Senior Software Application Engineer (Remote)

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Job Summary:

CLARA Analytics is a leading AI as a service provider focused on improving casualty claims outcomes for the insurance industry. As a Senior Software Engineer, Applications, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement AI-powered products, driving technical decisions and leading the development of robust microservices and analytics applications.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Design, and Data Science) to design, develop, and implement high-quality features across the entire software stack front end and back end.

• Drive technical decisions around data modeling, API design, and technology selection across our AWS-native architecture.

• Lead the design and implementation of robust microservices using Java and Spring Boot to power our analytics applications.

• Build responsive, data-rich frontend applications using Angular and TypeScript, focusing on data intelligence and analytics dashboards.

• Develop and optimize database schemas and queries for AWS RDS (MySQL/Postgres) and Elastic Cloud.

• Research and recommend technical improvements that enhance our analytics capabilities and product features.

• Participate in technical planning and contribute to our engineering culture and development processes.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 6+ years developing production applications using Java, Spring frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, Spring MVC)

• Strong proficiency in Angular and TypeScript with experience in modern front-end tooling for building complex, data-driven UX

• Strong API design skills with RESTful principles, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, and secure authentication flows

• AWS ecosystem expertise: S3, Lambda, SAM, RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), Elastic Cloud, IAM, and CloudFormation

• Database design and optimization experience with MySQL/PostgreSQL for analytics and reporting applications

• Knowledge of event-driven architectures using AWS Lambda, SQS, and SNS

• Ability to lead complex architectural decisions and technical investigations and effectively communicate trade-offs to both technical and business stakeholders

• Take ownership of features from conception to deployment, working autonomously across teams to deliver impactful solutions that drive business outcomes

Preferred:

• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Gitlab), Docker containerization, and infrastructure as code (Terraform)

• Experience with Elasticsearch and Elastic Cloud for search and analytics use cases

• Experience with AWS monitoring, logging, and observability tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray)

• Previous experience in the insurance or healthcare tech industries, especially at a startup

• Background in insurance or healthcare analytics where you've built data solutions that improved underwriting accuracy, claims processing efficiency, or fraud detection

Company:

CLARA Analytics utilizes AI and data analytics to help insurance companies process and analyze large amounts of data related to claims. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.