Backend Engineer - Payments & Partnerships (Hybrid)

Next Insurance; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Insurance in Waltham, MA is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with 6+ years of backend experience. You will work with Java/Kotlin and related languages, own features from design to production, and contribute to a payments and partnerships domain in a fast-moving CI/CD environment.

You will collaborate across product, marketing, and frontend teams, apply AI/LLM tools to boost productivity, and thrive in a cloud-based, AWS-powered stack with strong SQL and OOP foundations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of OOP concepts and best practices.
• Hands-on development in cloud-based environments (AWS).
• Experience with Relational Databases and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, marketing, and frontend engineers to rapidly iterate on the product and find best solutions.
• Take ownership of features—from inception through design and coding—bringing them to production with high quality and test coverage.
• Leverage AI and LLM-powered tools to improve developer productivity and experimentation.

Skills

Backend development

Java/Kotlin

OOP concepts

Cloud (AWS)

SQL

Relational Databases

Interpersonal communication

Adaptable learner

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Job description

Next Insurance in Waltham, MA is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with 6+ years of backend experience. You will work with Java/Kotlin and related languages, own features from design to production, and contribute to a payments and partnerships domain in a fast-moving CI/CD environment.

You will collaborate across product, marketing, and frontend teams, apply AI/LLM tools to boost productivity, and thrive in a cloud-based, AWS-powered stack with strong SQL and OOP foundations.