Senior Software Engineer: Scalable Insurance Platform

Authentic; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Unlimited PTO

Paid parental leave

Equity

Job summary

Authentic builds the infrastructure that program insurance runs on. We partner with leading brokerages to design and manage custom insurance programs, backed by A and A- rated carriers operating nationwide. Our platform is developed in New York and Dayton, with 80+ employees and rapid growth.

We value ownership, reliability, and fast delivery. This role leads complex projects, mentors engineers, and focuses on scalable, observable systems with strong API practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and maintaining production systems at scale.
• 5+ years building distributed systems in Python or Go.
• Strong understanding of modern API development practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of multiple complex projects to build insurance infrastructure end-to-end.
• Identify bottlenecks and build solutions that move us faster using first-principles thinking.
• Own problems end-to-end: UX, data models, scalability, operability and metrics.
• Identify and implement reliability and performance improvements across the stack.
• Iterate on existing features based on user feedback.
• Mentor and coach other engineers on the team.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed systems

API design

AWS

IaC

Ownership

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Authentic builds the infrastructure that program insurance runs on. We partner with leading brokerages to design and manage custom insurance programs, backed by A and A- rated carriers operating nationwide. Our platform is developed in New York and Dayton, with 80+ employees and rapid growth.

We value ownership, reliability, and fast delivery. This role leads complex projects, mentors engineers, and focuses on scalable, observable systems with strong API practices.