Staff Software Engineer

Who We Are

Sureify's mission is to modernize the life insurance and annuity industry by helping carriers acquire, service, and engage their customers through any distribution channel. Sureify's products empower life insurance carriers, agents, employees, and customers to have the digital experiences employees and consumers have come to expect in the rapidly advancing tech climate.

As Staff Software Engineer, develop software on the engineering team, promoting the creation of elegant, practical solutions to meet company's business goals.  Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications for team members.  Provide accurate effort-estimates for deliverables through follow up of tasks with team members.  Research and actively learn about new technologies and introduce them into company infrastructure.  Under consultation with Sureify management, resolve technical issues escalated by junior developers.  Analyze, evaluate and recommend new applications and technology appropriate to the company. Manage priorities and work in a fast pace environment to develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation. Motivate staff in a team-oriented, collaborative environment to modify existing software to correct errors, and to improve its performance. Use strong organizational and communication skills to analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Integrate PHP and MySQL knowledge related development technologies to confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces. Use bug /task tracking application skills to design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design. Assist with technology strategy for technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships. Help establish technical standards and ensure adherence to them for product development and company operations. Conduct code reviews and specification conformance testing; establish quality assurance processes, application deployment process, and a security process. Assist the Sales team with technical aspects in Pre-Sales activity. Design and maintain a high-performance life insurance platform.  Develop production-level product code using React and TypeScript. Ensure data integrity through efficient relational database design.   Implement and optimize workflows using Temporal. Leverage AWS services such as ECS, EC2, RDS, andS3 for cloud deployments.  Conduct mentorship programs for junior developers. Ensure high test coverage and secure coding practices. This position includes 100% work from home benefits from anywhere in the United States, and reporting virtually to corporate HQ in San Jose, California.

Requirements:    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related (or foreign degree equivalent).

Experience and Skills Required:  Experience and Skills Required: 

7 years in job offered OR 7 years as Software Developer or Technical Architect which includes experience in: Software Development and Architecture: Architecting and developing scalable, secure modules for insurance platform. Building SDKs and frameworks for backend (PHP, Golang) and frontend (React, TypeScript). Guiding development teams in implementing best practices and system architecture. Maintaining architectural documentation and ensured compliance with industry standards. Optimizing system performance and scalability through continuous monitoring. Android Application Development:  Developing REST APIs using PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter, Laravel). Integrating Android applications with backend APIs and managed deployments. Applying test-driven development to improve software quality. Building responsive frontend interfaces ensuring accessibility compliance. Cloud computing, DevOps, and full-stack development, with strong background in modern software architecture principles.

The following SKILLS and experiences are required with no set period of time as a demonstration of proficiency Golang, PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter), TypeScript;  MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis; React, Bootstrap, CSS; AWS (ECS, EC2, S3, RDS), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (Jenkins); GitHub, JIRA; Microservices, Distributed Systems, API Design, WCAG Compliant Code.

Job Site:  San Jose, CA

To apply, mail resume with ref. #[13] to: HR, Sureify, 1100 Lincoln Avenue, Ste. 241, San Jose, CA  95125

Base annual salary $264,514—$264,514 USD

Our Guiding Principles

Our products are for nothing if their creators are not fulfilled in their work. We want our employees to flourish at Sureify. We do not fawn over status or titles, instead, we honor effort and intelligence. The best idea wins no matter which colleague proposed it. We do not shortcut our mission with overblown claims or false promises. Sticking to the truth is both a strategy and a principle for us.

Sureify is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

If you are a California resident, please be aware Sureify collects personal information from you during the application process, which may include your name, contact details, employment history, and educational background, in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We use this information solely to evaluate your candidacy for employment and may share it with internal hiring personnel as needed.

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