Staff Software Engineer - APIs and IAM - Remote

Overview

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. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

In Short

• Design, document, and implement API standards and best practices for Zinnia enterprise APIs.
• Improve the software development and deployment lifecycle for API management.
• Implement and manage API security using tools like Auth0.
• Create and maintain a developer portal for enterprise APIs.
• Automate testing for all internal and external APIs.
• Write high-quality, scalable backend code and conduct code reviews.
• Provide technical guidance to support development teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency with TypeScript.
• Experience developing and deploying APIs in a cloud-native environment.
• Experience with API gateways (Apigee, Kong).
• Knowledge of DevOps tasks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Auth0 or other IDP/IAM platforms.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, S3.
• Strong work ethic and effective strategic thinking.
• Excellent communication and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong understanding of software development principles.

Benefits

• Excellent career progression and competitive compensation.
• Health/dental insurance.
• Parental leave.
• Profit sharing.
• 401(k) and incentive/bonus opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Collaborative work environment with innovative professionals.