Senior Software Engineer, Underwriting

Coalition

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Location
Canada
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58 days ago
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About Coalition

Coalition is a cyber insurance and security company that combines comprehensive cyber insurance coverage with active risk management tools to help organizations prevent and respond to cyber incidents. Industry: Cyber Insurance & Risk Management

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Underwriting

The Senior Software Engineer, Underwriting joins the engineering team to design and build backend services that power cyber insurance underwriting decisions. This role involves developing scalable systems in Python and Go to integrate security data, statistical models, and machine learning to assess and monitor risk. The engineer will create alerts, dashboards, and automated workflows while collaborating with underwriters and data science partners to improve decisioning processes. Key technical requirements include experience with REST, gRPC, or GraphQL, as well as proficiency with Git and AWS cloud environments. Candidates should be familiar with observability tools like Sentry, Datadog, or Graylog. The role focuses on solving the complex problem of automating risk assessment and pricing for cyber insurance products by building robust, tested backend infrastructure that balances scalability with pragmatic architectural design in a cross-functional environment.

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What you'll do

  • Design and maintain scalable backend services using Python or Go to power underwriting decisions.
  • Integrate statistical models and machine learning systems to assess and monitor cyber risk.
  • Create alerts, monitors, and dashboards to ensure system stability and clear incident response paths.
  • Write clean, well-tested code with robust unit and integration tests for frequent releases.
  • Lead small projects end-to-end and act as a technical driver on large initiatives.
  • Participate in architecture discussions to balance scalability and decoupling as the platform grows.
  • Automate and improve underwriting and decisioning workflows used by internal risk teams.

What we're looking for

  • Experience building and operating backend APIs and services in Python and/or Go.
  • Proficiency with REST and at least one additional transport or format such as gRPC or GraphQL.
  • Practical experience deploying and running services in AWS or another major public cloud environment.
  • Familiarity with modern observability and error-tracking tools like Sentry, Datadog, or Graylog.
  • Experience using source control systems such as Git.
  • Experience working on agile software teams using collaborative tools like the Atlassian suite, GitHub, or GitLab.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
  • Ability to independently drive projects of moderate scope and mentor less-experienced engineers.

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