Tech Lead
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
About Us:
Zensurance is redefining commercial insurance for Canadian businesses.
As a leading InsurTech we make getting the right coverage simple fast and accessible through a digital-first experience. Our platform combines advanced technology with deep industry expertise to deliver tailored insurance solutions that help businesses thrive.
Zensurance has been recognized for its rapid growth and industry impact:
At Zensurance we value ownership collaboration and innovation. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges challenging the status quo and making a real impact in an industry ready for change.
If youre looking to build something meaningful in a fast-growing customer-focused company wed love to hear from you!
Were looking to hiretwo Tech Leadsto join our Engineering team - one for ourBusiness Acquisition & Tooling (BAT)team and another for ourAccounts Tooling and Automation Team (ATAT).
TheBAT teamis responsible for the Business Acquisition part of our process. This includes developing and maintaining our customer-facing app as well as ensuring high standards for all visual components used across the company.
TheATAT teamis responsible for building and enhancing internal tooling for the Digital Platform with a particular focus on supporting the Sales team in managing accounts.
As a Tech Lead you will bring deep technical expertise to help steer the Engineering teams technical direction reinforcing our culture of iterative autonomous development and deployment. Your primary focus will be on addressing security and scalability considerations collaborating closely with the Product Manager Team Lead Engineers and Staff Developers to design and implement systems and processes that enable your team to deliver effectively.
As a senior member of the team you can articulate your thinking clearly discuss complex ideas with ease and manage your time well to meet important deadlines while also mentoring other team members as needed.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager you will design and implement solutions for both the front-end application and the back-end APIs.
This is a remote-first role within Canada. #LI-Remote
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with project stakeholders and the development team to design build and implement scalable user-friendly apps and libraries using Node React and Typescript.
- Collaborate with Product Management to examine adjust and break down roadmap items into epics and break down epics into discreet actionable appropriately sized tickets in the teams backlog.
- Provide a technical perspective on organizational objectives within the teams scope of activities. Analyze requirements identify areas of concern and provide recommendations based on your extensive technical background.
- Using POC models provided by Staff Developers design and implement systems and infrastructure in accordance with the teams vision and culture.
- Adhere to the organizations security strategy using a security-first mindset.
- Discuss various strategies and architecture and highlight tradeoffs for potential solutions.
- Perform code reviews ensuring that pull requests accurately reflect the acceptance criteria of the tickets they address.
- Use quality metrics to identify gaps in the testing strategy.
- Work with teams to recommend solutions that are in accordance with accepted testing frameworks.
- Manage and optimize the integration of third-party systems into our infrastructure while ensuring the reliability performance and security of these systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify integration needs implement solutions and monitor system performance to guarantee uninterrupted service delivery.
- Define and prioritize areas of technical debt and bugs taking into consideration outcomes of the incident management process and addressing them with the team.
- Foster a culture of iterative deployability with awareness of cycle time and failure rates.
- Coach and mentor the development team and work to expand their technical knowledge and skills.
- Use a systematic approach to debugging to diagnose issues within the application.
- Write unit tests as well as higher-level tests to ensure application quality and stability.
- Consistently produce production-ready code that is easily testable easily understandable and accounts for edge cases and errors using comments and other documentation strategies where appropriate.
- Follow Agile practices suggest improvements and participate in team events.
- Develop a strong understanding of the companys goals and initiatives and help the engineering team deliver on those goals/initiatives.
- Ensure technical standards such as accessibility performance security maintainability functional correctness operability and observability are observed in the modules developed and maintained by the team.
- Document decisions research and guides to foster and build a culture of continuous learning and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical vocational or academic program or equivalent work experience.
- 7 years of experience building rich complex and scalable APIs including integration with third party APIs.
- 5 years of building front-end web applications using modern Javascript frameworks.
- 2 experience in designing scalable and distributed systems.
- Experience mentoring other developers.
- Extensive full-stack experience working with React/Redux/Node/Typescript/PostgreSQL and Javascript.
- Extensive experience with the Scrum framework and Agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with DORA metrics to measure the DevOps Performance and experience in communicating whats been measured with the team.
- Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems.
- Experience with Javascript development toolings like WebPack Babel and Storybook.
- Experience with Unit Testing frameworks like Jest/Mocha.
- Experience building and/or working with micro-services and micro front-ends.
Nice to have:
- Experience working with test automation frameworks like Cypress Nightwatch Selenium and BrowserStack.
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform Pulumi and AWS.
- Experience with containerization tools such as Docker or Kubernetes.
Join Our Engineering Team - Where Growth Meets Innovation
At Zensurance we believe engineering is more than just writing great code. Its about learning growing and building something meaningful together. Our remote-first team is a place where youll be challenged supported and encouraged to thrive. Heres what makes our team special:
A Leadership Team Thats Got Your Back
Our experienced and approachable engineering leaders arent just here to manage - theyre here to mentor guide and help you unlock your full potential.
Fuel Your Growth
We invest in your learning with training budgets professional development programs and mentorship opportunities. Want to explore a new tech stack or level up your skills We can help get you there.
A Culture of Sharing & Support
From Power-Ups and book clubs to tech talks and hackathons we believe in learning from each other. Have a cool idea or an interesting challenge Lets solve it together.
Hack Build and Innovate
Twice a year we hit pause on our regular work for company-wide hackathons giving you the chance to experiment push boundaries and build something awesome.
Clear Career Growth No Guesswork
We dont do vague career paths. Our well-defined growth tracks show you exactly whats needed to take your career to the next level in a way that aligns with your skills and ambitions.
And the best part Youll work on exciting projects using cutting-edge technologies like TypeScript NestJS microservices and micro-frontends with React. If youre looking for a team that values learning collaboration and impactful work wed love to meet you!
Benefits & Perks at Zensurance:
At Zensurance we know that when our people thrive so does our business. Thats why we offer a flexible people-first work environment designed to support your well-being growth and success.
Work Your Way
Remote-first setup for added flexibility
Home office allowance to create a comfortable workspace
Top-tier tech: Office in a box with all necessary tech equipment
Half days before public holidays: Enjoy half days before long weekends
Your Health Your Way
Flexible health and dental plans for families including mental health support
Health & personal spending accounts to invest in wellness your way
Parental leave top-up because family comes first
Investing in Your Growth
Education assistance reimbursement for courses conferences books and memberships
Opportunities to learn from industry experts and grow your career
Staying Connected
Weekly Friday huddles to share updates and connect across teams
Virtual & in-person team-building events to strengthen our culture
Were building something special. Come be a part of it!
Who We Are:
Business is hard work but insurance doesnt have to be!
We empower business owners with simple tech-driven insurance solutions through our online platform.
Our success is fueled by our team-oriented culture and four core values:
DELIVER We set ambitious goals and achieve them.
INCLUDEWe foster an open and safe space for all.
INTEGRITYWe do whats right.
INVENTWe create straightforward innovative solutions.
AI Tools and Your Interview:
We know AI is a valuable tool and youre welcome to use it to prepare for your interview. However please dont use AI assistants during the live interview itself. We want to have an authentic conversation with you and using AI during the interview could affect our evaluation of your suitability for the role.
Just so you know we use an AI scribe to help us take notes and review interviews ensuring a fair and clear process.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Zensurance celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and provide accommodations throughout the hiring process. If you need support let us know were here to help.
Thank You!
We review every application with care to find the best fit for our team.
While we may take a little time to get back to you due to the high volume of applications we receive know that a real human (not a bot!) is reviewing yours. We appreciate your patience and cant wait to learn more about you!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Administrative Skills
- Facilities Management
- Biotechnology
- Creative Production
- Design And Estimation
- Architecture
About Company
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