Senior Software Engineer

Ethoslife; United States; On-site; USD 133,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethoslife is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems. You will collaborate closely with a diverse team to develop effective solutions and help architect key frameworks.

The position requires 7+ years of experience and a strong understanding of backend architecture and API design. The role offers a competitive salary range of $133,000 - $235,000 based on experience and location, emphasizing a commitment to modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Ability to design clean APIs and understanding of performance issues.
• Experience with best practices in software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain complex backend systems.
• Collaborate with PMs and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and communicate best practices.

Skills

Backend architectural patterns expertise

API design skills

7+ years of experience

Strong communication skills

Understanding of security practices

Job description

About Ethos

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work across the stack and be responsible for building scalable platform services and systems. You’ll work closely with other engineers to build and ship key features. We are detail oriented and value clean, modular, and high-performing code. You’ll help architect and build our internal standards and frameworks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain complex backend systems
• Collaborate with other engineers, PMs and non-technical stakeholders to develop and ship features
• Design, build, and maintain our API’s
• Find and solve performance issues
• Participate in code reviews
• Communicate best practices to the team
• Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications and Skills

• 7+ years of experience
• Experience building complex architecture systems from the ground up, experience with backend architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications
• Ability to design clean APIs and understanding of performance issues
• Experienced with software engineering best practices – design patterns, code reviews, unit and integration testing, etc.
• Ability to communicate technical specifications both verbal and written
• Understanding of security, common attacks and defenses

The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - $235,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits.

You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

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