Sr. Software Engineer III

About Brightway

Established in 2008, Brightway has grown to become one of the largest privately-owned property/casualty insurance distribution companies in the U.S. with more than 350 agencies in 38 states and more than $1.2 billion in annual premiums.

Brightway is a purpose and core value-driven organization. We provide a blueprint for a future-proofed life. Through our successful model, agency owners focus on protecting their clients’ most important assets through consultation, curated choice, and confidence.

Brightway focuses on our agency owners through back office, marketing support, and constant learning and development. Additionally, Brightway builds, integrates, and launches best-in-class and proprietary technology to help our agency owners better connect with clients to deepen relationships and drive success.

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software applications using the latest technologies and frameworks. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features, and write high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code. You will be working with business stakeholders to understand business problems and suggest and implement technology solutions to solving those problems and should have a desire to help others in the business be more efficient via your deep understanding of technology.

The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions. You should have a strong knowledge of software development methodologies, agile development, and software testing practices. You should be proficient in one or more programming languages, with an emphasis on back end web development (creating and calling APIs and services) and an ability and willingness to learn any new technology, platform, or system.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you should also have excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, strong communication and collaboration skills, and be able to mentor and guide junior team members in best practices and development methodologies. We are modernizing our technology stack and you will be developing new patterns and templates to be reused as we continue to build new solutions and re-imagine old ones.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications using the latest technologies and frameworks


• Lead the breakdown of business problems into technical roadmaps, providing predictable timelines, and designing features towards a high level, target architecture


• Lead the execution of projects, providing updates to timeline and scope, removing roadblocks to the team, working with senior management and executive leadership to provide technical solutions to business problems


• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features


• Write high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code


• Research new technology and recommend and implement new ways of solving business and technology problems


• Take high level business problems and suggest and implement technology solutions to solving those problems (sometimes with code, sometimes with off-the-shelf technology, often with a combination of both)


• Debug and resolve issues in a timely manner


• Continuously improve software quality by identifying and addressing technical debt and code smells


• Mentor and guide junior team members in best practices and development methodologies


• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, tools, and techniques in software engineering


• Deliver solutions in a highly iterative manner

Education and Experience

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field. Minimum of 8 years of experience in software engineering

Skills and Experience

• Experience leading projects from planning and breakdown to successful delivery


• Proven experience in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions


• Proficiency in one or more programming languages and multiple web development frameworks


• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, agile development, and software testing practices


• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP


• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills


• Strong communication and collaboration skills


• Experience in mentoring and guiding junior team members


• Prior experience in insurance and insurance technology strongly preferred


• Prior experience in startups or high-growth companies strongly preferred

Now is the time join Brightway. You can make your mark here. Contribute to our momentum by helping build our next gen tech ecosystem to help power our agency owners’ success. Our culture is driven by our core values, appetite to grow and excitement to collaborate and see our hard work pay off.

Team members at Brightway enjoy:

• Competitive salaries (based on research)


• Paid Time Off


• Medical/Dental/Life/Disability Insurance


• 401(k) plan with up to a 4% company-match


• Tuition reimbursement (regardless of course of study)


• Recognition for living our core values

Help us be the brighter way to do insurance!