Software Engineer

SquareTrade•San Francisco, CA

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

SquareTrade, a member of the Allstate family, is a rapidly growing company revolutionizing the $30 billion protection plan industry through service innovation and customer satisfaction. They partner with major retailers and carriers globally and are expanding internationally. The engineering group is seeking a motivated and energetic Software Engineer to join their leading-edge Agile team. This role involves making significant changes to mission-critical applications as the company continues to expand and improve its architecture and solution offerings for millions of global customers. The team operates in a fast-paced Agile XP environment, practicing pair programming and Test-Driven Development (TDD). The Software Engineer will collaborate with engineering leads, product and design teams, and other developers to deliver scalable, secure, robust, and high-performing applications. The team utilizes microservices architecture, distributed technologies, latest frontend frameworks, and sophisticated monitoring tools.

Requirements

Bachelors in Computer Science or related majors is REQUIRED
3+ years of professional software development experience with a successful track record
Proficiency in Python, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and microservices framework
Exposure to Generative AI technologies and use cases
Hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writes high-quality, testable code
Comfortable working in a pair-programming (XP) environment
Experience with relational databases, such as PosgreSQL
Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Github
Familiarity with build pipeline such as Jenkins

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, including Azure, AWS, and on-prem systems
Familiarity with web related technologies, such as Angular, JavaScript, CSS
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps practices
Experience in the warranty, insurance, fintech, or e-commerce domains

Responsibilities

Participates in iteration planning meetings, infusing backlogs with technical input
Designs, develops, and maintains secure, scalable, and high-performance microservices and APIs using modern frameworks (e.g. Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, ElastiCache)
Designs, develops, and integrates Generative AI modules (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini, RAG, Python), and fine-tunes results for specific use cases
Performs continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines on AWS and Microsoft Azure
Monitors in production and improves system performance, reliability, and scalability
Adopts XP methodology and practices paired programming and test-driven development (TDD) daily
Participates in daily standups, code reviews and retrospectives

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage with network optionality and the ability to contribute to a savings account (HSA or FSA)
Up to 4% company match into 401(k) and contributions into your company-sponsored pension
$75/month budget to help prioritize your physical wellbeing
$80/month stipend to subsidize connectivity costs
Mental health resources including free 1:1 therapy, coaching sessions and digital resources
Supportive leave policies
Flexible Time Off Policy in addition to 9 Company Holidays
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year to further your personal educational advancement desires
Hybrid work arrangements with regular investment in gatherings/offsites to spend time together as team
Various corporate perks and discounts