Software Engineer I

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor, based in Missouri, is seeking a software engineer with 1+ year of experience to build and maintain APIs and integrations for underwriting and policy administration. You will work on tooling and automation, write modular code, and collaborate with engineering leads and business stakeholders to implement operational workflows.

The role emphasizes learning the insurance domain, proactive problem solving, and strong communication to support production systems and cross-system

Qualifications

• 1+ year of software engineering experience.
• Familiar with APIs, integrations, automated testing, debugging, and modern development workflows.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools, with Claude Code strongly preferred.
• Eagerness to learn the insurance domain and apply business context to technical work.
• Strong communication skills, curiosity, accountability, and willingness to ask for help when needed.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs, workflows, integrations, and tooling for underwriting and policy administration.
• Complete assigned stories, tasks, bug fixes, tests, and documentation based on clear requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Write modular, maintainable code with guidance and proactively ask for help when needed.
• Work with engineering leads and business stakeholders to support operational workflow implementation.
• Assist with integrations between internal systems, external vendors, and policy administration platforms under guidance from senior engineers.
• Support debugging, testing, automation, and operational support for production systems, escalating issues appropriately.
• Help improve internal engineering tooling and developer workflows by identifying small opportunities for efficiency and quality.
• Use AI-assisted engineering workflows to support development speed, code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Build understanding of insurance domain concepts including quoting, binding, endorsements, rating, forms, and the policy lifecycle.
• Take ownership of assigned work, follow through on commitments, incorporate feedback, and demonstrate curiosity when working through unfamiliar problems.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

APIs

Automated testing

Debugging

AI-assisted tools

Communication

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs, workflows, integrations, and tooling supporting underwriting and policy administration systems.
• Complete assigned stories, tasks, bug fixes, tests, and documentation based on clear requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Write modular, maintainable code with guidance and proactively ask for help when needed.
• Work with engineering leads and business stakeholders to support operational workflow implementation.
• Assist with integrations between internal systems, external vendors, and policy administration platforms under guidance from senior engineers.
• Support debugging, testing, automation, and operational support for production systems, escalating issues appropriately.
• Help improve internal engineering tooling and developer workflows by identifying small opportunities for efficiency and quality.
• Use AI‑assisted engineering workflows to support development speed, code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Build understanding of insurance domain concepts including quoting, binding, endorsements, rating, forms, and the policy lifecycle.
• Take ownership of assigned work, follow through on commitments, incorporate feedback, and demonstrate curiosity when working through unfamiliar problems.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of software engineering experience.
• Strong foundational skills in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Familiarity with APIs, integrations, automated testing, debugging, and modern development workflows.
• Comfortable using AI‑assisted development tools, with Claude Code strongly preferred.
• Eagerness to learn the insurance domain and apply business context to technical work.
• Strong communication skills, curiosity, accountability, and willingness to ask for help when needed.