Senior Software Engineer

This is a chance to get in early with a rapidly growing Silicon Valley company, and to participate in developing the next generation of truly game-changing products in the Insurance Industry. CLARA Analytics is a leader in providing the most technologically advanced solutions in the insurance industry, dedicated to expanding the horizons of what is possible. Our mission is to drive the best claims outcomes for both insurers and the insured using innovative machine learning, including deep learning and natural language processing. Our models provide key insights and predictions that guide the claims adjuster in making optimal decisions at every step of the claim process.

CLARA analytics is looking for a senior software engineer who will be responsible for the design and development of complex, robust, applications supporting cutting edge Artificial Intelligence software applications.

Responsibilities

• You’ll work closely with fellow engineers, product managers, data scientists and designers to define, refine and implement features on CLARA analytics. Our products are all about using data and predictive analytics to solve hard problems for our users
• You’ll work across the stack - Java, Elasticsearch, AWS, Angular 10
• You’ll work on complex engineering problems to improve the scalability, security and reliability of our architecture
• You’ll collaborate with fellow engineers to build frameworks and tools, define standards and improve overall efficiency and hygiene of the codebase
• Design and architect new product features, champion the use of cutting edge technologies and tools
• Work on a bi-weekly sprint schedule in a fast-paced startup environment. Participate in and contribute to scrum meetings i.e. daily stand-up, sprint planning, and retrospectives
• Deliver value in the form of timely, high quality, performant, scalable, software components and services
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to plan and define requirements

Qualifications

• Candidates with 5+ years’ experience in software engineering, building large scale systems
• Ability to translate data needs into detailed functional and technical designs for development, testing and implementation
• Deep understanding of cloud based computing and services and their trade-offs
• Ability to identify and communicate risks and issues affecting business rules, functional requirements and specifications
• Ability to serve as a liaison between technical, quality assurance and non-technical stakeholders throughout the development and deployment process
• Knowledge of healthcare data pertaining to insurance claims or other regulated data industries is helpful but not required
• Technical leadership experience is helpful
• Experience with Software Development Lifecycles, CI/CD/CT, and well architected practises

Experience with the following software/tools is highly desired

• Highly proficient with Java & AWS
• SQL and NoSQL databases like MySQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch
• AWS Cloud service: RDS, AWS Lambda, S3 etc (any equivalent cloud vendor will suffice)
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment

We have small, close-knit teams and rely on our engineers to work directly with product and design to ship features. We value people that take ownership and get things done, and have some fun along the way. We're building something big and important - come join us!