Senior Backend Engineer

Openly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up. We are re-envisioning and enhancing every aspect of the customer experience. Doing this requires a rapidly growing team of exceptional, curious, empathetic people with a wide range of skill sets, spanning technology, data science, product, marketing, sales, service, claims handling, finance, etc. To explore more about the Engineering Team at Openly, head to this link: https://careers.openly.com/technology.

Job Details

We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to be a part of one of our core teams building the backend for Openly's insurance platform. You will play an essential role in designing, building, testing, and maintaining the services and technology that power our insurance offering and customer experiences.

Qualifications

*If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.

• 4+ years of professional/production experience developing backend web-stack applications
• Sustained track record of creating improvements in business-critical systems around stability, performance, and scalability
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complete systems from start to finish in a reasonable time frame
• Strong interpersonal skills, such as an ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Our Stack

• Backend/Core: Go & Postgresql
• Frontend: VueJS, Webpack, Nuxt, & Tailwind
• Research/Data Science: R, ArcGIS, H2O & Python
• Single binary for now, but separate services are likely later
• Our infrastructure runs on Google Cloud. We use GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, and CloudSQL. We use GitLab for both code hosting and running CI/CD pipelines.

What You'll Do

• Partner with internal and external partners to develop the core systems and create APIs that power our best in class user experiences
• Integrate with external services to manage payments, documents, and claims
• Engage with data providers to source real-time information on hundreds of data points, including property characteristics and risk profiles
• Collaborate on architectural discussions with your team
• Contribute to important architectural and operational decisions like microservices vs. monoliths, deployment techniques, technologies, policies, etc.
• Build out our internal tooling and APIs to make business and engineering processes easier, faster, and safer.
• Provide subject matter expertise, mentorship, and support to individuals on your team
• Implement systemic changes to align existing systems with current architectural goals
• Participate in daily stand-ups, weekly 1:1's, and biweekly retros

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary, corporate bonus program, equity position in a startup company
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision insurance plans, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401k with corporate contribution, and FSA plan
• Company-paid 12 weeks parental leave policy
• The company fully embraces the work-from-anywhere mentality, even before COVID restrictions.
• Paid Time Off
• Fun, fast-paced, startup environment

U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, and those authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer will be considered.

Openly is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Openly is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Openly will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities under applicable law.