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Zensurance

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51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

🤝 B2B

💰 Series B on 2020-08

Finance • Insurance • B2B

Zensurance is a leading small business insurance brokerage in Canada. The company offers a wide range of low-cost commercial insurance options tailored for various professions and industries, which includes everything from builder's risk and commercial auto insurance to E-commerce and non-profit insurance. Zensurance is dedicated to serving over 300,000 Canadian small business owners by providing instant quotes and significant savings on insurance policies. By leveraging technology, Zensurance can offer competitive rates and comprehensive coverages by working with over 50 insurance providers. Additionally, they provide expert advice, dedicated claims service, and ease of switching insurance providers. Zensurance prides itself on its customer service and has received multiple industry awards for its innovative approach to insurance. The company focuses on empowering small businesses with peace of mind through secure and strategic insurance solutions.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Engineering Leadership - other team leads and engineering managers - on cross-team engineering topics such as goal setting and best practices. • Coach and mentor team members to foster a self-organizing and cross-functional team. • Identify areas of improvement and growth for your direct reports and measure their progress toward their objectives over time. • Develop and monitor team goals and performance metrics. • Work with the Product Manager and team members to ensure business requirements are understood and broken down into actionable tasks that can be estimated by the development team. • Work with your team to develop, define, and maintain your team charter. • Promote knowledge sharing and an open, safe work environment. • Discuss strategy and outline tradeoffs of potential software solutions. • Collaborate with project stakeholders and the dev team to design and build scalable, user-friendly systems for our customers and in-house tooling. • Understand the processes and the workflows necessary to implement, test, deploy, monitor and release features and fixes. • Evaluate, define, and implement monitoring strategies and contingency plans for areas of the platform that rely on third-party vendors. • Perform administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, and writing up reviews or recommendations. • Foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement. • Attend and participate in leadership development training programs (internally and externally).

🎯 Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational or academic program (preferably in Engineering or Computer Science) or equivalent work experience. • 7+ years of work experience in a software engineering or development capacity. • 2+ years of experience managing other developers on a product team. • Experience with management tools such as goal-setting frameworks (i.e., OKRs, SMART goals). • Experience in giving and receiving constructive feedback, conducting performance management, coaching and mentoring less experienced professionals and effectively delegating work. • Ability to make decisions and drive results in ambiguous situations. • Experience with the following concepts and technologies: JavaScript ecosystem (PostgreSQL, NodeJS and TypeScript), AWS, Microservices, Micro-Frontends, Queues, Caches, REST APIs, gRPC and WebSockets. • A passion for clean, reusable, and well-structured code.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first setup for added flexibility • Home office allowance to create a comfortable workspace • Top-tier tech: "Office in a box" with all necessary tech equipment • Half days before public holidays: Enjoy half days before long weekends • Flexible health and dental plans for families, including mental health support • Health & personal spending accounts to invest in wellness your way • Parental leave top-up, because family comes first • Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships • Opportunities to learn from industry experts and grow your career • Weekly Friday huddles to share updates and connect across teams • Virtual & in-person team-building events to strengthen our culture