Senior Software Engineer - Digital Commerce

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer on our Digital Commerce Team, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, robust full-stack solutions that power our commerce platform. To thrive in this role, you'll bring extensive experience with Node.js (ideally NestJS), a deep understanding of front-end technologies, and significant expertise in cloud infrastructure. You'll lead technical design discussions, write high-quality code, implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, and mentor junior engineers. Your ability to collaborate regularly with product managers, QA engineers, and other engineering teams will be crucial for delivering successful features, ensuring platform stability, and continuously improving our infrastructure and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance APIs and microservices using Node.js, leveraging NestJS frameworks where appropriate.
• Implement robust and intuitive front-end components using modern JavaScript frameworks to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS services, with a strong emphasis on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver impactful features.
• Contribute to the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, design, coding, testing, deployment, and operational support.
• Implement and maintain robust observability solutions (logging, monitoring, alerting) to ensure the health and performance of microservices.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of experience in full-stack software development, with a strong focus on back-end development.
• Extensive professional experience with Node.js and Typescript, including hands-on experience with modern frameworks such as NestJS.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React).
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and managing microservices architectures on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, specifically Terraform, and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and effective data modelling.
• Proven ability to design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Proficiency with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog) for monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, a postgraduate degree and/or a record of academic achievement.

Company Information

Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Hopper, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.

Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are:

• Bold
• Authentic
• Purposeful
• Inspired

Our People are not:

• Perfect
• Traditional
• Complacent
• Cautious