Software Developer (12 Month Term)

Rival

2d•Remote

About The Position

Rival Insurance Technology is a Canadian insurtech company building a next-generation insurance platform for brokers. The company is remote-first and emphasizes technical quality and AI-native software development. It is hiring an Intermediate Full Stack Developer for a 12-month contract to build and improve production software and take ownership of features end to end. The role involves working with a small engineering team on a platform used by insurance brokers across Canada. The developer will use AI tools, including Claude Code and GitHub Copilot, as standard parts of daily development, and work with agentic AI workflows. They will build and maintain front-end interfaces and back-end services using C#, ASP.NET, and Azure-hosted infrastructure; design RESTful APIs; and participate in the software development lifecycle from design through deployment and post-release support. The role also involves testing, code reviews, debugging, and collaboration in an Agile environment with developers, product managers, and technical leads. The position is remote-first across Canada. Rival uses artificial intelligence to support parts of its hiring process, with all hiring decisions involving a human. The company is committed to accessible employment practices and offers accommodation during recruitment upon request.

Requirements

Approximately 4 years of full-stack software development experience in production environments.
Strong proficiency in C# and ASP.NET for back-end development.
Solid front-end skills with a modern framework such as React, Angular, or equivalent.
Experience working with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps.
Familiarity with cloud-hosted services, microservices concepts, and API design.
Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
Comfort writing and reviewing unit and integration tests.
Demonstrated hands-on fluency with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in a production or meaningful project context.
Practical experience with agentic AI workflows, including prompting, scoping tasks for agents, and validating agent output before production.
Reliable and delivery-focused, with a high standard for work quality.
Clear communication skills, including raising issues early and asking good questions.
Curiosity, a growth-oriented approach, and receptiveness to feedback.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively, and to involve others when appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Experience in insurance, financial services, or another regulated industry.
Exposure to containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, or AKS.
Familiarity with observability tooling, including logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.
Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging platforms.

Responsibilities

Use Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in daily development workflows.
Build and work with agentic AI workflows, including scoping, prompting, and supervising agents.
Use AI tools for code generation, refactoring, documentation, and test coverage, and review and validate their output.
Share effective AI prompting approaches and agentic patterns with the team.
Build, maintain, and improve front-end interfaces and back-end services using C#, ASP.NET, and Azure-hosted infrastructure.
Design and implement RESTful APIs and support integrations with internal systems and third-party services.
Participate in the software development lifecycle from design through deployment and post-release support.
Write clean, testable, and well-documented code with attention to performance and reliability.
Write and maintain unit and integration tests.
Support code reviews and provide constructive, actionable feedback.
Debug and resolve issues across the stack using a systematic, evidence-based approach.
Contribute to Agile sprint planning, refinement, and retrospectives.
Collaborate with developers, product managers, and technical leads to deliver outcomes.
Raise blockers and risks early and communicate clearly about progress and scope.