What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer position at Zinnia?
WHO WE ARE:
Zinnia is simplifying how people buy, sell, and administer insurance products. Combining intuitive enterprise technology solutions and data insights with the streamlined, consumer-facing Policygenius marketplace, Zinnia is redesigning the insurance experience for shoppers, advisors, and insurers alike — and enabling more people to protect their financial futures along the way. Zinnia has over $173.7 billion in assets under administration across 60 carrier clients, 350 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.
WHO YOU ARE:
Software Engineers play a key role in the design, development/configuration, testing, installation, and ongoing maintenance of Zinnia's software platforms. Zinnia Software Engineers work with stakeholders to develop solutions and/or products that fulfill the needs of Zinnia internal stakeholders and clients. Those solutions and/or products help Zinnia and Zinnia clients to be more efficient and provide better service to end customers. Software Engineers interact directly with project leaders, business stakeholders, and may periodically interact directly with Zinnia clients.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Work as part of a team to create a reusable, predictable, and discoverable design and development framework allowing rapid, consistent, and maintainable frontend UI development
- Facilitate and execute on product's vision for a modern, frictionless, scalable, persona-driven experiences, which collectively result in the best end-to-end Life & Annuities solution in the industry today
- Contribute to projects by creating well-designed, customized, testable, efficient code for company platforms
- Assist our teams in providing ongoing support, troubleshooting, and improvements to company platforms
- Act as a subject matter expert for junior team members
- Work cross team to lead in defining the requirements for custom built software projects
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- 5 years of frontend software development
- Bachelors degree in Computer Information Science or a closely related degree, relevant work experience can be substitute for education.
- Experience developing in Reactjs and Typescript
- Proficiency with Nextjs or similar web frameworks
- Experience with headless component libraries such as Radix-UI or Amplify-UI
- Experience with CSS and CSS frameworks like TailwindCss and Stitches
- Familiarity with tools such as Chromatic, Browserstack, Puppeteer, and React-testing-library
- Experience with CI/CD and test automation
- Must have a solid understanding of web accessibility
- Understanding of cross-browser support and single page application concepts
- Demonstrated strategic thinking skills
- Highly effective communication, interpersonal, and critical thinking skills. Excellent troubleshooting skills
BONUS POINTS:
- Knowledge and experience working in the insurance industry and company framework.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Zinnia offers excellent career progression and competitive compensation. We offer great benefits, including health/dental insurance, parental leave, profit sharing, 401(k), incentive/bonus opportunity, tuition reimbursement, and so much more. We’re looking for the best and brightest innovators in the industry to join our team. At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia.com for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
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