Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in .NET (C) and JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience using modern frameworks such as NestJS for back-end development and React, Angular, or Next.js for front-end applications.
- Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable software systems and versioned APIs.
- Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud-native environments, with hands-on expertise in AWS services (Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, RDS).
- Experience with API gateways (e.g., Apigee, Kong) and API lifecycle management.
- Experience in event-driven architecture and pub/sub messaging patterns, with exposure to event streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka.
- Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra).
- Working knowledge of DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, environment provisioning, monitoring) and containerization technologies such as Docker.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, document, and maintain scalable, secure, and reusable software components and applications — spanning both back-end services/APIs and front-end interfaces.
- Contribute to defining and implementing coding standards, design patterns, and testing practices across services and integrations.
- Build and maintain enterprise APIs following best practices and collaborate with the API management team to implement gateway capabilities (traceability, monitoring, security, analytics).
- Support enhancements to the software development and deployment lifecycle for improved speed, quality, and reliability.
- Implement and automate unit, functional, integration, and contract tests for services, APIs, and applications.
- Write high-quality, maintainable, and performant code; participate in peer code reviews.
- Integrate applications and APIs with enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
Other
- 6+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, object-oriented design, and design patterns.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills; ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying up to date with the latest technologies in software development.
