Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context-based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer-centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend some of the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting-edge thinking with the long-term backing of leading insurer, State Farm. Quanata, LLC is an insurance technology innovation company that engineers advanced risk prediction and prevention solutions. We develop risk-focused acquisition capabilities and build/support a full-stack, flexible, digital & increasingly AI-native insurance platform. Quanata, LLC is wholly owned and funded by State Farm. We prioritize an inclusive and positive culture, believing that the core of our success is in hiring talented people across disciplines.
Senior Back End Engineer
Location
California + 1 moreAll locations: California | Rhode Island
Posted
171 days ago
Salary
$195K - $280K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Back End Engineer
Quanata
• Design and implement client-facing and internal APIs • Orchestrate data flows between backend systems • Create and manage database schemas • Build automated test suites • Lead the design and implementation of substantial product features end-to-end • Evaluate and integrate with third-party services and tools • Help to mentor mid-level and junior engineers on your team
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5-7 or more years experience in a full stack or backend role
- Professional experience with Go
- Experience designing, developing, debugging, and deploying high performance client/server systems for mission-critical applications
- Familiarity with a wide variety of database and messaging systems, with opinions on which to use when
- Comfort working with cloud-based infrastructure providers and modern CI/CD
- Knowledge of security and testing best practices
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Growth mindset, and the humility to model it for others
- Willingness to take initiative and accountability
- Prior experience as a technical lead or people manager
Benefits
- We provide a wide variety of health, wellness and other benefits. These include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents
- A Headspace app subscription
- Monthly wellness allowance
- A 401(k) Plan with a company match
- Given our virtual environment—in order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture at your discretion
- Our teams work with MacBook Pros, which we will deliver to you fully provisioned prior to your first day
- All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment
- New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or adoption of a child
- We're committed to investing in and helping our people grow personally and professionally. All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education and career development
- All team members also receive LinkedIn Learning subscriptions and access to multiple different coaching opportunities through BetterUp
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