Backend-Leaning Full-Stack Software Engineer (InsurTech)

Quick Facts

• Role: Backend-Leaning Full-Stack Engineer (InsurTech)

• Focus: High-throughput backend services for insurance and fintech products

• Work style: Zero-to-one delivery, rapid experimentation, cross-team orchestration

Description

Design, build, and operate scalable backend services powering insurance and fintech products. Develop APIs, pricing engines, and data models for dynamic and synthetic offerings, and help deliver zero-to-one launches with rapid post-launch iteration. Support production systems through periodic on-call and troubleshoot distributed, high-scale issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate high-throughput backend services across the Expedia platform

• Lead and contribute to complex cross-team initiatives coordinating many systems (pricing, checkout, booking, servicing)

• Develop scalable APIs, pricing engines, and data models for dynamic/synthetic products

• Participate in zero-to-one launches and iterate post-launch to expand capabilities

• Write clean, maintainable, testable, high-performance code focused on reliability and scalability

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in distributed, high-scale systems

• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) to accelerate delivery

• Join an on-call rotation (~once per quarter)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong experience building backend services and APIs in distributed systems

• Experience with system design for scalable, high-availability platforms

• Proficiency in Kotlin or Java

• Experience working in AWS

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows or AI/ML-enabled systems

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Paid time off

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellness and travel reimbursement

• Travel discounts

• IATAN membership