Staff Software Engineer

Description
About Parsyl
Parsyl is a data-powered insurance and risk management provider for essential supply chains in food and health. Our mission is to end the days of "ship and pray" and build a world where everyone, everywhere can trust the quality of the goods they rely on, from the foods they eat to the medicines they need.
We are working to achieve this by combining smart sensors, data insights, and data-driven insurance to improve risk resiliency and safeguard goods in transit and storage. This unique combination of IoT and insurance means our customers can use data to make supply chains more transparent, safe and sustainable - better for people and the planet. Parsyl was recognized as a " Best Small Company to Work For " by BuiltIn Colorado in 2022.
What You Bring to Parsyl
You will lead a software team to design, build, and maintain tooling to help create a best-in-class experience for cargo insurance customers. As the technical leader of the team, you will partner with our product and design team to work with stakeholders across the company, understand customer problems, and identify the best solutions to deliver value quickly and iteratively. This is an opportunity to have a significant impact on a growing portion of the business.
You are a good addition to Parsyl if you are passionate about API design, highly collaborative and communicative with other engineers and product management, and motivated to deliver on our mission. You should also be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, eager to continually learn, and willing to pitch in throughout the technology team.
Technologies Used by the Team

• Go, AWS Lambda, S3, Athena, API Gateway, RDS (Postgres), Terraform
• Javascript (Vue.js)

What you'll get to work on:

• Work with product and design to understand and identify the best solutions to customer problems
• Lead the technical design, execution and evolution of our insurance applications
• Lead day-to-day engineering activities of projects and mentoring junior engineers
• Support other members of the team in executing their work
• Collaborate with other engineers and contribute to a new backend architecture
• Collaborate with data teams
• Design and manage API documentation

Requirements
Parsyl is committed to cultivating a diverse pool of candidates interested in joining a mission-driven company. We are building an inclusive team at Parsyl that welcomes different perspectives and creative ideas in order to best achieve our mission of ending the days of "ship and pray" and serving our customers.
What we're looking for:

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience, including using backend and API architectural best practices
• Experience with programming using Golang
• Ability to develop within AWS or other cloud providers
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Comfortable in fast-paced environment with Agile values
• Excellent communication skills across cross-functional teams
• *Parsyl requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they qualify for a religious or medical accommodation.

It's a bonus if you also have:

• Bachelor's degree or educational coursework in computer science, engineering, or equivalent field.
• Experience working within the supply chain and logistics industry.
• Experience building customer or partner-facing API solutions
• Experience with frontend development

Benefits
Market competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range of $150,000-$170,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate's experience, qualifications, and skills.
Additional Financial Benefits include:

• Stock options
• 401(k) including company match

Health and Wellness Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance effective on your start date (100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and 75% of premiums for dependents based on a solid, mid-tier plan)
• Six weeks of fully paid leave family and/or medical leave
• Monthly wellness benefit of $100 per month

Time-off and Vacation Benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation policy
• Company Breaks - quarterly mental health days, week long summer break, two week long winter break
• Paid sabbatical program

Additional Work Environment Benefits include:

• Significant career growth opportunities and continuing education stipend
• Flexible work environment based on role requirements
• Commuter benefit of $100 per month for public transportation or parking costs
• Home office set-up stipend of up to $1000
• Relocation assistance available (Denver, CO candidates or candidates willing to relocate will be considered)