Senior Software Engineer I, AI Enablement

Symetra; United States; On-site; USD 106,400 - 177,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Symetra is looking for a Senior Software Engineer I to join our AI Enablement team. You will build core capabilities and APIs, ensuring high-quality code delivery and the mentoring of junior engineers.

With at least 5 years of experience in creating production services in cloud environments like AWS or Google Cloud, you will contribute to our architecture and design reviews. Benefits include flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with minimal guidance.
• Experience in building and operating production services and APIs.
• Familiarity with AI coding tools and their effective use.

Responsibilities

• Deliver secure, high-quality code and build reusable solutions.
• Contribute to design, implement patterns, and participate in design reviews.
• Mentor junior engineers and support performance and reliability.

Skills

AWS or Google Cloud

Problem-solving

AI coding agents

Communication

Tools

TypeScript

React

Job description

About the team

Symetra's AI Enablement team is a fast-growing team of builders inside our Data Analytics organization. Our goal is to accelerate AI adoption across the company in two ways: by building shared platforms, tooling, and patterns that let other teams effectively integrate AI into their workflows, and by shipping AI-powered applications for the most important use cases.

We work in small, cross-functional teams, build with the people who use what we make, and move fast. Our first product in production, docstream, is an AI-powered document-processing platform that currently supports several of Symetra's back-end operational processes. We plan to continue to iterate on docstream and to build out other products using the same modular architecture, integrating third-party products where it makes sense.

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer I, you'll deliver solutions to internal customers on one of these teams. You'll build the core capabilities and APIs behind our products, and the lightweight interfaces (e.g. web, browser extension) on top of them. You'll contribute to the patterns we share across the team and help the more junior engineers around you grow.

What you will do

• Deliver secure, high-quality, performant code, and build reusable solutions for others to use.
• Contribute to design: implement patterns, take part in design reviews, and help shape our architecture.
• Help improve how we test, automate, and deliver code.
• Support security, performance, and reliability, and take part in root‑cause analysis on production issues.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team.

Who You Are

• An experienced engineer (typically 5+ years) who delivers work with minimal guidance and contributes to design within a team.
• Built and operated production services and APIs.
• Comfortable building and deploying services in the cloud (AWS or Google Cloud), including containers.
• Strong problem‑solving and communication; excited to work with other engineering teams and business stakeholders who are your internal customers.
• Use AI coding agents effectively in your day‑to‑day work, with the judgment to know when to use them and when not to.

Nice to Haves

• Built LLM‑powered applications (prompting, retrieval/RAG, evaluations, agents, MCP).
• Familiarity with AWS Bedrock or other model‑hosting platforms.
• Infrastructure‑as‑code with AWS CDK.
• Frontend development with TypeScript and React.
• Document‑processing, OCR, or data‑extraction experience.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible full‑time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements.
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%.
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days, and ten paid holidays.
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching.
• Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview.

Compensation

Salary Range: $106,400 - $177,300 plus eligibility for annual bonus program.

Work Authorization

Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.

Remote Network Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Internet Speed: 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of 'broadband'.
• Internet Type: Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL.
• Not Permissible: Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial‑up.

Identity Verification

• Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity.
• Failure to comply with verification procedures may result in:
  • Disqualification from the recruitment process.
  • Withdrawal of a job offer.
  • Termination of employment and other criminal and/or civil remedies, if fraud is discovered.