Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Our leading-edge Agile team in the engineering group is looking for a motivated and energetic Senior Software Engineer who is eager to learn and make big changes to our mission critical applications. This is an exciting time to join, as we continue to rapidly expand and look for new ways to improve our architecture and solution offerings to serve the millions of customers around the globe. You’ll have the opportunity to work with the engineering leads, product and design teams, as well as other developers to deliver applications which are scalable, secure, robust and highly performing. We adopt microservices architecture, distributed technologies, latest frontend frameworks and sophisticated monitoring tools.

Key responsibilities

• Provide team direction, mentorship and leadership from a technical perspective.
• Participate in iteration planning meetings, infusing backlogs with technical input.
• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performance microservices and APIs using modern frameworks such as Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, ElastiCache.
• Perform continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines on AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Monitor in production and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Adopt XP methodology and practices paired programming and test‑driven development (TDD) daily.
• Participate in daily standups, code reviews and retrospectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related major (required).
• 5+ years of professional software development experience with a successful track record.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and microservices frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with test‑driven development (TDD) and writes high‑quality, testable code.
• Comfortable working in a pair‑programming (XP) environment.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as GitHub.
• Familiarity with build pipeline tools such as Jenkins.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, including Azure, AWS, and on‑prem systems.
• Familiarity with web technologies such as Angular, JavaScript, CSS.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps practices.
• Experience in the warranty, insurance, fintech, or e‑commerce domains.
• Experience with billing/payment platforms or open‑source billing platforms such as Killbill.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage with network optionality and ability to contribute to a savings account (HSA or FSA).
• Up to 4% company match into 401(k) and contributions into your company‑sponsored pension.
• $75/month budget to help prioritize your physical wellbeing.
• $80/month stipend to subsidize connectivity costs.
• Mental health resources including free 1:1 therapy, coaching sessions and digital resources.
• Supportive leave policies.
• Flexible Time Off Policy in addition to 9 Company Holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year.
• Hybrid work arrangements with regular investment in gatherings/offsites to spend time together as team.
• Various corporate perks and discounts.

This role is a hybrid role associated with our Denver Office.

Estimated base compensation for this role in Denver, Colorado: $150K – $170K.

SquareTrade/Allstate Protection Plans generally does not sponsor individuals for employment‑based visas for this position.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

SquareTrade is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or ability status.