Senior Software Engineer
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We’re Spark, a mission-driven company helping independent Medicare brokers build the insurance business of their dreams. The vast majority of beneficiaries select benefits with the help of an independent broker, but technology and support for brokers is woefully antiquated. We provide workflows and services to help brokers achieve transformative growth.
Job Description
Summary
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In this role, you'll have the opportunity to directly impact the industry's evolution, working on the core of our platform: the agent's operating system. This system is not just a tool, but the foundation of our brokers’ daily work.
As a senior member of the broker productivity squad on our engineering team, you’ll work to ensure our technical platform continues to meet the needs of our rapidly growing customer base. This will involve maintenance of our industry-leading web based broker platform. It will also involve making architectural decisions to support the long-term health and viability of the platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities will be diverse and impactful. You'll engage in both frontend and backend development, collaborate with product and design teams to innovate new features, and work with other engineers to scale our solutions. Embracing a data-driven approach, you will play a crucial role in developing technology that not only meets current needs but also anticipates future challenges, ensuring Spark continues to deliver exceptional value and performance to our top brokers.
What you’ll do
- Work across Spark’s full stack in JavaScript and Python to build and maintain Spark’s agent and member-facing products
- Meet regularly with product and design to provide constructive feedback on design mockups and product scope
- Work closely with product to deeply understand the relationship between agents and Medicare beneficiaries, focusing on developing features that ultimately improve retiree outcomes
- Identify and manage technical debt, while also building robust infrastructure and frameworks to support the scalability of our platform
- Actively contribute to the tech team’s development standards, promoting best practices and continual improvement, and the growth of other teammates
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of building user interfaces with modern Javascript technologies such as Vue or React
- 3+ years of experience building API-driven web apps with Python
- A history of developing component libraries via modern Javascript frameworks
- Experience working with component-based CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS
- Product intuition and a keen interest in how tech investments drive intended business outcomes
- Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments
- Strong communication and project management skills
- A collaborative nature and comfort working with team members across the company
- A commitment to continuous learning and growth and comfort with giving and receiving constructive feedback
- (nice to have) A history of building web apps with the Django framework
- (nice to have) Background with development tools like Docker, Git and Webpack
What you can expect
- The base salary range for this role is $170K - $190K
- Equity compensation
- Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia
- In-person retreats twice per year
- Flexible work location; co-working available
- Workspace budget
- An engaged, supportive and growth-oriented team environment
Summary
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to directly impact the industry's evolution, working on the core of our platform: the agent's operating system. This system is not just a tool, but the foundation of our brokers’ daily work.
As a senior member of the broker productivity squad on our engineering team, you’ll work to ensure our technical platform continues to meet the needs of our rapidly growing customer base. This will involve maintenance of our industry-leading web based broker platform. It will also involve making architectural decisions to support the long-term health and viability of the platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities will be diverse and impactful. You'll engage in both frontend and backend development, collaborate with product and design teams to innovate new features, and work with other engineers to scale our solutions. Embracing a data-driven approach, you will play a crucial role in developing technology that not only meets current needs but also anticipates future challenges, ensuring Spark continues to deliver exceptional value and performance to our top brokers.
What you’ll do
- Work across Spark’s full stack in JavaScript and Python to build and maintain Spark’s agent and member-facing products
- Meet regularly with product and design to provide constructive feedback on design mockups and product scope
- Work closely with product to deeply understand the relationship between agents and Medicare beneficiaries, focusing on developing features that ultimately improve retiree outcomes
- Identify and manage technical debt, while also building robust infrastructure and frameworks to support the scalability of our platform
- Actively contribute to the tech team’s development standards, promoting best practices and continual improvement, and the growth of other teammates
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of building user interfaces with modern Javascript technologies such as Vue or React
- 3+ years of experience building API-driven web apps with Python
- A history of developing component libraries via modern Javascript frameworks
- Experience working with component-based CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS
- Product intuition and a keen interest in how tech investments drive intended business outcomes
- Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments
- Strong communication and project management skills
- A collaborative nature and comfort working with team members across the company
- A commitment to continuous learning and growth and comfort with giving and receiving constructive feedback
- (nice to have) A history of building web apps with the Django framework
- (nice to have) Background with development tools like Docker, Git and Webpack
What you can expect
- The base salary range for this role is $170K - $190K
- Equity compensation
- Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia
- In-person retreats twice per year
- Flexible work location; co-working available
- Workspace budget
- An engaged, supportive and growth-oriented team environment
