Bold Penguin
Ruby on Rails Software Engineer (Remote - in certain states)
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Ruby on Rails Software Engineer (Remote - in certain states)
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Bold Penguin .
Overview In your role as a software engineer, you will be an expert in modern day application development. You’ll be part of a cross-functional product team to help build & launch products that drastically improve the commercial insurance industry. You will have familiarity with the practices of high-performing engineering organizations such as Git-Flow, pull requests, unit testing, cloud architecture & design, and SCRUM. You will be working in collaboration with your teammates in other technical areas including backend, tooling, deployment, etc. Your users will be commercial insurance agents and insurance carriers who will benefit from your engineering expertise every day to efficiently provide commercial insurance for small business owners. In other words, you’ll be seen as a pretty big deal here.
What You\'ll Do
Build, maintain, and integrate APIs to facilitate quoting and binding insurance policies for small business owners.
Write clean, well-tested code.
Participate in agile ceremonies such as iteration planning, retrospectives, and standups.
Work with product managers, designers, site-reliability engineers, backend engineers, and customers to build powerful, impactful products.
Engage across product teams to plan, coordinate, architect, and deliver high-complexity features
Participate in the full lifecycle of the software development life cycle from ideation to delivery.
Build internal component libraries that will be used across products to ensure an uncommonly great user experience.
Mentor more junior engineers in areas such as unit testing, continuous integration, DRY/SOLID principles, SDLC, etc. to facilitate career growth on the team
Proactively research possible issues affecting the availability of our platform.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements Your Location This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events. Candidates must reside in one of the states listed in the application questionnaire and/or below.
Illinois
Massachusetts
Ohio
Skills & Experience
10+ years of professional engineering experience
5+ years of experience building modern web applications in Ruby on Rails
Knowledge of commercial insurance concepts such as carriers, brokers, agents, etc. is very desirable.
Full-stack expertise in multiple tiers of modern web applications (e.g., front end, back end, infrastructure, etc.)
Previous work experience in insurance and/or experience with policy rating is very desirable.
Deep working knowledge of continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous deployment.
Being a passionate, delivery-focused member of the team.
Knowledge of microservice architectures and RESTful APIs
Professional experience with Ruby on Rails.
Understanding of scrum, unit testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps a plus.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time, (up to 8 hours per day) at a desk working on a computer.
Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.
Summary Bold Penguin is a leading integrated digital solution platform dedicated to simplifying small commercial insurance. Our technology makes the quote and bind process quick, effortless, and profitable for all parties - agents, brokers, and carriers. Bold Penguin’s innovative product suite has digitized and transformed a slow, manual process resulting in reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better overall outcomes. For more information, please visit www.boldpenguin.com.
We simplify commercial insurance.
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision
Flexible PTO Policy
401(k) with a company match
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Disability and Life Benefits
Stay connected to the Glacier. We have great SLACK channels for work and play. We also like to video conference and hold all-hands "Waddles" regularly.
Penguin bling.
Like swag themed after a certain Antarctic bird? Just. You. Wait.
Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our
careers page .
Job Information
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Insurance
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Ruby on Rails Software Engineer (Remote - in certain states)
role at
Bold Penguin .
Overview In your role as a software engineer, you will be an expert in modern day application development. You’ll be part of a cross-functional product team to help build & launch products that drastically improve the commercial insurance industry. You will have familiarity with the practices of high-performing engineering organizations such as Git-Flow, pull requests, unit testing, cloud architecture & design, and SCRUM. You will be working in collaboration with your teammates in other technical areas including backend, tooling, deployment, etc. Your users will be commercial insurance agents and insurance carriers who will benefit from your engineering expertise every day to efficiently provide commercial insurance for small business owners. In other words, you’ll be seen as a pretty big deal here.
What You\'ll Do
Build, maintain, and integrate APIs to facilitate quoting and binding insurance policies for small business owners.
Write clean, well-tested code.
Participate in agile ceremonies such as iteration planning, retrospectives, and standups.
Work with product managers, designers, site-reliability engineers, backend engineers, and customers to build powerful, impactful products.
Engage across product teams to plan, coordinate, architect, and deliver high-complexity features
Participate in the full lifecycle of the software development life cycle from ideation to delivery.
Build internal component libraries that will be used across products to ensure an uncommonly great user experience.
Mentor more junior engineers in areas such as unit testing, continuous integration, DRY/SOLID principles, SDLC, etc. to facilitate career growth on the team
Proactively research possible issues affecting the availability of our platform.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements Your Location This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events. Candidates must reside in one of the states listed in the application questionnaire and/or below.
Illinois
Massachusetts
Ohio
Skills & Experience
10+ years of professional engineering experience
5+ years of experience building modern web applications in Ruby on Rails
Knowledge of commercial insurance concepts such as carriers, brokers, agents, etc. is very desirable.
Full-stack expertise in multiple tiers of modern web applications (e.g., front end, back end, infrastructure, etc.)
Previous work experience in insurance and/or experience with policy rating is very desirable.
Deep working knowledge of continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous deployment.
Being a passionate, delivery-focused member of the team.
Knowledge of microservice architectures and RESTful APIs
Professional experience with Ruby on Rails.
Understanding of scrum, unit testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps a plus.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time, (up to 8 hours per day) at a desk working on a computer.
Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.
Summary Bold Penguin is a leading integrated digital solution platform dedicated to simplifying small commercial insurance. Our technology makes the quote and bind process quick, effortless, and profitable for all parties - agents, brokers, and carriers. Bold Penguin’s innovative product suite has digitized and transformed a slow, manual process resulting in reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better overall outcomes. For more information, please visit www.boldpenguin.com.
We simplify commercial insurance.
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision
Flexible PTO Policy
401(k) with a company match
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Disability and Life Benefits
Stay connected to the Glacier. We have great SLACK channels for work and play. We also like to video conference and hold all-hands "Waddles" regularly.
Penguin bling.
Like swag themed after a certain Antarctic bird? Just. You. Wait.
Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our
careers page .
Job Information
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Insurance
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