Senior Software Engineer, Back-End Focus

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🕒 March 27

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $122k - $153k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Kin Insurance

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2016

💸 Finance

👥 B2C

Finance • B2C

Kin Insurance is a digital insurance company that offers homeowners, landlord, condo, mobile home, high-value home, flood, and auto insurance, along with mortgage products such as home loans, refinancing, home equity loans, and HELOCs. Kin emphasizes affordable, easy online quoting and policy management, claims support, and customer service, operating directly to consumers across multiple U. S. states.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Ruby, with occasional contributions in Python and Typescript • Develop and enhance front-end functionality using modern JavaScript frameworks and Typescript • Lead and contribute to architectural and design discussions that improve long-term system maintainability • Ship large, complex features from concept through deployment with high quality and strong testing practices • Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, QA, PMO, and other engineering teams to align technical solutions with business goals • Mentor junior engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and technical guidance • Advocate for thoughtful technical investments and clearly articulate trade-offs to stakeholders • Contribute to improving development workflows, tooling, and engineering best practices

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated track record of 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 operating within Agile/Scrum development environments • Strong communication skills and cross-functional collaboration experience • Located in Central or Eastern US time zones (CDT or EDT) strongly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), granted as part of our standard compensation package and based on role and level • 401(k) with company match up to 4% of eligible earnings • Multiple medical plan options, plus dental and vision coverage • Company-funded HSA contributions (based on medical plan selection) • Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability • A variety of supplemental benefit options, including long-term disability, critical illness, accident, legal, and pet insurance • Access to mental health support and confidential counseling resources • Flexible PTO for exempt employees (most employees take 15–20 days per year), plus 8 company-observed holidays • Paid parental leave, including up to 14 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 8 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents • Career mobility and internal growth opportunities across the organization • Professional development budgets for certifications, conferences, and learning available, subject to management approval