Job Overview
Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a
Senior Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, your team’s primary focus will be on building new features for end-user data collection flows, building integrations between existing flows and other exciting applications across Applied, and contributing to a new foundational form data framework for many applications across Applied Systems.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with your team on development and testing to deliver new features
- Solve technical problems and mentor others by sharing technical knowledge
- Provide comprehensive feedback in design reviews and code reviews
- Assess the impact of changes to identify opportunities and risks
- Lead technical projects, share updates, and receive input
- Author code aligned with internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices. Advocate for alignment with standards through code review
- Collaborate with Application Architects to confirm technical solutions
- Contribute to documentation to support design discussions
What You’ll Need To Succeed
- 5 + years of professional experience building reliable and well tested backend services for internal and external users
- Experience with REST APIs (GraphQL also a plus)
- Experience with SQL Databases (Postgresql a plus)
- Experience with ORMs (Django, SQLAlchemy, a plus)
- Experience with asynchronous task processing (Celery, RabbitMQ, a plus)
- Experience with containerized environments (e.g. Docker, Rancher, Podman)
- Experience with python (or similar languages) a plus
- Experience with backend testing frameworks (pytest a plus)
- Knowledge of Agile frameworks, ideally Scrum, and tools like Jira and Confluence
- Ability to communicate in a team-oriented environment to clarify requirements and deliver solutions within committed timelines
- Ability to provide feedback on coding standards through code reviews
- Proven technical abilities, troubleshooting skills, and research abilities
- Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or CIS, or equivalent work experience
What You’ll Gain
Benefits from Day One
- Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
- Wellness incentives
- 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match
Work-Life Balance
- Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
- Personal/sick time
- Paid holidays
- Flex Time
- Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
- Volunteer time off
Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.
What We Value
We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfill the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.
Our focus on the workforce, workplace and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and military status.
Who We Are
Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world’s largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied’s people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.
For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be the indispensable partner in our industry.
It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.
EEO Statement
Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
