Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Insurance Analytics

Moody's Investors Service; Newark (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Moody's Investors Service seeks a senior back-end engineer to design and deliver scalable insurance analytics software. You will collaborate with data science and ML partners to translate business needs into robust technical solutions in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes architectural excellence, scalable systems, and strong collaboration with product teams across the back-end stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 7+ years of relevant hands-on industry experience.
• Master’s degree in a STEM field with 4+ years of relevant hands-on industry experience.
• PhD degree in a STEM field with 2+ years of relevant hands-on industry experience.
• Experience designing scalable back-end systems to power analytics products.
• Ability to translate abstract requirements into well-defined technical objectives.
• Experience learning new languages and tools to match business needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable back-end software solutions powering insurance analytics products.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable back-end systems for high-performance applications.
• Design, build, and maintain extensible back-end services and web apps focusing on architecture and reliability.
• Participate in technical design discussions and provide input across stack.
• Perform code reviews and analysis to ensure quality and standards.
• Develop and maintain unit and end-to-end tests for performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with product, data science, and ML teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Evaluate new tools and technologies to improve the back-end stack.
• Own critical components of back-end development and demonstrate strong technical judgment.

Skills

Python

SQL

Ruby

AI concepts

Back-end design

Problem solving

Communication

GIS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD degree in STEM

Tools

Git

Job description

Moody's Investors Service seeks a senior back-end engineer to design and deliver scalable insurance analytics software. You will collaborate with data science and ML partners to translate business needs into robust technical solutions in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes architectural excellence, scalable systems, and strong collaboration with product teams across the back-end stack.