Please note the base salary will be determined by the successful candidate's education, skills and experience. The listed salary range serves as a general pay guideline for this position's pay level.

Senior Software Developer - Full Stack

Location: Remote - Canada

Think working for a life insurance company is nothing but legacy code and stuffy old offices? Think again. At Empire Life, we are transforming a company with a proud Canadian heritage into a FinTech leader. With industry-first apps, we have gained a reputation as the most innovative life insurance company in the country. But we’re not done yet. Join our growing Front Office Development team where you’ll work on building apps, APIs and microservices to support our digital strategy.

Why pursue this opportunity

• Our mission - make insurance, investments and benefits simple, fast and easy for our customers.
• Play an integral role - this is an opportunity that allows for you to grow your skills, while directly contributing to the business unit you are a part of.
• Deliver excellence - provide a personal, accurate, professional, and courteous service and resolution to our customers.

What you’ll be working on

• Full design and development cycle of applications and API’s from Proof of Concept to production.
• Building easy to use applications for our customers and easy to use APIs for developers.
• Research and development efforts as we evolve our digital platform

What we’re looking for you to have

• 5+ years of experience with full stack web development, including front-end development with React and back-end programming in Python and Django/Fast API, or experience with similar technologies will be considered.
• Experience working on a cross functional development team with an agile and lean software engineering mindset.
• Experience guiding other developers through thoughtful code reviews, pair programming sessions, and architectural design discussions.
• In-depth experience securing RESTful APIs and single-page applications using the OAuth2 framework.
• Proven experience architecting asynchronous and event-driven systems that are built for high performance and fault tolerance.
• Extensive experience in building and maintaining monitoring tools, leveraging OpenTelemetry to generate the critical metrics, logs, and traces needed for proactive performance tuning and rapid incident resolution.
• Hands-on experience with the end-to-end container workflow, using containers to streamline local development and successfully deploy containerized applications into a production cloud platform.
• Experience with DevOps processes and tools including GitHub Actions, ArgoCD or other CI/CD tools.
• Ability to pivot and adjust work items to match shifting business priorities.
• Demonstrated experience in providing timely and relevant communications in a professional manner to colleagues and key stakeholders.

It would be nice if you had…

• Experience with a major cloud platform such as GCP.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform).
• Experience with load testing.
• Understanding through practical experience of 12 Factor Principles for application development and delivery.

Beyond the salary

For regular full-time positions, Empire Life offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:

• Competitive salaries with annual pay increases
• Annual bonus program, which recognizes both strong company performance and individual contributions, for non sales positions
• Competitive uncapped commission, for sales positions
• A comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment, that includes life insurance, disability, health and dental and a generous health account
• Flexible work arrangements and an annual allotment of personal health days.
• Four weeks annual vacation from hire date
• A defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching
• Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave
• Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs
• A cash employee referral program

To learn more about working at Empire Life, visit https://www.empire.ca/workatempire.

Get to know us

Empire life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity, are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and welcome everyone to participate in our application process. We encourage those of all backgrounds and experiences to apply, even if you don't believe you meet each unique qualification outlined. Applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

Empire Life welcomes applications from people with disabilities and disabled people. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the screening and selection process. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or have any accessibility questions, please contact recruitment@empire.ca.