Senior Software Developer

Summary

Join Zensurance, a rapidly growing InsurTech company, as a Software Developer and contribute to building the software that powers our data collection, rating, and pricing engines. This remote-first role, based in the Greater Toronto Area, offers the opportunity to work with Nodejs and Typescript, providing technical guidance and mentoring junior developers. While this posting is for proactive hiring, applying adds you to our talent pipeline for future opportunities. You will be responsible for developing custom features, acting as a subject matter expert, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Zensurance offers a supportive and collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational, or academic program (preferably in Engineering or Computer Science) or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years building rich, complex web applications
• Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems
• Extensive fullstack experience with Nodejs/AWS/Reactjs and the TypeScript ecosystem
• Experience with microservices
• Experience working with MongoDB
• Experience with back-end development using NestJS
• Understanding of web security best practices and data protection
• Knowledge of containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes
• A passion for clean, reusable, and well-structured code
• Ability to communicate efficiently
• Ability to mentor, coach, and work with others collaboratively
• A commitment to continuous improvement, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the development of custom features and drive their technical implementation
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for the team’s domain and drive its technical direction
• Suggest, design, implement, test and monitor features and functionalities
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration in accordance with established best practices and Agile methodology
• Evangelize proper software architecture and development paradigms
• Collaborate with project stakeholders and the development team to design and build scalable, user-friendly systems for our customers, and in-house tooling
• Discuss strategy and outline tradeoffs of potential software solutions
• Develop, test, and maintain codebase within the team’s domain
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code
• Contribute to knowledge sharing of new technologies and solutions which fall within the team’s area of expertise
• Offer guidance and mentorship to junior and intermediate team members
• Develop and maintain documentation for new and existing features and integrations
• Develop an understanding of company goals
• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Approachable, a supportive leadership team with extensive technical experience and ability
• Training and professional development budgets
• Knowledge sharing through power-ups
• Learning events and book clubs that help the team develop their skills and create a safe, supportive environment
• Twice-annual hackathons that provide opportunities to explore interests and practice new technical skills
• Opportunities to share your knowledge and experience and mentor others

Benefits

• Primarily remote work environment available to everyone
• Laptop, extra monitor and main accessories are provided
• Extra home office and supplies allowance to help with work-from-home set up
• Comprehensive and flexible health and dental plans to suit all lifestyles, including mental health
• Health/Personal Spending Accounts to subsidize your healthy habits and purchases
• Parental Leave Top Up
• Weekly Friday companywide huddles for casual catch-ups with other departments
• Build next-level relationships with your peers through scheduled companywide virtual and in-person team-building events