Senior Software Engineer, Back-End Focus
Kin InsuranceBase Salary
$122k - $153k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Ruby, with occasional contributions in Python and TypeScript.
- Develop and enhance frontend functionality using modern JavaScript frameworks and TypeScript.
- Lead and contribute to architectural and design discussions focused on long-term maintainability.
- Ship complex features from concept through deployment with high quality and strong testing practices.
- Participate in daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other Scrum ceremonies.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, PMO, and engineering teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
- Mentor junior engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and technical guidance.
- Advocate for technical investments and communicate trade-offs to stakeholders.
- Improve development workflows, tooling, and engineering best practices.
- Deliver measurable customer or internal-stakeholder value while improving system reliability, performance, and maintainability.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience shipping large, complex software projects in production environments.
- Fluency in Ruby and experience working with Python or TypeScript.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Experience contributing to architectural design and technical decision-making.
- Ability to articulate the value and trade-offs of technical investments.
- Experience mentoring engineers through code reviews, pairing, or informal leadership.
- Familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Ability to work independently with limited technical guidance in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Residence in Central or Eastern U.S. time zones is strongly preferred.
- Applicants must be able to live and work full-time in an eligible U.S. state or, for Canadian remote technical positions, Ontario.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with offices in Chicago, Illinois and St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
- 401(k) with company match up to 4% of eligible earnings.
- Multiple medical plan options, dental and vision coverage, and company-funded HSA contributions.
- Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability coverage.
- Supplemental insurance options, mental health support, and confidential counseling resources.
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees and 8 company-observed holidays.
- Paid parental leave of up to 14 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 8 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.
- Career mobility, internal growth opportunities, and professional development budgets for certifications, conferences, and learning.
- Remote technical positions are available in listed U.S. states and, in Canada, only for residents of Ontario.
Tech Stack
About Kin Insurance
Kin is on a mission to change home insurance from what it is to what it should be. Whether we’re leveraging data to create customizable coverage or providing claims service that goes above and beyond expectations, our members are at the heart of everything we do. In the face of ever-growing climate risk, our members deserve an insurance company that cares about them. We aim to stick with them through thick and thin. We use efficient technology that lets homeowners buy directly from us to keep costs down. This is the essence of Kin. Our approach has fostered amazing growth and attracted marquee investors, including QED Investors, Activate Capital, August Capital, Commerce Ventures, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Avanta Ventures, Geodesic, and Flourish.