Staff Software Engineer (Platform, Reliability, Golang)

Company: Rollbar, Inc.
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 23, 2025

Job Description:

Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a talented and passionate Staff Software Engineer (Platform, Reliability, Golang) to join our team. You will work across systems and software engineering to build, monitor/observe, and scale internal and external systems. You will monitor production issues and make suggestions for continuous improvement. You will play an integral role in designing and maintaining systems at scale. We leverage Agile Scrum methodologies to deliver software applications revolutionizing the business of insurance.New developers on our team learn our development tools, standards, and processes to contribute within an Agile Scrum team. We deliver value for customers and our industry by maintaining and developing innovative solutions.What You'll Do

• Work closely with a dynamic team to build web services, APIs, and integrations to enhance the platform.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering partners in system design, management, capacity planning, and continued improvement of all systems.
• Monitor production issues.
• Collaborate with Development teams on best practices, infrastructure setup, and planning activities with a focus on stability, performance, reliability, and scale.
• Write clean, extensible code, and improve the architecture, frameworks, and toolkits used to build and maintain a stable technology stack.
• Mentor engineering teams and evangelize reliability best practices.
• Maintain and improve our CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in incident response and blameless postmortems.
• Design and implement high-quality technical solutions to provide business value, utilizing object-oriented principles, design patterns, and testing practices.
• Collaborate with other developers to assist with the implementation of aspects you or your team develop.
• Design user-based interactions through effective front-end architecture.
• Design and implement RESTful services and APIs.
• Integrate with 3rd party APIs.
• Collaborate with team members by proactively sharing updates, identifying blockers, and obtaining feedback to continuously improve.What You'll Need to SucceedWe're looking for someone who:
• Can work 100% remotely, or from an Applied Systems office.
• Your experience should include some or all of the following:
• Experience with at least one of the following programming languages or similar: Golang (Go) or C# or Java.
• Ability to problem solve, proven track record of problem-solving in a dynamic mission-critical environment.
• Previous production support experience with an architectural background.
• Experience with GCP, AWS, and/or other Cloud Services.
• CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI/CD.
• Containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Event-driven architectures and asynchronous software development.
• Experience with SQL database programming.
• Problem-solving skills with excellent logical reasoning and a solutions orientation.
• Passion for programming in a team-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Education in Computer Science or equivalent experience.We proudly support and encourage people with military experience, as well as military spouses, to apply.Additionally, you may have:
• Experience working with Apigee.
• Database background (PostgreSQL).
• Open to Java and C# development experience.
• Experience working with a mid-sized company that is scaling or a start-up that has scaled.What You'll GainBenefits from Day One:
• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision.
• Wellness incentives.
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match.
• Work-Life Balance.
• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday.
• Personal/sick time.
• Paid holidays.
• Flex Time.
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates).
• Volunteer time off.Empowering Career Growth and SuccessWe invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.What We ValueWe strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfil the promise of insurance - safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people's lives.Who We AreApplied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world's largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied's people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be an indispensable partner in our industry.
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