Senior Software Engineer, Sure
Digital insurance sales and services platform
Open for applications
Digital insurance sales and services platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide a simplistic approach to the complex problems associated with digital insurance.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years experience with OOP (such as Python, Node, Ruby, or Go)
- 2+ years experience with Python (Django or Flask) a plus
- 2+ years of professional experience with React and JavaScript (Typescript a plus)
- Knowledge of testing best practices (Vitest, Cypress, and pytest a plus)
- Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs that are designed to be used at scale
- Experience participating in the design and architecture of a project
- Self-directed and self-motivated individuals comfortable working with diverse teams
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Experience with AWS or other cloud services a plus
- Experience building and maintaining a reusable component library for a design system a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strong Full Stack Engineer who has experience building systems with high availability that grow at scale for our SaaS platform. You’ll work closely with other engineers and our product team, with a direct impact in the products you’ll be building. As a small distributed team, we rely heavily on effective communication and autonomy in order to build, iterate, and ship rapidly
- Our philosophy is that you would be teaching us as much as you'd learn from us. By learning and inspiring others, you'll help cultivate an environment that makes us better at what we do each day
- You'll contribute to all aspects of the software process: including architecture, specification reviews, automated testing, implementation, code reviews, debugging, and documentation
- You'll design, build, test, and maintain scalable APIs and the applications that rely on them
- Build modular, tested web apps using React, TypeScript, Vitest, and Cypress
- Resolve bug fixes and troubleshoot incidents from our partners and customers
- Help put tools, processes, and documentation in place to improve our developer experience
Our take
Sure is a software-as-a-service provider that powers API-based digital insurance programs for enterprises and brands. Rather than underwriting the insurance themselves, Sure acts as a platform that enables brands to sell their own insurance packages which are actually underwritten by legacy insurers like Nationwide, Chubb and MetLife.
Not long ago, the company partnered with Zibo to streamline the renters' insurance process for tenants, a smart move in a world that used to be exclusively in person and is transitioning to digital. There are great benefits to having insurance and rent management under one online roof, for landlords and tenants alike. It has since teamed up with PorchPals for embedded package insurance and was recognised as one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North America.
The recent arrival of competitor Boost - founded by Sure's Series A venture capital backer - hasn’t deterred the company at all. In fact, Sure claims to be profitable, and boasts an impressive range of clients – like Tesla, Intuit, Mastercard.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Jun 2019
$23.1m
SERIES B
Total funding: $141.7m
Company benefits
- Equity - Take pride in what you’re building as an owner of the company. Equity is available for all Sure employees
- Comprehensive Health Coverage - Select medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. Elect from multiple plan options to meet your needs
- Unlimited PTO - Time off that’s meant to be taken. We understand the importance of recharging so that you can live your best life
- Extra Cash - 401k retirement savings, flexible spending account, referral bonuses, and more
- Parental leave - Welcome the newest member of your family with fully paid time off and a gradual return to work program following leave
- Mental health breaks - Take a moment for yourself with company-provided meditation apps or build relationships with team members via virtual gatherings and celebrations
Company HQ
Downtown, Santa Monica, CA
Leadership
Wayne Slavin
(CEO & Co-founder)After working as Senior Sales Engineer for Linspire, Wayne co-founded NetStumbler.com, a tool to detect wireless LANs, BackupRight, online data backup services and Language Fish translation services. Before co-founding Sure, they were the VP of Product Management for Tapingo, letting individuals buy things instantly.
Jarod Kolman
(Co-founder)After Founding and working as Managing Director of Limestone Properties, Jarod co-founded Jarod continues to be Chairman for Limestone Properties, a leading estate agent for residential investment properties in Sandton.
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