Software Engineer (SWE III)

Who We Are

Zinnia is simplifying how people buy, sell, and administer insurance products. Combining intuitive enterprise technology solutions and data insights, the Policygenius marketplace, and market-leading products including smartoffice, annuitynet, lifespeed, winflex, TPP, vitalsales Suite, and Exchange Consulting, Zinnia is redesigning the insurance experience for shoppers, advisors, and insurers alike — and enabling more people to protect their financial futures along the way. Zinnia has over $173.7 billion in assets under administration across 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

Who You Are

We are looking for a Software Engineer to work on APIs and Identity and Access Management (IAM). In this role, you will be responsible for implementing, and maintaining robust APIs, as well as overseeing authentication, authorization, and developer experience portal. Your work will be critical in ensuring secure and efficient access to our services across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Implement API standards and best practices for Zinnia enterprise APIs, including API gateway capabilities such as traceability, monitoring, security, and analytics.
• Help build our next generation of Enterprise Search Service and Reference data services.
• Implement and manage API security using tools like Auth0, and enforce Fine-Grained Access Control (FGA) policies.
• Create and maintain a developer portal for enterprise APIs.
• Automate unit, functional, integration, and contract testing for all internal and external APIs.
• Write high-quality, scalable, maintainable, and performant backend code.
  
  

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related work experience in the field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency with TypeScript.
• Experience developing and deploying APIs in a cloud-native environment.
• Working knowledge of DevOps tasks, including environment provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and application monitoring.
• Familiarity with Auth0 or other IDP/IAM platforms.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, etc.
• Strong work ethic, effective strategic thinking, and the ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and critical thinking skills, with expert-level troubleshooting abilities.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong understanding of software development principles and design patterns.
• A commitment to staying up to date with the latest trends and technologies in API development.
  
  

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia.com for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability