Job Summary
We are seeking a passionate and skilled Fullstack Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role is pivotal in developing and enhancing our applications, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance and user experience. As a Fullstack Engineer, you will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to create robust features that drive our business forward. If you are excited about building scalable solutions and have a strong desire to learn and grow within a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!
Opportunity briefing: Ledgebrook is on a mission to modernize the Specialty insurance industry, leveraging innovative
technology and a leadership team with decades of expertise. As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in
addressing the complex challenges of the evolving insurance landscape. This position offers the opportunity to work in a fully
remote environment, collaborating with a passionate team dedicated to delivering exceptional customer service and driving
innovation.
Job Responsibilities
- Collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop new features and enhance existing applications.
- Designing and implementing frontend and backend components using JavaScript (Node.js) and Python.
- Developing RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services as needed.
- Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.
- Implementing automated tests and ensuring high code quality through code reviews and continuous integration.
- Optimizing application performance and scalability to handle growing user demands.
- Diving into using and building Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance productivity.
- Debugging production issues using the latest tooling.
- Helping set the direction of the small but growing engineering team.
- A passion for delivering a world-class customer service experience to both internal and external customers.
- Intellectual curiosity and a desire to innovate processes/procedures rather than being satisfied with the status quo.
- A commitment to continuous learning through on-the-job mentorship or formal educational/training opportunities.
- Agile prioritization skills coupled with a keen sense of urgency that seeks to balance getting it right versus getting it done right now.
- A strong drive and desire to win together as a high-performing team.
- A moral compass to «do the right thing, period»; we have zero tolerance for toxic behaviors.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in full stack development.
- Proficiency in Python and JavaScript (Node.js).
- Strong ability to facilitate and gather business requirements and develop scalable engineering solutions.
- Proven ability to design data models based on business domain use cases.
- Experience writing code with a focus on maintainability and testability.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, AWS Code Pipelines, Jenkins, or similar.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, along with excellent organizational and time management abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously according to organizational objectives/goals and execute to deadlines.
Nice to Have:
- Prior startup experience.
- Experience solving challenges related to the insurance industry/domain.
- Familiarity with web technologies and frameworks (JS/TS, HTML, CSS/SCSS, Angular, React, Bootstrap, Node.js).
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Target Start Date: ASAP
Time zone: at least 6 Hours Overlap with CST (Team is on different US time zones and in Europe)
Country restrictions: Cuba, Venezuela.
Project length: ONGOING