Employee discount.

Start: Within 30 days.

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