Senior Software Developer

March 4

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Zensurance

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Zensurance is a leading small business insurance brokerage in Canada. The company offers a wide range of low-cost commercial insurance options tailored for various professions and industries, which includes everything from builder's risk and commercial auto insurance to E-commerce and non-profit insurance. Zensurance is dedicated to serving over 300,000 Canadian small business owners by providing instant quotes and significant savings on insurance policies. By leveraging technology, Zensurance can offer competitive rates and comprehensive coverages by working with over 50 insurance providers. Additionally, they provide expert advice, dedicated claims service, and ease of switching insurance providers. Zensurance prides itself on its customer service and has received multiple industry awards for its innovative approach to insurance. The company focuses on empowering small businesses with peace of mind through secure and strategic insurance solutions.

Commercial business insurance • Property and Casualty Insurance • Canada Insurance • Startup Insurance

51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

🤝 B2B

💰 Series B on 2020-08

📋 Description

• Zensurance is a scale-up InsurTech company that is re-imagining the commercial insurance market. • We want to empower small businesses across Canada to thrive by offering an honest, simplified, and modern approach to insurance. • Our main recipe is a combination of modern technology and insurance industry expertise powered by our talented team members. • Being a technology-forward company, we utilize various tools and platforms to create fun, engaging and meaningful work experiences for our employees, as a remote-first company. • We are boldly going where no insurance broker has gone before! • We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Core team! • The Core team is responsible for the engine driving the company’s key goals, such as adding more relevant insurance products with great prices on our website and delivering relevant insurance documents to our customers with ease. • Reporting to the Team Lead, Engineering, you will work with the team to build the software that powers the Zensurance data collection, rating and pricing engines. • Using Nodejs and Typescript, you will be responsible for providing technical guidance and enforcing best practices in software development. • In addition, as a senior team member, you will be expected to coach, mentor software developers, and assist the Engineering Leadership Team in continuously improving craft capabilities. • This is a remote-first role within the GTA. #LI-Remote

🎯 Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational, or academic program (preferably in Engineering or Computer Science) or equivalent work experience. • 5+ years building rich, complex web applications. • Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems. • Extensive fullstack experience with Nodejs/AWS/Reactjs and the TypeScript ecosystem. • Experience with microservices and microfrontends. • Experience working with MongoDB is an asset. • Experience with back-end development using NestJS. • Experience working with TypeORM. • Experience working with PostgreSQL. • Understanding of web security best practices and data protection. • Knowledge of containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes. • A passion for clean, reusable, and well-structured code. • Ability to communicate efficiently. • Ability to mentor, coach, and work with others collaboratively. • A commitment to continuous improvement, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work for Canada’s fastest-growing #insurtech scale-up • Primarily remote work environment available to everyone • Laptop, extra monitor and main accessories are provided • Extra home office and supplies allowance to help with work-from-home set up • Comprehensive and flexible health and dental plans to suit all lifestyles, including mental health • Health/Personal Spending Accounts to subsidize your healthy habits and purchases • Parental Leave Top Up • Weekly Friday companywide huddles for casual catch-ups with other departments • Build next-level relationships with your peers through scheduled companywide virtual and in-person team-building events • Be a part of something special. We are confident you won’t find any other insurance company like us :)