Overview:
If you're looking for the stability of a profitable, growing company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a startup, we’re hiring. SageSure, a leader in catastrophe-exposed property insurance, is seeking an Engineering Manager.
This role requires excellent communication skills, attention to detail, an advanced level of Frontend Engineering experience, the ability to be comfortable in areas of unfamiliarity, and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks. The Engineering Manager will work closely with product management, and design, along with other technical and business stakeholders to ensure successful product delivery and will be responsible for ensuring the team meets its objectives and deadlines.
Constantly at the forefront of innovation, we embrace modern tools and technologies, inviting fresh perspectives. The ideal candidate exhibits a passion for key technologies such as React and TypeScript, and champions pragmatic industry practices concerning usability, performance, and automation. If you possess interests across these domains, we aim to nurture and enhance them while offering new opportunities and a chance to learn from you as well.
What you’d be doing:
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure alignment between engineering plans, scope, requirements, and business needs.
- Guide and mentor engineers on your team to ensure the successful execution of engineering projects.
- Manage engineering resources to ensure timely delivery of software features.
- Monitor and review code quality, testing, and performance metrics.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
- Create technical documentation for engineering projects (e.g., React Component designs, API design).
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Research and assess new technologies and trends to determine the best solution for the business.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or relevant experience in software engineering.
- Experience as an Engineering Manager or Team Lead, with the ability to build a team, develop people, and influence cross-functional teams.
- Prior experience as a software engineer working in a collaborative environment.
- The ability to encourage a culture of safety, trust, and transparency.
- The verbal skills to spark debate, solicit input, and share those ideas in verbal and written forms.
- Experience developing a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Working knowledge of JavaScript, React, and modern frontend development practices.
- Demonstrable knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software architecture.
- Familiarity with scalability, security, and performance best practices.
Highly preferred candidates also have:
- Recent experience leading engineering design sessions for Frontend software.
- Experience in software engineering in the insurance industry.
Software at SageSure:
Originally founded as a software and analytics business, SageSure's proprietary technology has always been a key source of competitive advantage. We offer agents and policyholders best-in-class, modern capabilities to quote and bind insurance, service policies, and submit and track claims. We operate a microservices-based SaaS platform and conduct a substantial share of our business through our API. Our software product, engineering, and operations teams set the bar for talent in our industry. We work remotely from numerous states across the country and are always looking for exceptional individuals to join us.
We are continually innovating with modern tools and technologies, and we welcome new perspectives. An ideal candidate will have a passion for some of our key technologies and advocate pragmatic industry practices around availability, scalability, security, and automation. A cloud-based infrastructure, continuous integration and delivery, and a quality-first approach help us to better deliver software. A metrics-driven mindset has become part of our DNA and helps us make data-driven decisions. If you have interests across these domains, we want to help grow and foster them.
About SageSure:
Named among the Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance for four years in a row (2020-2023), SageSure is one of the largest managing general underwriters (MGU) focused on catastrophe-exposed markets in the US. Since its founding in 2009, SageSure has experienced exceptional growth while generating underwriting profits for carrier partners through hurricanes, wildfires, and hail. Available in 16 states, SageSure offers more than 50 competitively priced home, flood, earthquake, and commercial products on behalf of its highly rated carrier partners. Today, SageSure manages more than $1.9 billion of inforce premium and helps protect 640,000 policyholders.
SageSure has more than 1000 employees working remotely or in-office across nine offices: Cheshire, Connecticut; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Jersey City, New Jersey; Mountain View, California; Marlton, New Jersey; Tallahassee, Florida; and Seattle, Washington.
SageSure offers generous health benefits and perks, including tuition reimbursement, wellness allowance, paid volunteer time off, a matching 401K plan, and more.
SageSure is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a workforce that reflects the spectrum of perspectives, experiences, and abilities of the world we live in. We recognize that our differences make us strong, and we actively seek out diverse candidates through partnerships with organizations, institutions and communities that represent various backgrounds. We champion belonging and inclusion for all identities, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, ability status, gender, and country of origin, striving to create a culture where all individuals feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
Our nimble, highly responsive culture nurtures critical thinkers who run toward problems and engineer solutions. We relentlessly pursue better outcomes by investing in the technology, talent, and tools that position us to succeed in demanding markets. Come join our team! Visit sagesure.com/careers to find a position for you.
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