Senior Software Engineer - Platform

Company: DealerPolicy
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

DescriptionAt DealerPolicy, we're changing the way people shop for insurance through technology. We focus on collaboration, integrity, creativity and being a part of a team that finds passion and energy within our people. We strive to create autonomous product development teams aligned to solve complex technical problems needed to achieve our collective company goals. Through our "internal open-source" model it allows our engineers the ability to contribute to any aspect of the DealerPolicy Insurance Distribution Platform. We've built an award-winning product using modern technologies and have been named one the best Tech Startup in VT according to Tech Tribune, along with "Agent of the Future" award from Liberty Mutual and "Agent of the Year" from Travelers.DealerPolicy's Platform Team is an agile team that designs, delivers, and supports self-service infrastructure & DevOps tooling to support our stream-aligned software engineering teams. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key member of this team and a DevOps practitioner. You will acquire a deep understanding of DealerPolicy's Digital Insurance Solution's features and capabilities, and work with Software Architects and other Platform Engineers to help ensure safe, speedy delivery of value to our customers.Job Functions & Responsibilities:

• Support the platform, technology, and software needs of stream-aligned scrum teams
• Protect our platform from unauthorized access, internally and externally
• Focus on automated build, delivery, deployment, scaling, and platform resiliency
• Encapsulate current architecture, infrastructure, and software patterns into abstracted capabilities that engineering teams can leverage.
  • Understand and leverage the use of software patterns to build familiar, re-usable, and maintainable code
  • Collaborate with stream-aligned scrum teams to integrate automation into Azure DevOps pipelines
  • Participate in and contribute to code reviews and pair programming
  • Mentor and coach less-senior engineers on patterns and best practices.
  • Support the software we build, on and (sometimes) off hours
    • Advocate for a healthy investment mix to allow for sustainable growthRequirementsKnowledge, Skill and Experience Requirements:
      • 5+ years of experience building software
      • Bachelor's degree with concentrations in Computer Science or equivalent
      • Highly collaborative and communicative. Effective and professional communicator.
      • Strong Git skills
      • Strong engineering aptitude and ability to learn new tools and technologies
      • Comfort with unstructured and non-relational data
      • Strong technical aptitude, analysis, and problem-solving skills
      • Understanding of event-driven software architectures
      • Hands on experience deploying and monitoring software and serverless infrastructure in Azure (Preferred), AWS, or GCP
      • Provisioning infrastructure using IaC technologies such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates
      • Experience building software using modern JS frameworks, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous code
      • Exposure to Microsoft .NET frameworks and languages including C#, Typescript, and PowerShell
      • Experience with front-end build processes and best practices
        BenefitsDealerPolicy offers a comprehensive Benefits Package, which includes
        • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
        • Health Savings Account with company match
        • FSA, Dependent Care FSA and Commuter pre-tax benefit
        • PTO allowance and holidays
        • 401(k) plan with company match
        • Working remotely or Hybrid
        • Paid Volunteer Hours
          About DealerPolicyDealerPolicy is the most trusted and complete digital insurance marketplace for automotive retailers and their valued customers. The company's innovative mobile technology enables car-buyers to view multiple insurance quotes and immediately connect with licensed insurance agents to purchase insurance. With an exclusive combination of partnerships among premier automotive retailers and data providers, an industry-best insurance carrier network, and access to DealerPolicy Insurance licensed agents, DealerPolicy is recognized for its place at the forefront of Insurtech. DealerPolicy Insurance is a licensed insurance agency, with licenses to operate in the lower 48 states.

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