Software Engineer (Golang, React)

Applied Systems Canada; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Holiday and Vacation Time

Health & Wellness Days

Bonus Day for Your Birthday

Job summary

A tech-focused insurance firm in Canada is seeking a Software Engineer (Golang, React) to join their remote Personal Lines Insurance team. This role emphasizes test automation and collaboration in an Agile environment, requiring 3+ years of software engineering experience and knowledge of modern testing strategies. The ideal candidate will contribute to designing and maintaining web-based solutions while engaging actively with team members, fostering a culture of learning and improvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
• Knowledge of modern test strategies and CI/CT/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of web development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with agile scrum team to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts.
• Implement software with a focus on quality principles.

Skills

Software Engineering

Test Automation

Agile Methodologies

Web Development Lifecycle

Communication Skills

Tools

Golang

React

PostgreSQL

GitLab

Cypress

Job description

Position Overview

We’re searching for a Software Engineer (Golang, React) to join our Personal Lines Insurance team in a remote setting. To keep us headed in the right direction, we’re looking for people who understand winning is a team sport, who value and seek to learn from our team’s diverse experiences and backgrounds, who welcome a challenge and take risks in the pursuit of creating better outcomes for our customers, and who can, at any given time, step back to laugh and have some fun.

Operating in an Agile environment, you will help design, maintain, and test a web-based solution by utilizing an extensive tech stack, including Apigee, React, Golang, and PostgreSQL, along with JIRA, GitLab, Cypress, and RESTSharp. This opportunity has a strong focus on testing methodologies and modern test automation implementation.

What You’ll Do

• Become a dedicated participant of your agile scrum team and the organization to deliver high-quality solutions to provide business value.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts with frameworks, using tools such as Cypress, RESTSharp, etc.
• Work with the team to design and implement software, emphasizing quality principles, patterns, and testing practices.
• Design user-based interactions through effective front‑end architecture.
• Review code written by peers, focusing on readability and efficiency.
• Continuously learn about new tools and technologies.

We’re Excited to Learn More About You

• 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering
• Knowledge of and experience with modern test strategies and quality gating policies within CI/CT/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of different types of testing, including unit, functional, regression, integration, load, and system testing. You understand the roles fulfilled by each and can determine appropriate applications for each within the development lifecycle.
• Genuine passion for programming. You are driven by principles‑based approaches to design, implementation and testing.
• Strong understanding of the web development lifecycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong attention to detail and a head for problem‑solving.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to fully engage in team discussions, debates, and reviews on coding approaches and design elements while maintaining a positive and constructive tone.

You may have other skills or credentials, including:

• Experience with building components and web applications in React.
• Experience with Go (a.k.a. “Golang”).
• Experience with microservice architecture, cloud computing, and related technologies such as GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Apigee, Terraform, Helm, Istio, Envoy, and DataDog.
• Experience or training with Agile Scrum methodology.
• Experience with GitLab and continuous integration best practices.
• Experience or training in REST web service development.
• Experience in security and performance testing.
• Insurance industry exposure

We know that talent comes from all backgrounds and experience levels. We encourage military members and their spouses, as well as candidates without a degree or a background in tech to apply!

When You Join Team Applied, You Can Expect:

A culture that values who you are

and recognizes that you aren’t just an employee; you are a teammate, and you matter. We thrive on the benefits of our different experiences and celebrate the uniqueness our teammates bring to work with them every day.

We flex our time together

collaborating remotely and in‑person to empower our teams to work in the ways that work best for them.

A comprehensive benefits and compensation package

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Holiday and Vacation Time
• Health & Wellness Days
• A Bonus Day for Your Birthday

Your Security Matters:

Our candidates’ personal information and online safety are top of mind for us. At Applied, we proactively protect your personal information and only communicate with candidates via a secure @appliedsystems.com email or through our official careers portal. Recruiters will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information like social security numbers.

EEO Statement

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Insurance and Technology, Information and Media