Description At Verisk Ignite , we build innovative technology solutions that help our customers make better decisions through data, analytics, and software. We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Back-End Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team and play a key role in designing and delivering scalable, secure, and resilient software platforms.
This is a senior technical position suited to an engineer with 10+ years of commercial software development experience who is passionate about backend architecture, engineering excellence, and team development. You'll be responsible for leading complex technical initiatives, influencing architectural direction, and mentoring engineers across the organization.
This role is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take the next step toward a future Principal Engineer position. Beyond hands-on development, you'll act as a technical leader, helping shape engineering standards, supporting the growth of other engineers, and driving the adoption of modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development.
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Responsibilities Design, develop, and deliver complex back-end services, APIs, and distributed systems that power business-critical and customer-facing applications.
Lead the technical delivery of strategic initiatives from concept through production deployment.
Drive architectural decisions that improve scalability, maintainability, reliability, security, and performance.
Champion the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, leveraging tools such as GitHub Copilot and agentic workflows throughout the software development lifecycle.
Translate business requirements into technical solutions, estimates, and delivery plans.
Design and implement robust APIs, microservices, and data-driven solutions.
Identify and mitigate technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
Conduct code reviews and design reviews to ensure high engineering standards across teams.
Define and improve best practices for testing, observability, performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
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