Senior Software Developer - Developer Experience

Zensurance; Toronto; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading InsurTech is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join their team in Toronto. The role involves building software for data collection and pricing engines using Nodejs and Typescript. Candidates must have 5+ years of web application experience and a commitment to clean coding practices. This full-time position offers a remote-first setup with many perks including health plans, a home office allowance, and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Remote-first setup

Home office allowance

Health plans

Parental leave top-up

Education assistance reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5+ years building rich, complex web applications.
• Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems.
• Proficiency in JavaScript tooling.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the development of custom features.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for the team’s domain.
• Champion DevOps practices within the Engineering Department.

Skills

Nodejs

Typescript

DevOps practices

Fullstack experience

AWS services

Education

University degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Kubernetes

Reactjs

GitHub Actions

Job description

Overview

Zensurance is redefining commercial insurance for Canadian businesses.

As a leading InsurTech, we make getting the right coverage simple, fast, and accessible through a digital-first experience. Our platform combines advanced technology with deep industry expertise to deliver tailored insurance solutions that help businesses thrive.

Zensurance has been recognized for its rapid growth and industry impact:

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 (2023, 2024)

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 (2024)

Top Insurance Employers (2022)

At Zensurance, we value ownership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges, challenging the status quo, and making a real impact in an industry ready for change.

If you're looking to build something meaningful in a fast-growing, customer-focused company, we’d love to hear from you!

Zensurance is a scale-up InsurTech company that is re-imagining the commercial insurance market. At Zensurance, we want to empower small businesses across Canada to thrive by offering an honest, simplified, and modern approach to insurance. Our main recipe is a combination of modern technology and insurance industry expertise powered by our talented team members.

Being a technology-forward company, we utilize various tools and platforms to create fun, engaging and meaningful work experiences for our employees, as a remote-first company.

We are boldly going where no insurance broker has gone before!

Senior Software Developer Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Enabling team!

The Enabling team makes informed suggestions about architectural, tooling, frameworks, and ecosystem choices that affect the tool stack. This team takes into consideration the technical and product domain to help increase the autonomy of stream-aligned teams by growing their capabilities with a focus on problems rather than solutions.

Reporting to the Team Lead, Engineering, you will work with the Engineering Department to build the software that powers the Zensurance data collection, rating and pricing engines. Using Nodejs, Typescript, and Infrastructure as code, you will be responsible for providing technical guidance and enforcing best practices in software development and infrastructure.

In addition, you will be expected to coach, mentor lower-level professionals, and assist the Engineering Leadership Team in continuously improving craft capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the development of custom features and drive their technical implementation.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for the team’s domain and drive its technical direction.
• Suggest, design, implement, test and monitor features and functionalities.
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration in accordance with established best practices and Agile methodology.
• Champion DevOps practices within the Engineering Department, promoting automation by leveraging infrastructure as code.
• Promote and advocate for proper software architecture and development paradigms.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders and the development team to design and build scalable, user-friendly systems for our customers, and in-house tooling.
• Discuss strategy and outline tradeoffs of potential software solutions.
• Develop, test, and maintain codebase within the team’s domain.
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Monitor system performance and proactively identify areas for optimization, reliability, and security enhancements.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing of new technologies and solutions which fall within the team’s area of expertise.
• Offer guidance and mentorship to junior and intermediate team members.
• Develop and maintain documentation for new and existing features and integrations.
• Develop an understanding of company goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational or academic program (preferably in Engineering or Computer Science) or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years building rich, complex web applications.
• Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems.
• Extensive fullstack experience with Nodejs/AWS and the TypeScript ecosystem.
• Experience with monorepo maintenance (NX preferred).
• Experience with modern frontend tooling (Webpack, Babel, Vite, etc.)
• Proficiency in JavaScript tooling, including NPM, PNPM, or Yarn.
• Experience with AWS services ( EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, ECS, and/or Route 53).
• A passion for clean, reusable, and well-structured code.
• Experience with IaC and DevOps tools such as Terraform, Github Actions.
• Experience with Reactjs is a plus.
• Experience managing Kubernetes is an asset.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and work in a collaborative style.
• A commitment to continuous improvement, continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

About our Engineering Team

Our fully remote engineering team fosters a learning culture that encourages professional development. Some of the highlights of the team environment include:

Approachable, a supportive leadership team with extensive technical experience and ability.

Training and professional development budgets.

Knowledge sharing through power-ups.

Learning events and book clubs that help the team develop their skills and create a safe, supportive environment.

Twice-annual hackathons that provide opportunities to explore interests and practice new technical skills.

Opportunities to share your knowledge and experience and mentor others.

In addition, we provide amazing opportunities for career advancement. We provide well-defined and documented career progression paths to our engineering team members that provide clear expectations and requirements for advancement in our fast-growing environment.

As we scale our team, you\'ll have the opportunity to work on challenging projects using a modern tech stack and cutting-edge systems, including microservices and micro-frontends, with industry-leading tools such as NodeJS, React, TypeScript, Kafka, and more.

Perks we offer at Zensurance:

Remote-first, home office allowance, equipment, health plans, parental leave top-up, team events, hackathons, and growth opportunities described below.

Benefits & Perks

At Zensurance, we know that when our people thrive, so does our business. That’s why we offer a flexible, people-first work environment designed to support your well-being, growth, and success.

• Remote-first setup for added flexibility
• Home office allowance to create a comfortable workspace
• Top-tier tech: Office in a box with all necessary tech equipment
• Half days before public holidays
• Flexible health and dental plans for families, including mental health support
• Health & personal spending accounts to invest in wellness your way
• Parental leave top-up
• Weekly Friday huddles to share updates and connect across teams
• Virtual & in-person team-building events to strengthen our culture
• Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships

Who We Are

Business is hard work, but insurance doesn’t have to be!

We empower business owners with simple, tech-driven insurance solutions through our online platform.

Our success is fueled by our team-oriented culture and four core values:

DELIVER –We set ambitious goals and achieve them.

INCLUDE–We foster an open and safe space for all.

INTEGRITY–We do what’s right.

INVENT–We create straightforward, innovative solutions.

AI Tools and Your Interview

We know AI is a valuable tool, and you\'re welcome to use it to prepare for your interview. However, please don\'t use AI assistants during the live interview itself. We want to have an authentic conversation with you, and using AI during the interview could affect our evaluation of your suitability for the role.

Just so you know, we use an AI scribe to help us take notes and review interviews, ensuring a fair and clear process.

Diversity & Inclusion

Zensurance celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and provide accommodations throughout the hiring process. If you need support, let us know, we’re here to help.

Thank You

We review every application with care to find the best fit for our team. While we may take a little time to get back to you due to the high volume of applications we receive, know that a real human (not a bot!) is reviewing yours. We appreciate your patience and can’t wait to learn more about you!