Senior Software Engineer, Underwriting

Coalition Inc; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend and WeWork access

Wellness programs

Competitive compensation and career成长

Job summary

Coalition Inc. is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Underwriting team to design and build backend services powering cyber insurance decisions.

You will integrate security, insurance, and data to apply models and machine learning, collaborating with underwriters, data science, and other engineering teams. Responsibilities include building scalable APIs in Python/Go, implementing models for risk assessment and pricing, and maintaining observability with dashboards and alerts.

Qualifications

• Backend services built in Python/Go with testing in place.
• Experience with REST and at least one transport/format such as gRPC or GraphQL.
• Source control experience (Git or similar) and CI/CD familiarity.
• Deployment and operation in AWS or another major cloud.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Python and/or Go for underwriting decisions.
• Integrate with statistical models and ML components to price and monitor cyber risk.
• Create dashboards and alerts for operational stability and incident response.
• Write robust unit and integration tests to support frequent releases.
• Lead small projects end-to-end and mentor engineers on medium-to-large initiatives.
• Contribute to architecture discussions balancing pragmatism, scalability, and decoupling.

Skills

Backend API design

Python

Go

REST

gRPC/GraphQL

Git

AWS

Observability tools

Agile tooling

CS/Engineering degree

Education

CS/Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

AWS

Sentry

Datadog

Jaeger/Zipkin

Graylog

AppDynamics

Job description

Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.

Opportunities to make an impact with bold thinking are real—and happening daily at Coalition.

About the role

The Senior Software Engineer on the Underwriting team designs and builds backend services and systems that power Coalition’s cyber insurance underwriting decisions. They integrate security, insurance, and proprietary data to apply business rules, statistical models, and machine learning in assessing and monitoring risk. This role is highly cross‑functional, partnering closely with underwriters, data science, and other engineering teams to scale and automate Coalition’s underwriting and core decision‑making workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Python and/or Go that power underwriting decisioning and automation.
• Implement and evolve systems that integrate with statistical models, and machine learning models to assess, price, and monitor cyber risk over time.
• Create and maintain alerts, monitors, and dashboards to ensure operational stability, observability, and clear incident response paths.
• Write clean, well‑structured, and tested code, including robust unit and integration tests to enable confident, frequent releases.
• Lead small projects end‑to‑end and act as a technical driver within a team of engineers on medium‑to‑large initiatives, collaborating with product, underwriting, and data partners.
• Contribute to architecture and design discussions that balance pragmatism, scalability, and decoupling as the underwriting platform grows.
• Help automate and improve the underwriting and decisioning workflows used by internal underwriters and risk teams.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong experience building and operating backend APIs and services in Python and/or Go, including familiarity with common frameworks and patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with REST and at least one additional transport or format such as gRPC or GraphQL.
• Experience using source control systems (e.g., Git or similar).
• Practical experience deploying and running services in AWS or another major public cloud environment.
• Familiarity with modern observability and error‑tracking tools such as Sentry, Datadog, Jaeger/Zipkin, Graylog, or AppDynamics.
• Experience working on an agile software team and using collaborative development tools such as the Atlassian suite, GitHub, or GitLab.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• P4‑caliber ownership: ability to independently drive projects of moderate scope, make sound technical tradeoffs, and mentor less‑experienced engineers.

Compensation

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The US base salary for this position ranges from $130,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $195,000/year in our highest geographic market. Consistent with applicable laws, an employee's pay within this range is based on a number of factors, which include but are not limited to relevant education, skills, job‑related knowledge, qualifications, work experience, credentials, and/or geographic location. Your recruiter can share more on target salary for your location during the interview process. Coalition, Inc. reserves the right to modify this range as needed.

• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO policy
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
• Mental & physical health wellness programs (One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more)
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement

Anti‑Discrimination Notice

Coalition is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable laws in each country where we operate. This commitment includes, but is not limited to, ensuring equal treatment in recruitment, selection, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, and all other aspects of employment. Coalition does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace.

Accommodations

Coalition is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, including applicants and employees, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in each country where we operate. Our policy is to support equal opportunity in the hiring process by considering qualified applicants regardless of disability or other protected characteristics, unless providing accommodation would impose an undue hardship or disproportionate burden. If you require accommodation to complete an application, interview, pre‑employment testing, or participate in the selection process, please contact us at [e-mail] . We also consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in line with applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction.