Senior Node.js Engineer

Confidential Opportunity

This position is posted on behalf of a leading insurtech product company by their trusted recruitment partner. All applications will be handled discreetly and forwarded directly to the hiring team.

About Us

We build digital infrastructure for commercial insurance. Today, we provide developers with a single API to obtain quotes for insurance products from multiple carriers. Tomorrow, we aim to build everything needed to help developers connect their applications seamlessly with the broader insurance ecosystem. We believe buying insurance should be as simple and efficient as buying anything else online — and we’d love your help to make that vision a reality. We’re a team of insurtech veterans with experience across the industry. We're backed by top-tier venture capital firms and supported by experienced insurance executives and early employees from successful API infrastructure companies.

The Role

We’re seeking an experienced and highly skilled

Senior Software Engineer

to join our growing team at a pivotal point in our company’s evolution. This role is ideal for someone who has designed and developed complex, large-scale backend systems and is deeply familiar with building robust platforms that integrate cleanly with various internal and external APIs. You’ll play a key part in shaping the technical direction of our platform as we scale. This is a hands-on leadership position for an engineer who enjoys solving hard problems, driving architectural excellence, and strengthening core systems to deliver reliable, high-impact software.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Coding Excellence Deliver elegant, reliable, and maintainable solutions to complex engineering problems. Lead by example through high-quality code contributions, systematic refactoring, and rigorous code reviews that uphold engineering standards. Systems & Architecture Design Architect and implement scalable, secure, and performant systems to support rapid growth. Evaluate tradeoffs, guide design discussions, and ensure alignment with long-term technical vision. Quality & Testing Practices Promote meaningful testing strategies that balance speed and reliability. Ensure robust test coverage that validates business-critical workflows across distributed systems. Infrastructure & Deployment Strengthen observability, CI/CD workflows, and automation to support ongoing deployment with confidence. Partner with SRE/DevOps to improve resiliency, security, and developer velocity. Technical Enablement & Documentation Create and maintain architecture diagrams, API specifications, and internal tooling documentation. Champion clarity and maintainability in technical communication across the organization. Cross-Functional Technical Support (Ops Rotation) Provide technical expertise to unblock customers, assist integrations with external APIs, and identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency. Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to support business-critical initiatives.

What You Bring Proven Expertise 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend and distributed systems. Demonstrated success in designing, scaling, and refactoring complex architectures. Technical Skills Deep proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems, with strong experience in relational and in-memory databases (PostgreSQL, Redis). Familiarity with SRE, DevOps, or DevSecOps practices and cloud-native infrastructure. Leadership & Ownership Experience driving technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and influencing architecture decisions. Commitment to building resilient systems through meaningful testing and reliable ongoing deployment practices. Mindset & Values Curiosity and drive to continuously learn and adapt in a startup environment. Passion for building systems from the ground up and scaling them thoughtfully. Dedication to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture where every team member can thrive.