SageSure

Staff Software Engineer

SageSure
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Chicago, IL, USA +2 moreStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software applications, services, APIs, and platform capabilities.
  • Lead technical design and implementation for complex, high-volume business requirements.
  • Influence architecture, design patterns, system integrations, technical direction, and engineering standards.
  • Identify and resolve performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability concerns.
  • Deliver software through automated build, testing, deployment, and continuous delivery processes.
  • Maintain code quality through automated testing, code reviews, documentation, and software engineering best practices.
  • Communicate technical plans, architectural decisions, risks, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
  • Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and coaching to engineers through pairing, design discussions, and code reviews.
  • Collaborate across engineering teams to solve shared technical challenges and advance platform capabilities.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and AI-enabled engineering tools to improve software delivery and developer effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java, TypeScript, Go, Python, C#, or a comparable language.
  • Experience designing, developing, integrating, and maintaining APIs, services, distributed systems, or modern software applications.
  • Experience working with databases and applying software design, architecture, testing, and development best practices.
  • Proven ability to provide technical leadership, evaluate tradeoffs, and influence complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work effectively across remote and geographically dispersed teams.
  • Preferred experience with microservices or distributed systems, cloud platforms, containerization, and orchestration.
  • Preferred experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Java, Spring Boot, Temporal, Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.
  • Experience in property and casualty insurance, Insurtech, Fintech, or another regulated industry is preferred.
  • Ability to travel occasionally, up to 15%, based on business needs.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement within a distributed workforce environment.
  • Opportunity to work with modern technologies and contribute across the software development lifecycle.
  • Technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration within a growing engineering organization.
  • Occasional travel of up to 15% may be required.

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About SageSure

1,001-5,000 employees

SageSure is building the world’s leading catastrophe-risk franchise. Operating at the intersection of capital, capacity, and distribution, SageSure is the managing general underwriter bringing stability to catastrophe-exposed markets. Recognized for its disciplined underwriting, innovative technology, and capital markets leadership, SageSure manages more than $3.2 billion in premium and helps protect nearly 1 million policyholders across 16 states. A top global catastrophe bond sponsor with $3.1 billion in cumulative issuance, SageSure connects institutional capital to one of the industry’s largest portfolios of catastrophe-exposed property risk. Today, the SageSure platform spans traditional reinsurance, catastrophe bonds, sidecars, and other alternative capital, enabling long-term capacity for its highly rated carrier partners and producers. By navigating markets others won’t and delivering results where others can’t, SageSure is transforming catastrophe risk into an investable asset class and delivering residential and commercial protection where it’s needed most. Recognition & Industry Leadership: • Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022 • Program Manager Awards 2026 Transaction of the Year ($670M Gateway Re Series 2026-1) • Program Manager Awards 2026 M&A Deal of the Year (Acquisition of Olympus) • Insurance Insider ILS Awards 2026 Catastrophe Bond of the Year ($520M Gateway Re 2025-1) • Insurance Insider ILS Awards 2025 Sponsor of the Year • Insurance Insider US Honors 2025, 2024, & 2023 Property Catastrophe Underwriting Team of the Year To learn more, visit sagesure.com.

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