Software Engineer II — API, AI Tools, Insurance Platform

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Missouri is seeking a software engineer to build and maintain APIs and tooling for underwriting and policy administration systems. You will own features from implementation through validation, collaborating with engineering leads and business stakeholders to convert evolving requirements into robust technical solutions.

The role emphasizes modular code design, testing, debugging, and production support, with opportunities to contribute to internal tooling and AI-assisted development

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong Python or JavaScript/TypeScript fundamentals.
• Experience building or maintaining APIs, workflows, integrations, or internal tooling.
• Ability to deliver assigned features and components with moderate independence.
• Comfortable working in evolving requirements and asking thoughtful clarifying questions.
• Experience with testing, debugging, automation, monitoring, and production support practices.
• Interested in learning or applying insurance, underwriting, or policy administration domain knowledge.
• Candidates should be comfortable with an on-site presence to support collaboration, team leadership, and cross‑functional partnership.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs, workflows, integrations, and tooling supporting underwriting and policy administration systems
• Write modular, maintainable code and contribute to technical design discussions
• Own assigned features, enhancements, bug fixes, tests, and documentation from implementation through validation and operational support
• Work closely with engineering leads and underwriting or business stakeholders to turn evolving requirements into practical, reliable technical solutions
• Contribute to integrations between internal systems, external vendors, and policy administration platforms
• Participate in debugging, testing, automation, monitoring, and operational support for production systems
• Help improve internal engineering tooling, developer workflows, and team practices that increase delivery speed and quality
• Use AI-assisted engineering workflows daily to improve development speed, quality, and maintainability
• Build practical knowledge of insurance domain concepts and apply that context to technical decisions

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Jobtailor in Missouri is seeking a software engineer to build and maintain APIs and tooling for underwriting and policy administration systems. You will own features from implementation through validation, collaborating with engineering leads and business stakeholders to convert evolving requirements into robust technical solutions.

The role emphasizes modular code design, testing, debugging, and production support, with opportunities to contribute to internal tooling and AI-assisted development