Software Engineer - Cyber Policies

About the role

The Cyber Policies team at Coalition is responsible for developing and sustaining a cyber policy platform that provides high integrity for issuance of cyber lines. We focus on meeting corporate KPIs for cyber-based revenue and exceeding engineering KPIs for service operations. You'll be writing backend services and helping design systems that ensure high integrity business operations to ensure seamless transition of cyber quote from inception to an insurance policy. 

Our platform consists of services written in Python and Go. We prefer to use the right tool for the job and make pragmatic judgments about how to scale and continue to decouple systems as we grow. You'll be on an extremely cross-functional team that is very collaborative both internally and externally with the engineering organization at large.

Responsibilities

• Build out high quality APIs and web services providing a scalable, efficient and tailored set of interfaces

• Design, document and deploy public interfaces that are a joy to consume

• Work with cross functional stakeholders including product, design, sales, and others to help break down business requirements into actionable plans

• Collaborate with Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to develop and deliver applications in a repeatable, stable and joyful software development lifecycle

• Develop test cases and enhance automated testing suite to ensure engineering excellence

• Make Coalition a better place by taking on the unseen, unforeseen and important items that come up along the way

Skills and Qualifications

• API and service development in Python and/or Go

• Production tested cloud-native development fundamentals including horizontal scaling, 12-factor application design, security fundamentals like OWASP, etc.

• Assessing software errors with tools like Sentry, DataDog, Jaeger/Zipkin, GreyLog or Appdynamics

• Container-based deployment and development with Docker

• Experience using multiple transports and formats (e.g. REST, gRPC, GraphQL)

• Use of source control - git, svn or perforce

• Working with an agile team using collaborative development tools - Atlassian Suite, GitHub or GitLab

• 0-2+ years of blended internship and/or professional development experience

• Computer Science or Engineering degree - related technical discipline or equivalent work experience

Bonus Points

• Production experience serving large user bases (100,000+)

• Production experience with other languages such as Go

• Development in distributed, event-driven and message-driven architectures

Compensation

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The US base salary for this position ranges from $85,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $130,000/year in our highest geographic market. Consistent with applicable laws, an employee's pay within this range is based on a number of factors, which include but are not limited to relevant education, skills, job-related knowledge, qualifications, work experience, credentials, and/or geographic location. Your recruiter can share more on target salary for your location during the interview process. Coalition, Inc. reserves the right to modify this range as needed.

Perks

• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage

• Flexible PTO policy

• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access

• Mental & physical health wellness programs (One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more)!

• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement