Role Description As a Staff Software Engineer , you will serve as the technical lead for the Stop Loss platform, driving architecture, design, and delivery of scalable solutions while remaining hands-on with development. You will set technical direction, establish engineering standards, and lead critical practices across testing, CI/CD, and production reliability. This is a highly influential individual contributor role where you will mentor senior engineers and provide technical leadership across teams. What you will do - Serve as the technical lead for the Stop Loss platform, guiding architecture, technical direction, and overall delivery across teams. - Develop secure, high-quality, high-performing code while driving code reviews and setting standards for versioning, reusability, and performance optimization. - Lead testing strategy, CI/CD pipelines, and production support to ensure reliability, scalability, and strong quality practices. - Define scalable system architecture, establish design patterns, and create technical documentation to enable consistent execution. - Mentor senior engineers and provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding work and innovation without formal people management responsibilities. Qualifications - High School Diploma is required, plus a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field. - 12–15 years of experience in software engineering with deep expertise in platform engineering, full-stack development, and hands-on coding. - Proven technical leader with strong system architecture skills and experience guiding decisions across multiple teams or platforms. - Experienced in managing and evaluating vendor solutions and partnerships, including large consulting organizations. - Strong communicator who can influence, mentor, and collaborate effectively with engineers and senior leaders without formal authority. - Personable, adaptable, and growth-oriented, with a willingness to learn new industries and leverage modern practices, including AI-assisted development tools. - Experience with, or interest in, agent-based coding workflows is a plus. Benefits - Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements. - Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%. - Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays. - Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching. Work Authorization Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company. Identity Verification Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity.