Senior Software Engineer

SquareTrade; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with up to 4% company match

$75/month for physical wellbeing

$80/month stipend for connectivity costs

Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

Flexible time off policy

Mental health resources

Job summary

SquareTrade is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Dallas office. In this role, you will work in a fast-paced Agile XP environment, leading teams and developing high-performance applications with Java and Spring Boot.

The ideal candidate has extensive software development experience and thrives in collaborative settings. Benefits include competitive salary, hybrid work arrangements, and various health perks. Join SquareTrade and be part of an innovative team making significant impacts in the industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka.
• Experience in Test-Driven Development and writes high-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Provide team direction and mentorship from a technical perspective.
• Designs and develops scalable, high-performance microservices.
• Participates in continuous integration and deployment on AWS/Azure.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Microservices framework

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

PostgreSQL

Github

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related major

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

SquareTrade is the fastest growing company of its kind. We’re revolutionizing a $30b industry with service innovation and attention to customer satisfaction. We partner with some of the largest, most sophisticated retailers and carriers in the world (Amazon, Walmart, The Home Depot to name a few), consistently win industry awards, have received tens of thousands of 5-star reviews… and we’re just getting started. A member of the Allstate family, SquareTrade has headquarters in San Francisco and London.We are currently expanding in Europe and Asia Pacific, including Japan and Australia.

Job Description

Our leading-edge Agile team in the engineering group is looking for a motivated and energetic Senior Software Engineer who is eager to learn and make big changes to our mission critical applications. This is an exciting time to join, as we continue to rapidly expand and look for new ways to improve our architecture and solution offerings to serve the millions of customers around the globe. Your opportunities for achievement are limitless with SquareTrade/Allstate. We embrace a fast-paced Agile XP environment where we practice pair programming and TDD. You’ll have the opportunity to work with the engineering leads, product and design teams, as well as other developers to deliver applications which are scalable, secure, robust and highly performing. We adopt microservices architecture, distributed technologies, latest frontend frameworks and sophisticated monitoring tools.

Key responsibilities

• Can provide Team direction, mentorship and leadership, from technical perspective.
• Participates in iteration planning meetings, infusing backlogs with technical input
• Designs, develops, and maintains secure, scalable, and high-performance microservices and APIs using modern frameworks (e.g. Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, ElastiCache)
• Performs continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines on AWS and Microsoft Azure
• Monitors in production and improves system performance, reliability, and scalability
• Adopts XP methodology and practices paired programming and test-driven development (TDD) daily
• Participates in daily standups, code reviews and retrospectives

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related majors is REQUIRED
• 5+ years of professional software development experience with a successful track record
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and microservices framework
• Hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writes high-quality, testable code
• Comfortable working in a pair-programming (XP) environment
• Experience with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Github
• Familiarity with build pipeline such as Jenkins

Nice to have

• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, including Azure, AWS, and on-prem systems
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps practices
• Experience in the warranty, insurance, fintech, or e-commerce domains
• Experience in Billing/Payment Platform/Killbill(open source billing platform)

Additional Information

At SquareTradeyou'llhave access to:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage with network optionalityand theabilityto contribute to a savings account (HSA or FSA)
• Up to 4% company match into 401(k) and contributions into your company-sponsored pension
• $75/monthbudgetto help prioritize yourphysical wellbeing
• $80/monthstipend to subsidizeconnectivitycosts
• Mental healthresourcesincludingfree1:1 therapy, coachingsessionsand digital resources
• Supportive leave policies
• FlexibleTime OffPolicyinadditionto 9 Company Holidays
• Tuition reimbursementup to $5,250 per yeartofurther your personal educational advancement desires
• Hybrid work arrangements with regular investment in gatherings/offsitesto spend timetogether as team
• Various corporateperksand discounts

This role is a hybrid role associated with our Dallas Office.

SquareTrade estimates the possible base compensation for this role, if hired in Dallas, Texas to be in the range :$$110K - 170K

SquareTrade/Allstate Protection Plans generally doesnot sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

The candidate(s) offered this position will berequiredtosubmit toa background investigation.

Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.

SquareTrade is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or ability status.It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited.This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.