Director of Software Engineering at Acuity leading AI - enabled digital commerce platform development and transforming user experience with modern architecture.
About the role
- Senior Software Engineer developing scalable software systems at Zinnia, an insurtech firm. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and utilizing modern software engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, document, and maintain scalable, secure, and reusable software components and applications — spanning both back-end services/APIs and front-end interfaces
- Contribute to defining and implementing coding standards, design patterns, and testing practices across services and integrations
- Build and maintain enterprise APIs following best practices and collaborate with the API management team to implement gateway capabilities (traceability, monitoring, security, analytics)
- Support enhancements to the software development and deployment lifecycle for improved speed, quality, and reliability
- Implement and automate unit, functional, integration, and contract tests for services, APIs, and applications
- Write high-quality, maintainable, and performant code; participate in peer code reviews
- Work closely with architects, product managers, and engineers to design solutions that align with enterprise goals
- Integrate applications and APIs with enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions
- Stay current with emerging technologies and bring ideas to improve scalability, performance, and developer experience
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency in .NET (C#) and JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience using modern frameworks such as NestJS for back-end development and React, Angular, or Next.js for front-end applications
- Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable software systems and versioned APIs
- Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud-native environments, with hands-on expertise in AWS services (Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, RDS)
- Experience with API gateways (e.g., Apigee, Kong) and API lifecycle management
- Experience in event-driven architecture and pub/sub messaging patterns, with exposure to event streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka
- Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
- Working knowledge of DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, environment provisioning, monitoring) and containerization technologies such as Docker
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, object-oriented design, and design patterns
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills; ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying up to date with the latest technologies in software development.
Benefits
- health/dental insurance
- parental leave
- 401(k)
- incentive/bonus opportunity
- tuition reimbursement
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