Overview:
If you're looking for the stability of a profitable, growing company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a startup, we’re hiring. SageSure, a leader in catastrophe-exposed property insurance, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help us build the next generation of proactive services that help homeowners reduce risk and protect their most valuable asset — their home.
In this role, you’ll help expand and enhance our API suite of products, connecting customers with trusted professionals, smart devices, and home services like roof repairs, resealing, and safety devices. You’ll join the Policy Clearance team, which is dedicated to creating service-oriented solutions that unlock impactful application experiences for both our customers and business partners.
What you’d be doing:
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to craft innovative capabilities in our API products, enabling the building blocks of new customer experiences.
- Design and implement modern Java services that connect our platform to integration partners, powering dynamic, user-friendly experiences.
- Make high-level technical and architectural decisions to ensure our solutions are secure, reliable, and scalable as we grow.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and design discussions to foster a culture of excellence and collaboration.
- Expand and evolve our integration strategy, connecting third-party contractor networks, service providers, and our internal underwriting systems.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of experience building and deploying software applications.
- Strong experience with Java and modern Java tooling for backend development.
- A proven track record of designing scalable, secure APIs and integration solutions.
- Experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to collaborate across teams.
- A proactive, curious mindset with a passion for building technology that makes a tangible difference.
Highly preferred candidates also have:
- Experience working in Insurtech or Fintech environments.
- Experience with Temporal workflow orchestration
Software at SageSure:
Originally founded as a software and analytics business, SageSure's proprietary technology has always been a key source of competitive advantage. We offer agents and policyholders best-in-class, modern capabilities to quote and bind insurance, service policies, and submit and track claims. We operate a microservices-based SaaS platform and conduct a substantial share of our business through our API. Our software product, engineering, and operations teams set the bar for talent in our industry. We work remotely from numerous states across the country and are always looking for exceptional individuals to join us.
We are continually innovating with modern tools and technologies, and we welcome new perspectives. An ideal candidate will have a passion for some of our key technologies and advocate pragmatic industry practices around availability, scalability, security, and automation. A cloud-based infrastructure, continuous integration and delivery, and a quality-first approach help us to better deliver software. A metrics-driven mindset has become part of our DNA and helps us make data-driven decisions. If you have interests across these domains, we want to help grow and foster them.
About SageSure:
Named among the Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance for four years in a row (2020-2023), SageSure is one of the largest managing general underwriters (MGU) focused on catastrophe-exposed markets in the US. Since its founding in 2009, SageSure has experienced exceptional growth while generating underwriting profits for carrier partners through hurricanes, wildfires, and hail. Available in 16 states, SageSure offers more than 50 competitively priced home, flood, earthquake, and commercial products on behalf of its highly rated carrier partners. Today, SageSure manages more than $1.9 billion of inforce premium and helps protect 640,000 policyholders.
SageSure has more than 1000 employees working remotely or in-office across nine offices: Cheshire, Connecticut; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Jersey City, New Jersey; Mountain View, California; Marlton, New Jersey; Tallahassee, Florida; and Seattle, Washington.
SageSure offers generous health benefits and perks, including tuition reimbursement, wellness allowance, paid volunteer time off, a matching 401K plan, and more.
SageSure is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a workforce that reflects the spectrum of perspectives, experiences, and abilities of the world we live in. We recognize that our differences make us strong, and we actively seek out diverse candidates through partnerships with organizations, institutions and communities that represent various backgrounds. We champion belonging and inclusion for all identities, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, ability status, gender, and country of origin, striving to create a culture where all individuals feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
Our nimble, highly responsive culture nurtures critical thinkers who run toward problems and engineer solutions. We relentlessly pursue better outcomes by investing in the technology, talent, and tools that position us to succeed in demanding markets. Come join our team! Visit sagesure.com/careers to find a position for you.
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