Senior Backend Engineer

About the Company

Trellis is rewriting the insurance experience from the inside out. We’re the tech company behind Savvy, our licensed insurance agency, and we’re bringing clarity and ease to a space known for… the opposite. We’re a profitable, fast-growing Series A startup backed by General Catalyst, QED, NYCA, and Amex Ventures.

Responsibilities

• Guide your team in delivering high quality, well tested technical solutions providing technical and project oversight
• Lead by example through the quality of your code and your approach to your work
• Own projects through the entire software development lifecycle - from planning and development to validation, iteration, and maintenance
• Translate conceptual work into well-crafted tech plans for review by technical leadership and key stakeholders
• Leverage your understanding of the business and engineering strategies to design experiments and high-value projects
• Expertly navigate complex systems and domains to identify key challenges and create plans to address them
• Own system quality and hold your team members accountable through constructive and actionable feedback
• Level up the team through code review feedback and knowledge sharing sessions
• Assist in the onboarding of new engineering hires

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience developing software in a production environment
• 2+ years’ experience in a senior engineer role
• Production experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Proven experience working in backend systems, designing RESTful APIs and codifying business logic
• Deep expertise in system architecture and design
• Familiarity with cloud environments, especially the Google Cloud stack
• Exceptional ability to communicate clearly and concisely
• Cross-functional leadership and collaboration experience

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (75th+ percentile)
• Fully remote across the US & Canada
• Flexible vacation
• Health insurance starts day one
• Wellness programming
• 401(k) and HSA contributions, FSAs, bonuses & equity opportunities
• Paid parental leave