Job Description

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:



As part of our software engineering team, you will take the lead in building the next-generation infrastructure and platforms for Zinnia, including but not limited to: scalable data storage infrastructure, analytics platform, streams processing and data pipelines, cutting-edge search platform, best-in-class AI/ML infrastructure, Kubernetes compute infrastructure, document storage infrastructure, etc. You will work and learn among the best, putting to use your passion for distributed technologies and algorithms, API design and systems design, and your passion for writing code that performs at massive scale. We also work with industry standard open source infrastructure technologies like Kubernetes, GRPC and GraphQL - come join our infrastructure teams and share the knowledge with a broader community while making a real impact within our company.



As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you will be a key technical leader and role model within the organization. We are looking for a technical lead who designs and develops technology to serve business and technology objectives, aligns points of view across teams and makes trade offs to help achieve the goals of individual teams as well as Zinnia's broader goals. You will foster Zinnia's culture and values around 'be bold', 'team up; & 'deliver value'. You will work closely with technical leadership and management within and outside our organization to contribute to building best-in-class core systems infrastructure for Zinnia.


WHAT YOU'LL DO:


• Deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization
• Actively improve the level of craftsmanship at Zinnia by developing best practices and defining best strategies
• Design products/services/tools and code that can be used by others while upholding operational impact of all decisions
• Functioning as the tech-lead for multiple key initiatives, identify problems and opportunities and lead teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems
• Partner closely with teams within the org and customers to execute on the vision for long-term success of our core infrastructure teams
• Working closely with the open-source community to participate and influence cutting edge open-source projects.
• Keep a platform first approach while designing products/service


WHAT YOU'LL NEED:


• BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience
• 10+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
• 5+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as Java, Go, Rust, Python, Scala
• 3+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position
• Hands-on experience developing large-scale, distributed systems, and databases


BONUS POINTS


• MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• 10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with at least 5 years of experience in a technical leadership position
• 10+ years of experience in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, Go, Rust, Python, Scala
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
• Experience in architecting and designing large-scale distributed systems related to data infrastructure, IaaS, Kubernetes, and platforms.
• Distributed Systems
• Technical Leadership
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Systems Infrastructure


WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?



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.