Technical Director, Backend Engineering
Zipari is a technology start-up company based in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. Our mission is to disrupt the insurance industry by introducing consumer-centric solutions powered by data analytics. We encourage all candidates to apply if shaping the future of a growing company, investing in our culture, and solving complex challenges interests you. The Zipari team members have strong work ethics, believe in what Zipari is building, and are committed to achieving company goals. Our team has foodies, talented musicians, artists, and a mix of other unique elements that make us one: The Zipari team!
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading backend engineering deliverables of core product API’s, core application services and integration services, including reusable workflow and rules services
- Ensuring clear backend product roadmaps, releases against schedule and quality of product releases
- Providing direction, technical expertise and oversight in designing, developing, unit testing and releasing changes to our core backend platform
- Participating on internal stakeholder meetings to gather requirements, providing technical recommendations and providing implementation updates
- Delivering estimated resource requirements and budgets for backend service changes, in coordination with dependent product and client delivery teams
- Responsibility for project scheduling, allocations and resource management for all core backend deliverables
- Conducting / participating on daily scrum meetings for changes to the core platform in support of product and client delivery roadmaps
- Ensuring the team leverages approved technologies and follows organizational engineering best practices
- Overseeing changes to the core services to ensure they meet and exceed performance and load requirements
- Establishing actionable metrics to measure overall velocity and quality, leveraging for continual improvement opportunities
- Being responsible for staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, and performance management
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development management experience
- 3+ years of working within the health insurance industry
- Experience building solutions for software as a service (SaaS) platforms or products is preferred, but not required
- Experience with modern development languages, source code management platforms, continuous integration/deployment platforms, unit test frameworks and static code analysis platforms is required
- Experience with RESTful API’s, Python/Django, GraphQL, service meshes, containers / kubernetes, serverless development, cloud platforms such as AWS, and secrets management is preferred, but not required
- Exposure to workflow platforms, rules engines content management services and iPaaS platforms is preferred, but not required
- Experience working with Agile development methodology
- Proficient in handling the most complex of technical development concepts, latest software tools and technologies, strong database concepts and designing techniques
- Exceptional communication skills
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Excellent health, dental and vision benefits
- Generous vacation and leave policies
- Flexible working hours
- Support for remote work during COVID-19
- Unlimited monthly MetroCard
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Advanced certification and training opportunities
- Roundout - weekly get-togethers hosted by our Founder/CEO
- Casual dress
Zipari is committed to a diverse workplace and equal opportunity. We understand that the products we build and the work that we do is better and greater when it is inclusive of varied experiences, skills, and perspectives. We encourage everyone whose experience is close to what we are looking for to apply and allow our team to get to know you.