Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Remote
Mid level
Insurance
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, you will be responsible for enhancing microservices, developing web applications, and architecting the application infrastructure. You will collaborate with product and design teams, write unit tests, and ensure performance and efficiency.
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About Us

On the off chance you've thought about insurance, it's likely because you've insured something you love, not because you loved your insurance company. Metromile is out to change that. As an insurtech powered by data science and customer-centric design, we’re building a community of drivers who come for the savings and stay for the experience.

With technology at its core, Metromile is reimagining insurance to make it fairer and actually delightful. We’re obsessed with savings, service, and features -- street sweeping alerts, monthly mileage summaries, fuel trackers and more -- that engage a customer all along their journey.  We’re on the forefront of disrupting a $250 billion auto insurance category that has gone unchanged for over 80 years. 

Metromile’s diverse team combines the best of Silicon Valley technologists with veterans from Fortune 500 insurers and financial services giants. This management structure ensures that the business is focused on growth, customer experience and technology innovation while also balancing unit economics and profitability. Our team is growing quickly across the country. We have offices in SF, Tempe and Boston and welcome remote workers across the country. Our customer experience, claims, and sales teams are all based in-house in the US. 

Thanks to what makes us different -- our people and our technology -- we’ve been honored with a slew of awards. A few recent ones include: named a Benzinga “Best Insurtech” finalist, a Top Company to Work For, one of the Healthiest Employers in Phoenix, and a Best Place to Work. And, our CEO was recognized as a 2020 40 under 40

About the role 

As a member of the Growth team, you will be engaged in critical work which expands our acquisition efforts. This includes enhancing our microservices that enable our main web and mobile Quote and Enroll experiences, as well as supporting key marketing initiatives. The role allows for robust professional growth, providing ample opportunities for expanding the candidate’s autonomy, ownership, and leadership skills.

You Will 

  • Work as a part of a small cross-functional team on high-impact projects across the company
  • Collaborate closely with product and design teams to understand the needs of our users and develop solutions that serve those needs
  • Build robust web applications using modern libraries and tooling
  • Facilitate quality by writing unit tests and participating in code reviews
  • Help architect a modular and easily maintainable application infrastructure using sensible and appropriate technologies

About You: 

  • 4+ years of hands-on development experience working on top of funnel, consumer-facing products
  • Experience working with Java 8 and Java 11
  • Knowledge of relational (MySQL/Postgres) and non-relational databases
  • Experience with GraphQL
  • Experience with Spring or other modern Java frameworks
  • Experience with AWS and services built on top of it
  • A solid understanding of performance and efficiency concepts

Nice to Haves

  • 4+ years working with JavaScript, HTML, & CSS
  • Experience with Angular, React, Vue or other modern component-based frameworks
  • Experience with React Native
  • Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through production launch
  • A strong customer orientation
  • A strong collaborative mindset

What’s in it for you

  • Competitive salary 
  • Restricted stock units for all employees
  • Excellent benefits package (health, dental, vision, 401K with match)
  • Well-being reimbursement, includes home office equipment
  • Flexible paid vacation program
  • Flexible scheduling/hours
  • Remote work options
  • 13 paid holidays - 2 of which are flex
  • 12 paid weeks of leave for childbirth/adoption
  • Annual anniversary gifts (ex. 5 yr. - 6-week paid sabbatical)

If you got to this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the role. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people that believe in Metromile’s mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways – not just candidates who check all the boxes.

Metromile is committed to building a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture at all levels. We nurture a sense of community by investing in one another’s unique backgrounds and experiences to drive business success and positively influence our services and products. 

Metromile is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression (including against any individual that is transitioning, has transitioned, or is perceived to be transitioning), marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military, and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

Metromile is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Metromile will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Stephen Lavergne, Director of Recruiting, at [email protected].

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Top Skills

CSS
HTML
Java
JavaScript
The Company
251 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

On the off chance you've thought about insurance, it's likely because you've insured something you love, not because you loved your insurance company. Metromile is out to change that. We’re a car insurer using data science and machine learning to build a community of drivers who come for the savings and stay for the experience.

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