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Senior Software Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience
  • Experience building complex architecture systems from the ground up, including backend architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications
  • Ability to design clean APIs and understanding of performance issues
  • Experienced with software engineering best practices – design patterns, code reviews, unit and integration testing, etc.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain complex backend systems
  • Collaborate with engineers, PMs and non-technical stakeholders to develop and ship features
  • Design, build, and maintain our APIs
  • Mentor junior engineers

About the company

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Ethos Life Agents

Insurance

Ethos is a technology company that makes getting life insurance easier, faster, and better for everyone. We leverage deep technology and data science in our mission to protect the next million families by streamlining the life insurance process so it's more accessible and convenient. We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. This full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health. Ethos has raised over $400 million from Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, and Google Ventures (GV). We are listed in Forbes’ Top 50 Fintechs of 2020. Come join us on our mission to protect the next million families. https://www.ethoslife.com/self-serve-refer/?r=49884

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryInsurance
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

About Ethos

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll work across the stack and be responsible for building scalable platform services and systems. You’ll work closely with other engineers to build and ship key features. We are detail oriented and value clean, modular, and high-performing code. You'll help architect and build our internal standards and frameworks.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Design, build and maintain complex backend systems
  • Collaborate with other engineers, PMs and non-technical stakeholders to develop and ship features
  • Design, build, and maintain our API’s
  • Find and solve performance issues
  • Participate in code reviews
  • Communicate best practices to the team
  • Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications and Skills:

  • 7+ years of experience
  • Experience building complex architecture systems from the ground up, experience with backend architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications
  • Ability to design clean APIs and understanding of performance issues
  • Experienced with software engineering best practices – design patterns, code reviews, unit and integration testing, etc.
  • Ability to communicate technical specifications both verbal and written
  • Understanding of security, common attacks and defenses

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The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - $235,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. 

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits. 

You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer.. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.

To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

Recruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.
We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent us from a different email address, please treat it as fraudulent.

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