Spark is looking to bring on a Senior Software Engineer that will drive progress in the Medicare industry’s evolution. As a senior member of our engineering team, you’ll work to ensure our technical platform continues to meet the needs of our rapidly growing customer base. This will involve delivering impactful feature sets to our industry-leading web-based broker platform while making architectural decisions to support its long-term health and stability.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will be diverse; you'll engage in both frontend and backend development, collaborate with product and design teams on new features, and work with other engineers to scale our solutions. Utilizing a data-driven approach, you will play a crucial role in developing technology that not only meets Spark’s current needs but also anticipates future challenges, ensuring that we continue to deliver exceptional value and performance to our brokers.

IMPORTANT!

We can only hire candidates based out of the following states:

Alabama
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Washington, DC
Wisconsin

IMPORTANT!

We cannot provide any sort of visa transfer or sponsorship at this time.

What you’ll do

Deliver on impactful full-stack features that will benefit Medicare brokers and beneficiaries
Work closely with product to deeply understand the relationship between agents and Medicare beneficiaries, focusing on developing features that ultimately improve retiree outcomes
Collaborate with cross functional teams to provide constructive feedback on design mockups and product scope
Identify and manage technical debt, while building and maintaining robust architectures to support the scalability of our platform
Actively contribute to the tech team’s development standards by promoting best practices and giving constructive feedback to team members on technical designs and code reviews

What we’re looking for

4+ years of building user interfaces with modern Javascript technologies such as Vue or ReactOR
4+ years of experience building API-driven web apps with Python (or similar technologies)
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments
Product intuition and a keen interest in how tech investments drive intended business outcomes
Strong communication and project management skills
Attention to detail and a history of technical excellence in shipping important customer-facing products
Commitment to contributing to a growth-oriented team culture focused on learning, continuous improvement, and winning together

Nice to have

Prior experience with managing infrastructure on AWS
Expertise in Django (or something similar)
Prior experience in management
Track record in technical or project leadership

What you can expect

The base salary range for this role is $170,000 - $190,000
Equity compensation
Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia
In-person retreats twice per year
Flexible work location; co-working available
Workspace budget
An engaged, supportive and growth-oriented team environment

IMPORTANT!

We can only hire candidates based out of the following states:

Alabama
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Washington, DC
Wisconsin

IMPORTANT!

We cannot provide any sort of visa transfer or sponsorship at this time.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $170,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

Do you have a strong sense of product intuition and a keen interest in how tech investments drive intended business outcomes?
Are you located in one of the following states? We cannot hire outside of this list:

Alabama
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Washington, DC
Wisconsin

Do you require visa transfer or sponsorship? We cannot provide any sort of transfer or sponsorship?

Experience:

Full-stack development: 5 years (Required)

Location:

United States (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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