Senior Back End Engineer
Summary
Builds and maintains Go/Rust APIs and data pipelines for an AI-driven insurance platform, integrating cloud services and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement client-facing and internal APIs
- Orchestrate data flows between backend systems
- Create and manage database schemas
- Build automated test suites
- Lead the design and implementation of substantial product features end-to-end
- Evaluate and integrate with third-party services and tools
- Mentor mid-level and junior engineers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5-7+ years of experience in a full stack or backend role
- Professional experience with Go and/or Rust
- Experience designing and deploying high performance client/server systems
- Proficiency with relational and non-relational database systems
- Familiarity with messaging systems
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and modern CI/CD
- Knowledge of security and testing best practices
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Prior experience as a technical lead or people manager
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with GraphQL, gRPC, Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake, Kafka, Python, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
- Experience in the financial sector (insurance, banking, or investing)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) Plan with company match
- Monthly wellness allowance and Headspace subscription
- $2,000 one-time home office equipment stipend
- Four weeks of PTO in the first year
- Twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Up to $5,000 annual professional development budget
- LinkedIn Learning and BetterUp coaching access
About the Company
Quanata is an insurance technology innovation company that engineers advanced risk prediction and prevention solutions. Wholly owned and funded by State Farm, Quanata builds AI-native insurance platforms to help clients adapt to evolving market needs.