Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider, as a Principal Software Engineer on the Security Applications backend team. This team owns APIs serving the customer-facing product, Coalition Control. You will build features reliably and maintainably, sometimes prototyping architectures, leading small engineering teams, or debugging complex issues. The tech stack includes Go and Python on AWS with a PostgreSQL database. The team is remote-first, concentrated on the US East Coast/Canada and Europe. A strong software engineering background is essential; security experience is a plus. Coalition offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of microservice architectural design, with a specific focus on API and relational database design
• Proven hands-on coding experience in developing complex software applications
• Ability to guide and promote DevOps, with a proven track record of enhancing team practices to achieve improved reliability and performance, such as CI/CD, documentation, testing and monitoring/alerting
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to team members and stakeholders
• A collaborative and team-oriented mindset, capable of working effectively in a diverse and fast-paced environment
• Leadership experience of mentoring team members both directly and by fostering excellence via PR reviews
• Experience with at least one of the following: Go, Python

Responsibilities

• Solve complex software problems with visible risks, roadblocks, and constraints, ensuring solutions are extensible and scalable
• Improve software architecture, dependencies, performance, and business value through innovative approaches
• Design, develop, test, and deploy software, while demonstrating leadership in delegating work across teams of software engineers
• Work with product managers to define technical solutions that meet high level business requirements, in a realistic way
• Proactively simplify code and resolve team architecture dependencies, taking a tactical and strategic approach to work
• Influence peers, managers, PMs, and directors, actively mentoring individuals and driving learning opportunities for the entire team
• Lead projects aimed at streamlining team processes and implementing mechanisms to reduce churn during implementation
• Exhibit self-driven and self-motivated behavior, actively finding time to prototype new ideas and resolving significant engineering problems without specific direction
• Communicate proactively and positively with teams across engineering, taking responsibility for communication on larger projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with insurance or security technologies
• In-depth knowledge of AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and the Atlassian tool suite
• Experience working in the InfoSec, Tech and Cybersecurity markets
• Experience working with data at scale, data science/analytics, and data collection techniques

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
• Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Lumino, and more!
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement