JR Software Engineer
Remote based work with occasional office required attendance.
About Convr: Commercial Insurance Carriers are falling short on delivering compelling customer experiences. Outdated business processes, inaccurate data and technologies are holding them back from elevating and delivering on better customer experience. In addition, this is adding costs to doing business. Above and beyond the customer experience these issues increase a carrier's expense ratio and manual entry errors cost time and money. With Convr, commercial P&C insurers manage the underwriting process from submission to quote with an on-demand software platform with a built-in Artificial Intelligence decisioning engine, empowering them to make better decisions, faster. Our vision is to transform the world through data, discovery, decision and we do that today by empowering commercial carriers with a core underwriting management system enabling a frictionless experience, delivering superior performance, optimal efficiency and world-class customer engagement from submission to quote. Make a difference in commercial and property insurance industry by joining and leading our marketing efforts.
Role Overview: We are looking for a team member who is data analytics focused, and takes initiative by using their skills, resources, and curiosity to dig into the "weeds" to solve complex problems. We build great software and are architecting the next generation of APIs, machine learning models, orchestration technologies and performance upgrades that allow us to work with more data, faster. We code together in a working Agile environment and believe in always bettering ourselves while learning on-the-job. This role reports to our Director of Engineering.
Who You Are:

• 1+ years professional experience as a Python developer
• Data Science coursework preferred
• Experience in RESTful services and APIs (REST a must/GraphQL a plus)
• Experience with databases (Elastic/Snowflake/Cassandra/RDBMS/MariaDB/MySQL a must, NoSQL or graph database experience a plus)
• Experience working on Linux, Unix based deployments
• Working knowledge of Git, JIRA
• Loves to produce beautiful, tested code. TDD experience a plus.
• Analyzing, and validating a variety of input data sources; identifying the relationship among source data objects.
• Developing common definitions of sourced data; defining reusable approach to data integration
• Designing efficient approach to processing third party data using Python
• Designing efficient approach to analyzing data-at-scale using Python
• Proactively identify process improvements and ways to increase development efficiency in the organization
• Ability to multi-tasking and managing competing priorities while meeting assigned deadlines
• Gains knowledge on the organization's processes as they evolve and change, recommending changes
• Effective communication in technical concepts and solutions
• Enjoys working in a highly feedback-oriented team setting
• Motivated by the "always on" startup environment where we can constantly learn and iterate quickly

What You'll Be Doing:

• Architect software solutions for complex high volume data environments
• Develop containerized microservices using Python
• Collaborate with software development team to fix and improve existing applications
• Monitor and assess current system performance
• Identify scalability issues and opportunities
• Support software testers and application engineers during deployments and maintenance
• Provide support for testing/development/staging environments
• Create testing strategies and procedures for all core components
• Use both on-premises and cloud-native services
• Create and maintain documentation for new and existing systems

Additional preferred topics:

• Proficiency in big data storage solutions
• Knowledge of big data analysis and machine learning
• Experience developing client/device monitoring systems

Role Requirements:

• 1+ year of professional experience as a software developer (Python, JavaScript, Java, C# or equivalent)
• BS in Computer science preferred
• Data Visualization experience (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)

Why Join Convr?

• Full Transparency. We believe in open communication with our team and clients.
• Excellent work-life balance. We believe in flexibly because "life" happens!
• Team mentality. We believe in "All Hands-on Deck"! Helping one another regardless of department.
• Everyone knows your name. We are a small company of ~50 employees. You will not be just a number!
• We believe in challenging yourself to develop your career.
• We are going places! We have a passionate team taking Convr to the next level!