Staff Software Engineer – Stop-Loss Platform (Remote)

Oliver James Group; United States; À distance; USD 140 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Oliver James Group is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help build a brand-new Stop-Loss platform. This contract-to-hire role is remote in the United States, offering hands-on engineering leadership from day one.

You’ll define technical direction, shape architecture, and work closely with leadership to deliver production-ready software using AI-assisted development tools. You will join a small, high-impact team, responsible for end-to-end delivery, data handling, and integration with vendor

Qualifications

• AWS hands-on design, build, and run
• Vendor evaluation, integration, and platform decisions
• AI-assisted development using Copilot or Cursor
• C#/.NET production applications
• React frontend development
• Python development alongside core stack

Responsabilités

• Own the technical design and delivery of a Stop-Loss domain, from application layer to supporting services and data
• Evaluate vendor platforms, determine components to fit, and build on top of them
• Design and build event-driven services, data ingestion pipelines, and backend infrastructure on AWS
• Set engineering standards and mentor engineers joining the team as it grows
• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering, architects, and cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality solutions
• Shape features, platform capabilities, and architecture in a greenfield environment
• Use AI-assisted tools to improve efficiency across coding, testing, debugging, and refactoring

Connaissances

AWS

Vendor management

AI

C#/.NET

React

Python

GraphQL

Microservices

Outils

Copilot

Cursor

Description du poste

Staff Software Engineer - Stop-Loss Platform | Contract-to-Hire | Remote | No sponsorship offered

We're partnering with a leading insurance organization on their search for a Staff Software Engineer to help build the next generation of a brand-new Stop-Loss platform. This is a hands‑on, high-impact engineering role. You'll be one of the first engineers on a greenfield platform, setting technical direction for your business domain, building production‑ready software, and working closely with the Director of Engineering and cross‑functional partners. You'll evaluate vendor platforms, decide what to adopt and what to build, and help shape the architecture as the platform takes form. Day to day, you'll use AI-assisted development tools to work faster and raise quality.

Essential requirements (all are must-haves)

• AWS: hands-on experience designing, building and running applications on AWS.
• Vendor management: experience evaluating, integrating, and working with third‑party vendors and platforms, including deciding which components to adopt and building on top of vendor products.
• AI: practical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot or Cursor across coding, testing, debugging, and refactoring, and the ability to promote AI‑first practices within a team.
• C#/.NET: current, hands‑on experience building production applications.
• React: experience building front‑end applications.
• Python: practical experience developing in Python alongside the core stack.

Standout experience

Stop‑loss insurance experience would be a huge bonus. If you've worked on stop‑loss products, platforms, or data, we want to hear from you.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of owning and delivering complex, production‑grade systems.
• A senior engineer who sets technical direction, makes sound architectural decisions, and raises the bar for the engineers around them through mentoring and code review.
• Strong event‑driven architecture and microservices experience, including data ingestion pipelines and backend services.
• Experience designing for sensitive data (PII/PHI) in Insurance, Financial Services, Healthcare, or another regulated environment.
• Comfort in fast‑paced, evolving environments and a solid grasp of engineering best practices for reliable, maintainable, scalable systems.
• Experience working with contractors or offshore teams is a plus.
• Someone who is curious, collaborative, open to feedback, and happy to work hands‑on rather than only advising.
• GraphQL and semantic‑layer experience are valuable but not essential.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Key responsibilities include

• Owning the technical design and delivery of a business domain on the Stop‑Loss platform, from application layer to supporting services and data.
• Evaluating vendor platforms, determining which components fit, and building on top of them.
• Designing and building event‑driven services, data ingestion pipelines, and backend infrastructure on AWS.
• Setting engineering standards and mentoring the engineers who join the team as it grows.
• Collaborating with the Director of Engineering, architects, and cross‑functional partners to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Helping shape features, platform capabilities, and architecture in a greenfield environment.
• Using AI‑assisted tools to improve efficiency across coding, testing, debugging, and refactoring.

Why this role is different

You're joining at the very start of a brand‑new platform build, not maintaining a legacy system. You'll have real influence over the architecture and technology choices from day one, the chance to shape how a new engineering team works, and a clear path to growing with the capability.