Platform Architect: Insurtech startup
New York, NY

Job Description

Haven Life is an insuretech innovator at MassMutual that offers a new way to get life insurance online that's actually simple.

We combine the culture of a startup with the stability and backing of a Fortune 500 company to create an environment that's truly unique.

Our diverse team is comprised of smart, collaborative people who think big, execute quickly and don't take themselves too seriously. We're located in New York's Flatiron District and in case you're wondering, yes, we provide free snacks. Cold brew too.

If you're creative, professional and kind, we'd love to hear from you.

You will be joining a small, experienced technology team as an architect for the evolving technology platform, shaping its future expansion both in terms of functional coverage as well as support for a broader array of products and channels. Considerations as we expand will include performance, scale, extensibility, infrastructure, data analytics, and integration points with larger enterprise ecosystem as well as external providers. In addition, you will have direct development responsibility for key framework components. Experience with a wide breadth of technology paradigms and concepts is expected with a focus on data-driven, web based applications a must. The job will be varied and challenging.

Requirements

These are essential to success in this role:

* 5+ years experience as a developer/lead
* 3+ years experience in a systems design/architecture role or as a platform/framework developer
* Experience and familiarity with financial services or other mathematically oriented applications
* Experience with enterprise environments and related complexities, dynamics, and processes
* Experience with data modeling (logical and physical) and object modeling
* Extensive experience with traditional object oriented languages (e.g. Java, .net, C#)
* A demonstrable interest in building modern, complex, customer-facing web applications
* Experience with distributed systems, API integration and modeling.
* Experience with JavaScript, related frameworks (Node, Angular, Meteor) a plus
* Experience with modern MVC (Model-view-controller) frameworks
* Experience with event-driven programming and frameworks
* Experience with a variety of database systems, both relational and NoSQL
* Experience with information security paradigms and implementations
* Experience on performance optimization and tuning of web applications required, databases a plus
* Excellent clarity of thought process and communication ability
* Comfortable expressing and defending points of view while respecting those of others.
* BA/BS
* Authorized to work in the US with or without sponsorship

These skills are not required but are a plus:

* Experience with data analytics - both tools as well as impact to data structures and implementation
* Experience design multi-channel platforms and web-sites (desktop, mobile).
* Working in a startup or agile development environments
* BA/BS/MS in computer science or related subject area

Benefits

We pay competitive base salaries and we reward performance. Our salary structure is commensurate with experience. In addition, you will be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program including medical insurance and 401(K).

Andiamo is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Andiamo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Andiamo complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their resume as an MS word document including a cover letter with a summary of relevant qualifications, highlighting clearly any special or relevant experience.