Sr Software Engineer I, Tech Lead

WHO WE ARE:   

Zinnia is simplifying how people buy, sell, and administer insurance products. Combining intuitive enterprise technology solutions and data insights, the Policygenius marketplace, and market-leading products including SmartOffice, AnnuityNet, LifeSpeed, WinFlex, TPP, VitalSales Suite, and Exchange Consulting, Zinnia is redesigning the insurance experience for shoppers, advisors, and insurers alike — and enabling more people to protect their financial futures along the way. Zinnia has over $173.7 billion in assets under administration across 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

WHO YOU ARE:

Sr. Software Engineer I, Tech Lead play a key role in the design, development/configuration, unit testing, installation, and ongoing maintenance of Zinnia software platforms. Zinnia Senior Software Engineers work with stakeholders to develop solutions and/or products that fulfill the needs of Zinnia’s internal stakeholders and clients. Those solutions and/or products help Zinnia and Zinnia clients to be more efficient and provide better service to end customers. Senior Software Engineer interacts directly with project managers and business stakeholders and may periodically interact directly with Zinnia’s clients. Senior Software Engineer will facilitate, lead, and enable junior team members by acting as a mentor for soft skills and/or technical subject matter experts.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Work as part of a global, cross-functional team to develop innovative software for Zinnia’s stakeholders.
• Contribute to projects by creating well-designed, customized, testable, and efficient code for Zinnia platforms.
• Assist our teams in providing ongoing support, troubleshooting, improvements, or custom enhancements to existing Zinnia platforms.
• Flexibility to support the challenging development and delivery needs of Zinnia
• Collaborate with our global teams, internal stakeholders, and customers.
• Act as a mentor and technology expert for team members and conduct technical reviews.
• Architect, Design, develop and validate various requirements for the Zinnia platforms
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, recognize and react to changing business needs and effectively prioritize tasks
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently and in conjunction with team members and business units. Enthusiasm and flexibility to work on a variety of projects
 
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 7-11 years of experience in Backend technologies like Java, J2EE, and Spring in the cloud environment
• Experience in NoSQL databases, Event-driven architecture, and Domain-driven design
• Patience and perseverance to overcome challenges, solve problems, and learn new computer languages and techniques.
• Excellent work ethic. Ability to work and travel independently.
• Effective communication, interpersonal, and critical thinking skills. Effective troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work as part of a cross-functional, global team.
• Should have BTech / BE / MCA / MTech / ME or equivalent qualification from reputed institutes

BONUS POINTS:

• Object Oriented Programming (OOPS) and design patterns
• Programming using Java 8/J2EE
• Steaming platforms like Kafka
• Knowledge of cloud platforms i.e AWS
• Good knowledge of databases like Postgres, Document DB, etc
• Competence and comfort using multiple frameworks Spring, Spring Boot
• SOA/Microservice Architecture
• Knowledge and experience with REST
• Git, Maven, Docker

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

We’re looking for the best and brightest innovators in the industry to join our team. At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia.com for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.