Vice President of Software Engineering

Ultrassure; Toronto; On-site; CAD 147,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

An Insurtech start-up in Toronto is seeking a Senior Engineer to drive features from design to production, optimizing data pipelines and collaborating with the team. This full-time role requires strong skills in React, SpringBoot, and TypeScript. Competitive all-in compensation of CAD 147-175k, depending on the equity split. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience and must reside in Canada.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production apps with React and SpringBoot.
• Strong TypeScript, REST/GraphQL, relational DB skills.
• Start-up or small-team experience.

Responsibilities

• Build React(TypeScript) front‑ends and SpringBoot micro‑services.
• Drive features from design to production.
• Optimise data pipelines for scale and compliance.

Skills

React

SpringBoot

TypeScript

CI/CD

Docker

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Vite

Job description

We’re a Toronto Insurtech start‑up modernizing data for the globalP&C Re/Insurance market. Post‑MVP and raising our pre‑seed, we need a senior engineer who can ship fast and own features end‑to‑end. Collectively, our team, advisors, and investors have held executive roles at major global insurers and at leading companies including SpaceX, Google, Snowflake, Salesforce, Citadel, Blackstone, and KKR.

What You’ll Do

• Build React(TypeScript) front‑ends and SpringBoot(Java17) micro‑services on AWS
• Drive features from design to production, including tests and CI/CD
• Optimise data pipelines (PostgreSQL+Supabase) for scale, performance, and SOC2 compliance
• Collaborate closely with founders and data science to productionise ML models
• Shape our engineering culture and roadmap

What You Bring

• 5+years building production apps with React and SpringBoot (or similar Java)
• Strong TypeScript, REST/GraphQL, relational DB, and cloud‑native skills
• Start‑up or small‑team experience; you prioritise and deliver with minimal spec
• CI/CD, Docker, and infrastructure‑as‑code fluency
• Must already live in Canada and not require sponsorship
• Bonus: insurance/fintech, SOC2, live near downtown Toronto

Why Ultrassure

• High ownership: your code reaches global Re/Insurance industry within weeks
• All in comp $147-175k cad (depending on preferred salary/equity split)
• Green‑field stack: React18, Vite, Java17, SpringBoot3, AWS CDK

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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