Software Engineer I - API & Tooling for FinTech (Onsite 4x/wk)

Acrisure; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

EAP & Calm app

401(k) with match

FSA/HSA/Commuter benefits

Parental leave & fertility benefits

Job summary

Acrisure is seeking a Software Engineer I to design and maintain APIs, workflows, and tooling that support underwriting and policy administration. You will work with an engineering team to complete stories, write clean code, and improve internal tooling, while learning the insurance domain.

You will contribute to production support, debugging, testing, and documentation, leveraging AI-assisted workflows (Claude Code) to accelerate delivery and quality.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs, workflows, integrations, and tooling for 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 and proactively seek help when needed.
• Support operational workflows and production support including debugging, testing, automation, and issue escalation.
• Assist with integrations between internal systems, external vendors, and policy administration platforms.
• Improve internal engineering tooling and developer workflows.
• Use AI‑assisted engineering workflows, such as Claude Code, to enhance development speed, quality, testing, and documentation.
• Learn insurance domain concepts (quoting, binding, endorsements, rating, forms, policy lifecycle).
• Demonstrate ownership of work, follow through on commitments, and show curiosity when facing unfamiliar problems.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

APIs

Integrations

Automated testing

Debugging

AI-assisted development tools

Claude Code

Communication

Curiosity

Accountability

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Acrisure is seeking a Software Engineer I to design and maintain APIs, workflows, and tooling that support underwriting and policy administration. You will work with an engineering team to complete stories, write clean code, and improve internal tooling, while learning the insurance domain.

You will contribute to production support, debugging, testing, and documentation, leveraging AI-assisted workflows (Claude Code) to accelerate delivery and quality.